Emperor Sushun (崇峻天皇, Sushun-tennō, (d. 592) was the 32nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 587 through 592.
Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina) was Hatsusebe-shinnō, also known as Hatsusebe no Waka-sazaki.
His name at birth was Hatsusebe no Miko (長谷部皇子). He was the twelfth son of Emperor Kimmei. His mother was Oane-no-kimi (小姉君), a daugh...
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Emperor Sushun (崇峻天皇, Sushun-tennō, (d. 592) was the 32nd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 587 through 592.
Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina) was Hatsusebe-shinnō, also known as Hatsusebe no Waka-sazaki.
His name at birth was Hatsusebe no Miko (長谷部皇子). He was the twelfth son of Emperor Kimmei. His mother was Oane-no-kimi (小姉君), a daughter of Soga no Iname, who was the chief, or Ō-omi, of the Soga clan.
Sushun had one Empress and two Imperial children.
He succeeded his half brother, Emperor Yōmei in 587, and lived in the Kurahashi Palace (Kurahashi no Miya) in Yamato.
He came to the throne with the support of the Soga clan and Empress Suiko, his half sister and the widow of Emperor Bidatsu. Initially, the Mononobe clan, a rival clan of the Sogas, allied with Prince Anahobe, another son of Kimmei, and attempted to have him installed as emperor. Soga no Umako, who succeeded...
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