Japan: Emperors: 1392-2012Each ruler is recorded under the personal name and the dates of the reign; the other entries follow the definitions in the Notes. |
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| Tennō | |
| 19 Nov 1392 - 5 Oct 1412 | Motohito [1] |
| posthumous name: Go-Komatsu-tennō | |
| era name: 19 Nov 1392 - 2 Aug 1394 Meitoku [2] | |
| era name: 2 Aug 1394 - 10 Jun 1428 Ōei | |
| 5 Oct 1412 - 30 Aug 1428 | Mihito (alternative reading: Sanehito) [3] |
| posthumous name: Shōkō-tennō | |
| era name: 10 Jun 1428 - 3 Oct 1429 Shōchō | |
| 7 Sep 1428 - 21 Aug 1464 | Hikohito |
| posthumous name: Go-Hanazono-tennō, posthumous by-name: Go-Montoku-in | |
| era name: 3 Oct 1429 - 10 Mar 1441 Eikyō | |
| era name: 10 Mar 1441 - 23 Feb 1444 Kakitsu | |
| era name: 23 Feb 1444 - 16 Aug 1449 Bun'an (alternative reading: Bunnan) | |
| era name: 16 Aug 1449 - 10 Aug 1452 Hōtoku | |
| era name: 10 Aug 1452 - 6 Sep 1455 Kyōtoku | |
| era name: 6 Sep 1455 - 16 Oct 1457 Kōshō | |
| era name: 16 Oct 1457 - 1 Feb 1461 Chōroku | |
| era name: 1 Feb 1461 - 14 Mar 1466 Kanshō (alternative reading: Kansei) | |
| 21 Aug 1464 - 21 Oct 1500 | Fusahito (alternative reading: Narihito) |
| posthumous name: Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō | |
| era name: 14 Mar 1466 - 9 Apr 1467 Bunshō | |
| era name: 9 Apr 1467 - 8 Jun 1469 Ōnin | |
| era name: 8 Jun 1469 - 9 Aug 1487 Bunmei | |
| era name: 9 Aug 1487 - 16 Sep 1489 Chōkyō | |
| era name: 16 Sep 1489 - 12 Aug 1492 Entoku | |
| era name: 12 Aug 1492 - 18 Mar 1501 Meiō | |
| 16 Nov 1500 - 18 May 1526 | Katsuhito |
| posthumous name: Go-Kashiwabara-tennō | |
| era name: 18 Mar 1501 - 16 Mar 1504 Bunki | |
| era name: 16 Mar 1504 - 23 Sep 1521 Eishō | |
| era name: 23 Sep 1521 - 3 Sep 1528 Taiei (alternative reading: Daiei) | |
| 9 Jun 1526 - 27 Sep 1557 | Tomohito |
| posthumous name: Go-Nara-tennō | |
| era name: 3 Sep 1528 - 29 Aug 1532 Kyōroku | |
| era name: 29 Aug 1532 - 7 Nov 1555 Tenmon (alternative reading: Tenbun) | |
| era name: 7 Nov 1555 - 18 Mar 1558 Kōji | |
| 17 Nov 1557 - 17 Dec 1586 | Michihito (alternative readings: Katahito, Shigehito) |
| posthumous name: Ōgimachi-tennō | |
| era name: 18 Mar 1558 - 27 May 1570 Eiroku | |
| era name: 27 May 1570 - 25 Aug 1573 Genki | |
| era name: 25 Aug 1573 - 10 Jan 1593 Tenshō | |
| 17 Dec 1586 - 9 May 1611 | Katahito (alternative reading: Chikahito) |
| alias: Kazuhito (alternative readings: Masahito, Chikahito) | |
| posthumous name: Go-Yōzei-tennō | |
| era name: 10 Jan 1593 - 16 Dec 1596 Bunroku | |
| era name: 16 Dec 1596 - 5 Sep 1615 Keichō (alternative reading: Kyōchō) | |
| 9 May 1611 - 22 Dec 1629 | Kotohito (alternative readings: Tadahito, Masahito) |
| posthumous name: Go-Mizuno-o-tennō | |
| era name: 5 Sep 1615 - 17 Apr 1624 Genna (alternative reading: Genwa) | |
| era name: 17 Apr 1624 - 13 Jan 1645 Kan'ei (alternative reading: Kannei) | |
| 22 Dec 1629 - 14 Nov 1643 | Okiko |
| palace name: Kazu-no-miya | |
| posthumous name: Meishō-tennō (alternative readings: Myōshō-tennō, Myōjō-tennō) | |
| 14 Nov 1643 - 30 Oct 1654 | Tsuguhito |
| palace name: Suga-no-miya | |
| posthumous name: Go-Kōmyō-tennō | |
| era name: 13 Jan 1645 - 7 Apr 1648 Shōhō (alternative reading: Shōho) | |
| era name: 7 Apr 1648 - 20 Oct 1652 Keian (alternative reading: Kyōan) | |
| era name: 20 Oct 1652 - 18 May 1655 Jō-ō (alternative reading: Shō-ō) | |
| 5 Jan 1655 - 5 Mar 1663 | Nagahito (alternative reading: Yoshihito) |
| palace name: Hide-no-miya | |
| posthumous name: Go-Sai-in-tennō | |
| era name: 18 May 1655 - 21 Aug 1658 Meireki (alternative reading: Meiryaku) | |
| era name: 21 Aug 1658 - 23 May 1661 Manji | |
| era name: 23 May 1661 - 30 Oct 1673 Kanbun | |
| 5 Mar 1663 - 2 May 1687 | Satohito |
| palace name: Ate-no-miya | |
| posthumous name: Reigen-tennō | |
