Emperor Kazan
| Kazan | |
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| Emperor of Japan | |
Emperor Kazan
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| Reign | 984–986 |
| Coronation | 984 |
| Predecessor | En'yū |
| Successor | Ichijō |
| Born | November 29, 968 Heian Kyō (Kyōto) |
| Died | March 17, 1008 (aged 39) Heian Kyō (Kyōto) |
| Burial | Kamiya no hotori no misasagi (Kyoto) |
| Father | Reizei |
| Mother | Fujiwara no Kaishi |
Emperor Kazan (花山天皇 Kazan-tennō?, November 29, 968 – March 17, 1008) was the 65th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Kazan's reign spanned the years from 984 through 986.
Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (imina) was Morosada-shinnō (師貞親王).
Morasada was the eldest son of Emperor Reizei. The prince's mother was Fujiwara no Kaneko/Kaishi (藤原懐子), who was a daughter of sesshō Fujiwara no Koretada. Morasada was also the brother of Emperor Sanjō.
Prince Morasada was seventeen years of age at the time of the succession.
He commissioned the Shūi Wakashū.
He faced a tough political struggle from the Fujiwara family; and at the age of nineteen, he was manipulated into abandoning the throne by Fujiwara no Kaneie.
Nyūkaku went on various pilgrimages and 're-founded' the Kannon pilgrimage, as a monk to the name of Tokudo Shonin (Some scholars doubt that Kazan, in his unstable mental condition at the time was involved with the founding of the pilgrimage, thereby leaving all of the credit to Shonin) had supposedlly already created it. This pilgrimage involved travelling to 33 locations across the eight provinces of the Bando area.
He was told to visit these 33 sites, in order to bring release from suffering, by Kannon Bosatsu in a vision.
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