Emperor Monmu

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Emperor Monmu was an early 8th-century Japanese sovereign whose reign helped consolidate the political and religious foundations of the emerging Nara state.

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Emperor Monmu canonical 5
文武天皇 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Emperor of Japan
Japanese monarch
human
associatedClan Fujiwara clan
birthDate 683
burialPlace Nara Prefecture NERFINISHED
capitalDuringReign Fujiwara-kyō site
surface form: Fujiwara-kyō

Nara
surface form: Heijō-kyō
child Emperor Shōmu
country Japan
culturalContext early Nara state formation
deathDate 707
deathPlace Japan
dynasty Yamato dynasty
era Yamato period
surface form: Asuka period
eraNameUsed Keiun
Taihō
father Prince Kusakabe
gender male
givenName Karu
house Imperial House of Japan
language Classical Japanese
mother Empress Genmei
nativeName Emperor Monmu self-linksurface differs
surface form: 文武天皇
notableFor continuing ritsuryō legal and administrative reforms
promoting Buddhism as a state religion
strengthening foundations of the early Nara state
politicalRole consolidation of centralized imperial authority
posthumousName Monmu
posthumousTitleType Japanese imperial posthumous name
predecessor Empress Jitō
reignEnd 707
reignStart 697
relative Emperor Tenmu
Empress Jitō
religion Buddhism
Shinto
spouse Fujiwara no Miyako
successor Empress Genmei
successorAsCrownHeir Princess Hidaka
title Itsuse no Mikoto
surface form: Sovereign of Yamato

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Nara period notableEmperor Emperor Monmu
Empress Genmei child Emperor Monmu
Empress Genmei predecessor Emperor Monmu
Emperor Monmu nativeName Emperor Monmu self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 文武天皇
Empress Genshō sibling Emperor Monmu
Emperor Shōmu father Emperor Monmu