Emperor Junna


Emperor Junna was the 53rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Junna reigned from 823 to 833.

Traditional narrative

Junna had six Empresses and Imperial consorts and 13 Imperial sons and daughters. His personal name was Ōtomo.
Junna is traditionally venerated at his tomb; the Imperial Household Agency designates, in Nishikyō-ku, Kyoto, as the location of Junna's mausoleum.

Events of Junna's life

The years of Junna's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name.
Kugyō is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras.
In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During Junna's reign, this apex of the Daijō-kan included:
Empress: Imperial Princess Shōshi/Masako, Emperor Saga's daughter
Hi : Imperial Princess Koshi, Emperor Kanmu's daughter
Court lady: Princess Otsugu
Nyogō: Nagahara no Motohime
Nyogō: Tachibana no Ujiko, Tachibana no Nagana's daughter
Koui: Fujiwara no Kiyoko, Fujiwara no Nagaoka's daughter
Court lady: Kiyohara no Haruko, Kiyohara no Natsuno's daughter
Court lady: Ōnakatomi no Yasuko, Ōnakatomi Fuchiio's daughter
Court lady: Ōno no Takako, Ōno no Masao's daughter
Court lady: Tachibana no Funeko, Tachibana no Kiyono's daughter
Court lady: Tajihi no Ikeko, Tajihi no Kadonari's daughter
Unknown lady