Saga (emperor)

Genealogy

Saga was the second wire of the emperor Kammu, and the young brother of the emperor Heizei, his predecessor.

Empress

Tachibana No Kachiko, ° 786, girl of Tachibana No Kiyotomo; empress ( Ko¯go¯ ) in 809; called Danrin Ko¯go¯, died in 850; it had eight children

Wives and descent

Saga had 23 wire (6 imperial princes) and 27 girls (12 imperial princesses):

Tachibana No Kachiko, born 786, died into 850; girl of Tachibana No Kiyotomo; empress (kogo) in 809; called Danrin Kogo; mother of 2 imperial princes and 5 imperial princesses

Prince Masara, born in 810; future emperor Ninmyo
Princess Seishi (Masako), her binocular, born in 810, died into 879; married to his/her uncle the emperor Junna
Hideko Princess, died in 850
Toshiko Princess, died in 826
Prince Hidera, born 817, died in 895
Yoshiko Princess, died in 839
Shigeko Princess, died in 851

Takatsu Princess, her half sister, born towards 789, dead 841; girl of the Kammu emperor and Sakanoue No Matako; consort imperial (Hi) mother of an imperial prince and an imperial princess

Prince Narira, dead 868
Nariko Princess, died in 815

Tajihi No Takako, born 787, dead 825, girl of Tajihi No Ujimori; consort imperial (Hi)
Fujiwara No Onatsu, dead 855, girl of Fujiwara No Uchimaro; consort imperial (Bunin)
Ohara No Joshi (Kiyoko), dead 841, girl of Ohara No Yakatsugu; imperial wife (nyogo); mother of an imperial princess

Ninshi Princess, dead 889, princess vestal of Ise from 809 to 823

Katano Princess, girl of Prince Yamaguchi; imperial wife (nyogo); mother of an imperial princess

Princess Uchiko, born 807, dead 847; princess vestal of Kamo from 810 to 831

Kudara No Kimyo, dead 851, girl of Kudara No Shuntetsu, imperial wife (nyogo); mother of two imperial princes and an imperial princess

Prince Motora, dead 831
Prince Tadara, born 819, death 876; Minister for the Ceremonial; father of a princess who married FUJIWARA No Mototsune, (836 + 891), wire of FUJIWARA No Nagara and FUJIWARA No Otoharu
Princesse Motoko, dead 831

Iidaka No Yakatoji, imperial concubine (koi); mother of two wire

Prince Tokiwa, born in 812, death 854; receives the name of Minamoto in 814
Prince Akira, born into 814, died into 852/853; receives the name of Minamoto

Akishino No Koko, girl of Akishino No Yasuhito; imperial concubine (koi); mother of a son

Minamoto No Kiyoshi

Yamada No Chikako, imperial concubine (koi); mother of a son and a girl

Minamoto No Hiraku, born 829, dead 869
Minamoto No Mituhime

Kudara No Kyomyo, dead 849; girl of Kudara No Kyoshun; called Naishi No kami; mother of 2 wire and 2 girls

Minamoto No Yoshihime, born 814
Minamoto No Sadamu, born 815, dead 863
Minamoto No Wakahime, born towards 820
Minamoto No Shizumu, born 824, dead 881

Takashina No Kawako, lady of the court, mother of an imperial princess

Soshi Princess, dead 854

Funya No Fumiko, girl of Funya No Kugamaro; ram court, mother of an imperial prince and two imperial princesses

Princesse Junshi, dead 863
Princesse Seishi, dead 853; married with Prince Fujii, his uncle, (800 + 850), wire of the Kammu emperor and Sakanoue No Haruko
Prince Atsushi

a girl of Hiroi No Otona; ram court, mother of a son

Prince Makoto, born 810, death 869; receives the name of Minamoto in 814

Fuse No Musashiko, lady of the court, mother of two girls

Minamoto No Sadahime, born 810, dead 880
Minamoto No Hashihime

a lady of the Kamitsuneko clan, lady of the court, mother of a son

Minamoto No Hiromu, born 812, dead 863

a girl of Taima (Tajima) No Osadamaro, lady of the court, mother of 2 girls:

Minamoto No Kiyohime, born 810, dead 856; married in 823 with Fujiwara No Yoshifusa, (804 + 872), wire of Fujiwara No Fuyutsugu.
Minamoto No Matahime, born 812, dead 882

a girl of Abe No Yamatsu, lady of the court, mother of a son

Minamoto No Yutaka, born 813, dead 872

Kasa No Tsugiko, girl of Kasa No Nakamori; ram court, mother of a son

Minamoto No Ikeru, born 821, dead 872

a lady of the Tanaka clan, lady of the court, mother of a son

Minamoto No Sumu

a lady of the Awata clan, lady of the court, mother of a son

Minamoto No Yasushi, born 822, dead 853

Ohara No Matako, girl of Ohara No Mamuro, lady of the court, mother of 2 wire and a girl

Prince Toru, born 822, death 895; receives the name of Minamoto; Sadaijin (Minister for the Left) in 872; father of

Minamoto No Noboru, born 849, death 918; Large Adviser in 914; father of a princess, married to Fujiwara No Tokihira, (871 + 909)

Minamoto No Tsutomu, born 824, died 881
Minamoto No Mitsuhime

a girl of Koreyoshi No Sadamichi, lady of the court, mother of a son

Minamoto No Masaru

a girl of Nagaoka No Okanari, lady of the court, mother of a son

Minamoto No Sadashi

a lady of the clan KI, lady of the court, mother of a girl:

Minamoto No Sarahime

Kura No Kageko, lady of the court, mother of 3 girls

Minamoto No Kamihime
Minamoto No Tatahime
Minamoto No Agahime

Kannabi No Iseko, lady of the court, mother of a girl

Minamoto No Koehime

Tachibana No Haruko, lady of the court
Onakatomi No Mineko, lady of the court
not identified mothers:

Minamoto No Tsugu
Minamoto No Yoshihime
Minamoto No Toshihime

Biography

In 809, his brother the Heizei emperor, patient, withdraws throne and Saga succeeds to him, but fall sick shortly after in its turn. That gives to Heizei, with which it had been scrambled, opportunity of fomenting a rebellion with his/her concubine Fujiwara No Kusuko. Saga then sends the Shogun Sakanoue No Tamuramaro, which represses the rebellion in a blood bath. Following that, Kusuko commits suicide and Heizei withdraws in a monastery bouddic.

During its reign, Saga creates a police force, the Kebishi . He sponsors the buddhist monk Kūkai, and the assistance to establish the Japanese branch of Buddhism Shingon, while making build for him the temple Tô-ji in the Heian-kyō capital (current the Kyōto).

Kugyō (公卿)

Emperor Saga (嵯峨天皇), R. 809-823 -- kugyō of Saga-tennō
Udaijin, Fujiwara No Uchimaro (藤原内麿), 806-812
Udaijin, Fujiwara No Sonohito (藤原園人), 812-818
Udaijin, Fujiwara No Fuyutsugu (藤原冬嗣), 821-825

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