He succeeded to the Chrysanthemum Throne upon the death of his father Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa) on 7 January 1989. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Akihito.Īkihito is the current Emperor of Japan. He is the ruler of the Meiji Government.Įmperor Taishō was the 123rd Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 30 July 1912 until his death in 1926.Įmperor Shōwa was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 25 December 1926, until his death on 7 January 1989. At the time of Emperor Meiji's birth in 1852, Japan was an isolated, pre-industrial, feudal country dominated by the Tokugawa shogunate and the daimyōs, who ruled over the country's more than 250 decentralized domains. He presided over a time of rapid change in the Empire of Japan, as the nation quickly changed from an isolationist feudal state to a capitalist and imperial world power, characterized by the Japanese industrial revolution. His reign would continue to be dominated by insurrection and partisan conflicts eventually culminating in the collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu shortly after his death and the Bakumatsu.Įmperor Meiji was the 122nd Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from Februuntil his death on July 30, 1912. Emperor Kōmei did not care much for anything foreign, and he opposed opening Japan to Western powers. During his reign there was much internal turmoil as a result of Japan's first major contact with the United States, which occurred under Commodore Perry in 18, and the subsequent forced re-opening of Japan to western nations, ending a 220-year period of national seclusion. Suizei's reign started in 581 BC, he had one wife and a sole son who supposedly became the next emperor upon his death in 549 BC.Įmperor Kōmei was the 121st Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. A legendary account from the Kojiki states that Suizei became emperor after receiving the title of crown prince by his half brother due to his bravery regarding a murder plot. Suizei is known as a "legendary emperor" among historians as his actual existence is disputed.
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Very little is known about this Emperor due to a lack of material available for further verification and study.
He launched a military expedition from Hyuga near the Seto Inland Sea, captured Yamato, and established this as his center of power.Įmperor Suizei was the second Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. He is a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu no Mikoto, through her grandson Ninigi, as well as a descendant of the storm god Susanoo no Mikoto, a hero that defeated the eight headed serpent, Yamata no Orochi. His accession is traditionally dated as 660 BC. Emperor Jimmu was the first Emperor of Japan, according to legend.
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