Emperor Montoku (文徳天皇, Montoku-tennō) (August 826 – 7 October 858) was the 55th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Montoku's...

spanned the years from 858 through 876. Seiwa was the fourth son of Emperor Montoku. His mother was Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Akirakeiko (明子), also called...

prince was replaced with Ninmyō's first son, Prince Michiyasu (later Emperor Montoku) whose mother was the Empress Fujiwara no Junshi, a daughter of sadaijin...

Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (日本文徳天皇実録, "The True History of Emperor Montoku of Japan"), abbreviated as Montoku Jitsuroku, is an officially commissioned...

divided into four major groups, named after the emperors they descended from: Kanmu Heishi, Ninmyō Heishi, Montoku Heishi, and Kōkō Heishi, the most influential...

Seiwa Genji's Minamoto no Mitsunaka's wife. These were descendants of Emperor Montoku. Among them, Minamoto no Yoshiari was a sadaijin, and among his descendants...

from 65th emperor Kazan. Kōkō Genji (光孝源氏) – descended from 58th emperor Kōkō. Montoku Genji (文徳源氏) – descended from 55th emperor Montoku. Murakami Genji...

Japan has been ruled by emperors since antiquity. The sequence, order and dates of the early emperors are almost entirely based on the 8th-century Nihon...

Haruzumi no Yoshitada in 869. Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (Veritable Record of Emperor Montoku of Japan; also called Montoku jitsuroku) – 10 volumes covering...

(佳美子) (d. 898), consort of Emperor Kōkō Yoshihira (良平) Shigeko (滋子), married to Minamoto no Yoshiari (son of Emperor Montoku) daughter, married to Imperial...