| era name: 30 Oct 1673 - 9 Nov 1681 Enpō | |
| era name: 9 Nov 1681 - 5 Apr 1684 Tenna (alternative reading: Tenwa) | |
| era name: 5 Apr 1684 - 23 Oct 1688 Jōkyō (alternative readings: Chōkyō, Teikyō) | |
| 2 May 1687 - 27 Jul 1709 | Asahito (alternative reading: Tomohito) |
| palace name: Go-no-miya | |
| posthumous name: Higashiyama-tennō | |
| era name: 23 Oct 1688 - 16 Apr 1704 Genroku | |
| era name: 16 Apr 1704 - 11 Jun 1711 Hōei | |
| 27 Jul 1709 - 13 Apr 1735 | Yasuhito (alternative reading: Yoshihito) |
| palace name: Masu-no-miya | |
| posthumous name: Nakamikado-tennō | |
| era name: 11 Jun 1711 - 9 Aug 1716 Shōtoku | |
| era name: 9 Aug 1716 - 7 Jun 1736 Kyōhō (alternative reading: Kyōho) | |
| 13 Apr 1735 - 9 Jun 1747 | Teruhito (alternative reading: Akihito) |
| palace name: Waka-no-miya | |
| posthumous name: Sakuramachi-tennō | |
| era name: 7 Jun 1736 - 12 Apr 1741 Genbun | |
| era name: 12 Apr 1741 - 3 Apr 1744 Kanpo (alternative reading: Kanpō) | |
| era name: 3 Apr 1744 - 5 Aug 1748 Enkyō | |
| 9 Jun 1747 - 31 Aug 1762 | Tōhito |
| palace name: Yaho-no-miya (changed to: Sachi-no-miya) | |
| posthumous name: Momozono-tennō | |
| era name: 5 Aug 1748 - 14 Dec 1751 Kan'en (alternative reading: Kannen) | |
| era name: 14 Dec 1751 - 30 Jun 1764 Hōreki (alternative reading: Hōryaku) | |
| 15 Sep 1762 - 9 Jan 1771 | Toshiko (alternative reading: Satoko) |
| palace name: Isa-no-miya (changed to: Aya-no-miya) | |
| posthumous name: Go-Sakuramachi-tennō | |
| era name: 30 Jun 1764 - 10 Dec 1772 Meiwa | |
| 9 Jan 1771 - 6 Dec 1779 | Hidehito |
| posthumous name: Go-Momozono-tennō | |
| era name: 10 Dec 1772 - 25 Apr 1781 An'ei | |
| 1 Jan 1780 - 7 May 1817 | Tomohito (alternative reading: Kanehito) [4] |
| palace name: Sachi-no-miya (changed to: Kan'in-no-miya) | |
| posthumous name: Kōkaku-tennō | |
| era name: 25 Apr 1781 - 19 Feb 1789 Tenmei | |
| era name: 19 Feb 1789 - 19 Mar 1801 Kansei | |
| era name: 19 Mar 1801 - 22 Mar 1804 Kyōwa | |
| era name: 22 Mar 1804 - 26 May 1818 Bunka | |
| 7 May 1817 - 21 Feb 1846 | Ayahito |
| alias: Munehito | |
| palace name: Yuta-no-miya | |
| posthumous name: Ninkō-tennō | |
| era name: 26 May 1818 - 23 Jan 1831 Bunsei | |
| era name: 23 Jan 1831 - 9 Jan 1845 Tenpō (alternative reading: Tenpo) | |
| era name: 9 Jan 1845 - 1 Apr 1848 Kōka | |
| 10 Mar 1846 - 30 Jan 1867 | Osahito (alternative reading: Norihito) |
| palace name: Hiro-no-miya | |
| posthumous name: Kōmei-tennō | |
| era name: 1 Apr 1848 - 15 Jan 1855 Kaei | |
| era name: 15 Jan 1855 - 8 Apr 1860 Ansei | |
| era name: 8 Apr 1860 - 29 Mar 1861 Man'en | |
| era name: 29 Mar 1861 - 27 Mar 1864 Bunkyū | |
| era name: 27 Mar 1864 - 1 May 1865 Genji (alternative reading: Ganji) | |
| era name: 1 May 1865 - 23 Oct 1868 Keiō | |
| Dai Nippon Teikoku Tennō (from 29 Nov 1890) | |
| 13 Feb 1867 - 30 Jul 1912 | Mutsuhito |
| palace name: Sachi-no-miya (alternative reading: Suke-no-miya) | |
| posthumous name: Meiji-tennō | |
| era name: 23 Oct 1868 - 30 Jul 1912 Meiji | |
| 30 Jul 1912 - 25 Dec 1926 | Yoshihito |
| palace name: Haru-no-miya | |
| posthumous name: Taishō-tennō | |
| era name: 30 Jul 1912 - 25 Dec 1926 Taishō | |
| Nippon Koku Tennō (from 3 May 1947) | |
| 25 Dec 1926 - 7 Jan 1989 | Hirohito |
| palace name: Michi-no-miya | |
| posthumous name: Shōwa-tennō | |
| era name: 25 Dec 1926 - 8 Jan 1989 Shōwa | |
| 7 Jan 1989 - | Akihito |
| palace name: Tsugu-no-miya | |
| era name: 8 Jan 1989 - Heisei | |
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| [1] | Tennō of the Northern Court from 24 May 1382. |
| [2] | Era name decreed in the Northern Court 12 Apr 1390. |
| [3] | "Mihito" is the same reading for two personal names of this ruler, different from each other in original writing. |
| [4] | Original name: Morohito. |
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