Note H

(From Clement’s “Handbook of Modern Japan”)

Chronological Table of Emperors and Empresses[1]

1. Jimmu (660-585 B.C.) 2. Suizei (581-549) 3. Annei (548-511) 4. Itoku (510-477) 5. Kōshō (475-393) 6. Kōan (392-291) 7. Kōrei (290-215) 8. Kōgen (214-158) 9. Kaikwa (157-98) 10. Sujin (97-30) 11. Suinin (29 B.C.-70 A.D.) 12. Keikō (71-130 A.D.) 13. Seimu (131-190) 14. Chūai (192-200) [15. Jingō[1] (201-269) 16. Ōjin (270-310) 17. Nintoku (313-399) 18. Richū (400-405) 19. Hanzei (406-411) 20. Ingyō (412-453) 21. Ankō (454-456) 22. Yūryaku (457-479) 23. Seinei (480-484) 24. Kensō (485-487) 25. Ninken (488-498) 26. Muretsu (499-506) 27. Keitai (507-531) 28. Ankan (534-535) 29. Senkwa (536-539) 30. Kimmei (540-571) 31. Bidatsu (572-585) 32. Yōmei (586-587) 33. Sujun (588-592) 34. Suiko (593-628) 35. Jomei (629-641) 36. Kōgyoku (642-645) 37. Kōtoku (645-654) 38. Saimei (655-661) 39. Tenchi (668-671) 40. Kōbun (672) 41. Temmu (673-686) 42. Jitō (690-696) 43. Mommu (697-707) 44. Gemmyō (708-715) 45. Genshō (715-723) 46. Shōmu (724-748) 47. Kōken (749-758) 48. Junnin (758-764) 49. Shōtoku (765-770) 50. Kōnin (770-781) 51. Kwammu (782-806) 52. Heizei (806-809) 53. Saga (810-823) 54. Junna (824-833) 55. Nimmyō (834-850) 56. Montoku (851-858) 57. Seiwa (859-876) 58. Yōzei (877-884) 59. Kōkō (885-887) 60. Uda (888-897) 61. Daigo (898-930) 62. Shujaku (931-946) 63. Murakami (947-967) 64. Reizei (968-969) 65. Enyu (970-984) 66. Kwazan (985-986) 67. Ichijō (987-1011) 68. Sanjō (1012-1016) 69. Go-Ichijō[1] (1017-1036) 70. Go-Shujaku (1037-1045) 71. Go-Reizei (1046-1068) 72. Go-Sanjō (1069-1073) 73. Shirakawa (1073-1086) 74. Horikawa (1087-1107) 75. Toba (1108-1123) 76. Shutoku (1124-1141) 77. Konoye (1142-1155) 78. Go-Shirakawa (1156-1158) 79. Nijō (1159-1165) 80. Rokujō (1166-1168) 81. Takakura (1169-1180) 82. Antoku (1181-1185) 83. Go-Toba (1186-1198) 84. Tsuchimikado (1199-1210) 85. Juntoku (1211-1221) 86. Chūkyō (1222) 87. Go-Horikawa (1222-1232) 88. Shijō (1233-1242) 89. Go-Saga (1243-1246) 90. Go-Fukakusa (1247-1259) 91. Kameyama (1260-1274) 92. Go-Uda (1275-1287) 93. Fushimi (1288-1298) 94. Go-Fushimi (1299-1301) 95. Go-Nijo (1302-1307) 96. Hanazono (1308-1318) 97. Go-Daigo (1319-1338) 98. Go-Murakami (1339-1367) [99. Chōkei (1368-1383)] 100. Go-Kameyama (1383-1392) 101. Go-Komatsu (1392-1412) 102. Shōkō (1413-1428) 103. Go-Hanazono (1429-1464) 104. Go-Tsuchimikado (1465-1500) 105. Go-Kashiwabara (1501-1526) 106. Go-Nara (1527-1557) 107. Ōgimachi (1558-1586) 108. Go-Yōzei (1587-1611) 109. Go-Mizuno-o (1612-1629) 110. Myōshō (1630-1643) 111. Go-Kōmyō (1644-1654) 112. Go-Saiin (1655-1663) 113. Reignen (1663-1686) 114. Higashiyama (1687-1709) 115. Nakano-mikado (1710-1735) 116. Sakuramachi (1736-1746) 117. Momozono (1747-1762) 118. Go-Sakuramachi (1763-1770) 119. Go-Momozono (1771-1779) 120. Kōkaku (1780-1817) 121. Ninkō (1817-1846) 122. Kōmei (1847-1867) 123. Mutsuhito (1867- ) N. B.—Nos. 36 and 38 were the same empress; likewise Nos. 47 and 49. [Note 1: Empresses in Italics. Bracketed names (Nos. 15 and 99) are omitted from some lists.] We append also a list of the sovereigns of the “Northern Court” during the separation, as follows: 1. Kōgon (1332-1335) 2. Kōmyō (1336-1348) 3. Shukō (1349-1352) 4. Go-Kōgon (1352-1371) 5. Go-Enyu (1372-1382) 6. Go-Komatsu (1383-1392) In 1392 Go-Komatsu became emperor over the reunited empire.

[Note 1: Go is a prefix signifying the second of the name.]