Emperors and empresses regnant of Japan
The table provides a chronological list of the emperors and empresses regnant of Japan.
Emperors and empresses regnant of Japan | |
reign* | |
Jimmu | (660)–585 BC |
Suizei | (581)–549 BC |
Annei | 549–511 BC |
Itoku | (510)–477 BC |
Kōshō | (475)–393 BC |
Kōan | (392)–291 BC |
Kōrei | (290)–215 BC |
Kōgen | (214)–158 BC |
Kaika | 158–98 BC |
Sujin | (97)–30 BC |
Suinin | (29 BC)–AD 70 |
Keikō | (71)–130 |
Seimu | (131)–190 |
Chūai | (192)–200 |
Jingū (regent) | 201–269 |
Ōjin | (270)–310 |
Nintoku | (313)–399 |
Richū | (400)–405 |
Hanzei | (406)–410 |
Ingyō | (412)–453 |
Ankō | 453–456 |
Yūryaku | 456–479 |
Seinei | (480)–484 |
Kenzō | (485)–487 |
Ninken | (488)–498 |
Buretsu | 498–506 |
Keitai | (507)–531 |
Ankan | 531(534)–535 |
Senka | 535–539 |
Kimmei | 539–571 |
Bidatsu | (572)–585 |
Yōmei | 585–587 |
Sushun | 587–592 |
Suiko (empress regnant) | 593–628 |
Jomei | (629)–641 |
Kōgyoku (empress regnant) | (642)–645 |
Kōtoku | 645–654 |
Saimei (empress regnant: Kōgyoku rethroned) | (655)–661 |
Tenji | 661(668)–672 |
Kōbun | 672 |
Temmu | 672(673)–686 |
Jitō (empress regnant) | 686(690)–697 |
Mommu | 697–707 |
Gemmei (empress regnant) | 707–715 |
Genshō (empress regnant) | 715–724 |
Shōmu | 724–749 |
Kōken (empress regnant) | 749–758 |
Junnin | 758–764 |
Shōtoku (empress regnant: Kōken rethroned) | 764(765)–770 |
Kōnin | 770–781 |
Kammu | 781–806 |
Heizei | 806–809 |
Saga | 809–823 |
Junna | 823–833 |
Nimmyō | 833–850 |
Montoku | 850–858 |
Seiwa | 858–876 |
Yōzei | 876(877)–884 |
Kōkō | 884–887 |
Uda | 887–897 |
Daigo | 897–930 |
Suzaku | 930–946 |
Murakami | 946–967 |
Reizei | 967–969 |
En’yū | 969–984 |
Kazan | 984–986 |
Ichijō | 986–1011 |
Sanjō | 1011–16 |
Go-Ichijō | 1016–36 |
Go-Suzaku | 1036–45 |
Go-Reizei | 1045–68 |
Go-Sanjō | 1068–72 |
Shirakawa | 1072–86 |
Horikawa | 1086–1107 |
Toba | 1107–23 |
Sutoku | 1123–41 |
Konoe | 1141–55 |
Go-Shirakawa | 1155–58 |
Nijō | 1158–65 |
Rokujō | 1165–68 |
Takakura | 1168–80 |
Antoku | 1180–85** |
Go-Toba | 1183(1184)–98 |
Tsuchimikado | 1198–1210 |
Juntoku | 1210(1211)–21 |
Chūkyō | 1221 |
Goshirakawa | 1221(1222)–32 |
Shijō | 1232(1233)–42 |
Go-Saga | 1242–46 |
Go-Fukakusa | 1246–59/60 |
Kameyama | 1259/60–74 |
Gouda | 1274–87 |
Fushimi | 1287(1288)–98 |
Go-Fushimi | 1298–1301 |
Go-Nijō | 1301–08 |
Hanazono | 1308–18 |
Go-Daigo | 1318–39 |
Go-Murakami | 1339–68 |
Chōkei | 1368–83 |
Go-Kameyama | 1383–92 |
The Northern court | |
Kōgon | 1331(1332)–33 |
Kōmyo | 1336(1337/38)–48 |
Sukō | 1348(1349/50)–51 |
Go-Kōgon | 1351(1353/54)–71 |
Go-En’yū | 1371(1374/75)–82 |
Go-Komatsu | 1382–92 |
Go-Komatsu | 1392–1412 |
Shōkō | 1412(1414)–28 |
Go-Hanazono | 1428(1429/30)–64 |
Go-Tsuchimikado | 1464(1465/66)–1500 |
Go-Kashiwabara | 1500(1521)–26 |
Go-Nara | 1526(1536)–57 |
Ōgimachi | 1557(1560)–86 |
Go-Yōzei | 1586(1587)–1611 |
Go-Mizunoo | 1611–29 |
Meishō (empress regnant) | 1629(1630)–43 |
Go-Kōmyō | 1643–54 |
Go-Sai | 1654/55(1656)–63 |
Reigen | 1663–87 |
Higashiyama | 1687–1709 |
Nakamikado | 1709(1710)–35 |
Sakuramachi | 1735–47 |
Momozono | 1747–62 |
Go-Sakuramachi (empress regnant) | 1762(1763)–71 |
Go-Momozono | 1771–79 |
Kōkaku | 1780–1817 |
Ninkō | 1817–46 |
Kōmei | 1846(1847)–66 |
Meiji, personal name Mutsuhito, era name Meiji | 1867(1868)–1912 |
Taishō, personal name Yoshihito, era name Taishō | 1912(1915)–26 |
Hirohito, era name Shōwa | 1926(1928)–1989 |
Akihito, era name Heisei | 1989(1990)– |
*Reign dates for the first 28 sovereigns and the regent Jingū (given in italics) are taken from the Nihon shoki ("Chronicles of Japan"). The first 14 sovereigns are considered legendary; and while the latter 14 are known to have existed, their exact reign dates have not been verified historically. When the year of actual accession and year of formal coronation are different, the latter is placed in parenthesis after the former. If the two events took place in the same year, no special notation is used. If only the coronation year is known, it is placed in parenthesis. **Antoku’s reign overlaps that of Go-Toba. Go-Toba was placed on the throne by the Minamoto clan after the rival Taira clan had fled Kyōto with Antoku. |