Emperor Sanjo of Japan - Definition

Emperor Sanjō (三条天皇) (February 5, 976 - June 5, 1017) was the 67th imperial ruler of Japan. He ruled from 1011 to 1016. His name was Okisada (居貞)

Geneology

He was the second son of Emperor Reizei. His mother was Empress ??? (宮超子) the daughter of the sesshō Fujiwara no Kaneie. He was the half-brother of Emperor Kazan. His mother died when he was seven, and his father, the Retired Emperor Reizei became mentally ill. His maternal grandfather, Fujiwara no Kaneie raised him.

• 994-1051 Imperial Prince Atsuaki (敦明親王), Ko-ichijō-in (小一条院), Emperor Go-Ichijō's Crown Prince
• 997-1054 Imperial Prince Atsugi?? (敦儀親王)
• 999-1049 Imperial Prince Atsu?? (敦平親王)
• 1001-1023 Imperial Princess Masako (当子内親王) - saigū (priestess at Ise Shrine)
• 1003-1048 Imperial Princess ??ko (禔子内親王) - concubine?? of Fujiwara no Norimichi (藤原教通)
• 1005-1085 Imperial Prince ??? (師明親王), lay priest under the name ?? (性信)
• 1013-1094 Imperial Princess Teiko? (禎子内親王) (Empress Dowager Yōmei?, 陽明門院) - Empress (kōgō) to Emperor Go-Suzaku, mother of Emperor Go-Sanjō

Consorts and Empresses

Life

Names

He was given the posthumous name of Sanjō-in (三条院) after the palace where he spent his life after abdicating. The palace, in turn, was named for the location of the palace where he lived after his abdication. After the Meiji Era, the in was dropped and replaced with tennō (Emperor)

Eras of his reign

• Kankō
• Chōwa