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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Kanmu canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Emperor of Japan ⓘ
human ⓘ
burialPlace Kashiwabara no Misasagi (Kyoto) ⓘ
capitalRelocatedTo Heian-kyō ⓘ
linked to: Kyoto

Nagaoka-kyō ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Nara ⓘ
nativeLanguage Classical Japanese ⓘ
notableGeneral Sakanoue no Tamuramaro ⓘ
placeOfBirth Nara, Japan ⓘ
linked to: Nara
placeOfDeath Heian-kyō, Japan ⓘ
linked to: Kyoto
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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