Emperor Sanjo

Japanese: 三条天皇 - さんじょうてんのう

[Born] Tenen 4 (976).1.3. Kyoto
[Died] May 9, 1017, Kyoto The 67th Emperor (reigned 1011-16). His name was Okisada. He was the second son of Emperor Reizei, and his mother was the daughter of Grand Minister of State Kaneie, posthumously named Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Choshi. He ascended to the throne in the 8th year of Kanko (11th year of the Kanko era). This was the heyday of the Fujiwara clan, and Michinaga wielded great power as Minister of the Left. When he was the Crown Prince, he had two wives, Dainagon Fujiwara no Saitoki's daughter Shoshi and Michinaga's daughter Kenshi. After he ascended to the throne, despite Shoshi's wish to become empress, he shied away from Michinaga and made Kenshi empress and Shoshi empress as consort. Michinaga proposed that Shoshi be posthumously awarded the title of Grand Minister of State and made Shoshi empress, but when the issue of succession arose, she strongly advocated for the support of her grandson, Emperor Ichijo's second son, Prince Atsunari (later Emperor Go-Ichijo). The Emperor accepted the proposal on the condition that Shoshi's first son, Prince Atsunari, be made crown prince, and abdicated in January 1016 after four and a half years on the throne. His mausoleum is located at Kitayama Ryo in Kinugasa Nishison Join-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto City.

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Japanese:

[生]天延4(976).1.3. 京都
[没]寛仁1(1017).5.9. 京都
第 67代の天皇 (在位 1011～16) 。名は居貞 (おきさだ) 。冷泉天皇の第2皇子，母は太政大臣兼家の娘，贈皇太后藤原超子。寛弘8 (11) 年即位。藤原氏の全盛時代で，道長が左大臣として権勢をふるった。天皇は東宮のとき大納言藤原済時の娘娍子 (せいし) と道長の娘妍子 (けんし) の2妃があり，践祚後，娍子に立后の意志があったにもかかわらず，道長をはばかり妍子を皇后に，娍子を中宮に立てた。道長は済時に太政大臣を追贈することを奏して娍子を皇后に立てたが，皇位継承問題が起ると，外孫の一条天皇第2皇子敦成親王 (のちの後一条天皇) の擁立を強く主張した。そこで天皇は娍子所生の第1皇子敦明親王を皇太子にすることを条件にその言を入れ，在位4年半の長和5 (1016) 年1月譲位した。陵墓は京都市北区衣笠西尊上院町の北山陵。

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