Kanmu

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Kanmu was a powerful Japanese emperor of the late 8th and early 9th centuries best known for relocating the capital to Heian-kyō, laying the foundations of the Heian period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Emperor of Japan
human
burialPlace Kashiwabara no Misasagi (Kyoto)
capitalRelocatedTo Kyoto
surface form: Heian-kyō

Nagaoka-kyō NERFINISHED
capitalRelocationYearToHeian-kyō 794
capitalRelocationYearToNagaoka-kyō 784
child Ariwara no Narihira
Emperor Heizei
Emperor Saga
countryOfCitizenship Japan
culturalImpact initiated political and cultural shift leading to classical Heian culture
dateOfBirth 737
dateOfDeath 806
dynasty Yamato dynasty
era Nara period
early Heian period
eraNameUsed Daidō NERFINISHED
Enryaku
Ten'ō
father Emperor Kōnin
givenName Yamabe
implementedPolicy military campaigns against the Emishi
reduction of Buddhist clergy political influence
knownFor founding the Heian period foundations
relocating the Japanese capital to Heian-kyō
mother Takano no Niigasa
movedCapitalFrom Nagaoka-kyō NERFINISHED
Nara
nativeLanguage Classical Japanese
notableGeneral Sakanoue no Tamuramaro
placeOfBirth Nara
surface form: Nara, Japan
placeOfDeath Kyoto
surface form: Heian-kyō, Japan
positionHeld 50th Emperor of Japan
posthumousName Kanmu-tennō
predecessor Emperor Kōnin
reignEnd 806
reignStart 781
religion Buddhism
Shinto
royalHouse Imperial House of Japan
sexOrGender male
significantEvent established Heian-kyō as the new imperial capital in 794
ordered construction of Nagaoka-kyō as capital
spouse Fujiwara no Otomuro
successor Emperor Heizei
title Tennō

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