His mother was Princess Inoe, a daughter of Emperor Shōmu ; but instead of Osabe, it was Kammu who was later named to succeed their father.

Shortly thereafter, Emperor Kammu is said to have acceded to the throne.

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The conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as " traditional " until the reign of Emperor Kammu ( 737 – 806 ), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.

He was the eldest son of the Emperor Kammu and his empress Fujiwara no Otomuro, who was the daughter of nadaijin Fujiwara Yoshitsugu.

Under Emperor Kammu, Tamuramaro had been appointed as shogun of a military expedition against the Emishi.

Hi: Imperial Princess Asahara ( 朝原内親王 ) ( 779 – 817 ), daughter of Emperor Kammu

Hi: Imperial Princess Ōyake ( 大宅内親王 ) (?– 849 ), daughter of Emperor Kammu

Emperor Saga was the second son of Emperor Kammu, and younger brother of Emperor Heizei by the same mother.

Hi ( deposed ): Princess Takatsu ( 高津内親王 ) (?– 841 ), daughter of Emperor Kammu

* Imperial Princess Seishi ( 斉子内親王 ) (?– 853 ), married to Prince Fujii ( son of Emperor Kammu )

Hi ( Empress as posthumous honors ): Imperial Princess Koshi ( 高志内親王 ) ( 789 – 809 ), daughter of Emperor Kammu

The reign of Emperor Kimmei ( 509 – 571 ), the 29th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, is the first for which contemporary historiography are able to assign verifiable dates ; however, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as " traditional " until the reign of Emperor Kammu ( 737 – 806 ), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.

The reign of Emperor Kimmei ( 509 ?– 571 ), the 29th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, is the first for which contemporary historiography are able to assign verifiable dates ; however, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as " traditional " until the reign of Emperor Kammu ( 737 – 806 ), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.

The reign of Emperor Kimmei ( 509 ?– 571 ), the 29th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, is the first for which contemporary historiography are able to assign verifiable dates ; however, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as " traditional " until the reign of Emperor Kammu ( 737 – 806 ), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.

The reign of Emperor Kimmei ( 509 – 571 ), the 29th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, is the first for which contemporary historiography are able to assign verifiable dates ; however, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as " traditional " until the reign of Emperor Kammu ( 737 – 806 ), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.

The reign of Emperor Kimmei ( 509 ?– 569 ), the 29th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, is the first for which contemporary historiography are able to assign verifiable dates ; however, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as " traditional " until the reign of Emperor Kammu ( 737 – 806 ), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.

The reign of Emperor Kimmei ( 509 ?– 571 ), the 29th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, is the first for which contemporary historiography is able to assign verifiable dates ; however, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as " traditional " until the reign of Emperor Kammu ( 737 – 806 ), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.

The reign of Emperor Kimmei ( 509 – 571 ), the 29th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, is the first for which contemporary historiography are able to assign verifiable dates ; however, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as " traditional " until the reign of Emperor Kammu ( 737 – 806 ), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.

The reign of Emperor Kimmei ( 509 – 571 ), the 29th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, is the first for which contemporary historiography are able to assign verifiable dates ; however, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as " traditional " until the reign of Emperor Kammu ( 737 – 806 ), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.

The reign of Emperor Kimmei ( 509 – 571 ), the 29th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, is the first for which contemporary historiography are able to assign verifiable dates ; however, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as " traditional " until the reign of Emperor Kammu ( 737 – 806 ), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.

The reign of Emperor Kimmei ( 509 – 571 ), the 29th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, is the first for which contemporary historiography are able to assign verifiable dates ; however, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as " traditional " until the reign of Emperor Kammu ( 737 – 806 ), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.

* 794: Emperor Kammu moves the capital to Heian-kyō ( present day Kyoto ), initiating the Heian period of Japan.

* Emperor Heizei succeeds Emperor Kammu as Emperor of Japan.

* Emperor Kammu of Japan ( b. 737 )

* Emperor Kammu succeeds Emperor Kōnin as Emperor of Japan.

* An uprising in Japan leads to a major defeat for Emperor Kammu, alongside a severe drought and famine.

* Emperor Kammu, emperor of Japan ( d. 806 )

The Heian period was preceded by the Nara period and began in 794 after the movement of the capital of Japan to Heian-kyō ( present day Kyōto ), by the 50th emperor, Emperor Kammu.

Although Kammu had abandoned universal conscription in 792, he still waged major military offensives to subjugate the Emishi, possible descendants of the displaced Jōmon, living in northern and eastern Japan.

The Kammu Heishi line, founded in 889 by Taira no Takamochi ( a great-grandson of the 50th Kammu tenno, reigned 781-806 ), proved to be the most strong and dominant line during the late Heian period with Taira no Kiyomori eventually forming the first samurai dominated government in the history of Japan.

* 804: Under the reign of Emperor Kammu of Japan, a fleet of four ships sets sail for mainland China.

In 2001, Japan's emperor Akihito told reporters " I, on my part, feel a certain kinship with Korea, given the fact that it is recorded in the Chronicles of Japan that the mother of Emperor Kammu was of the line of King Muryong of Baekje.

Kammu, r. 781 – 806 ) seeking to consolidate his power and to extend his realm, taking measures which included moving the capital of Japan from Nara ultimately to Heian ( modern-day Kyoto ).

In 1940, the local government decided that on top of honouring Emperor Kammu, the Jidai festival was also to be held in honour of ( July 22, 1831-January 30, 1867 ) for his work in unifying the country, the power of the imperial court and the affirmation of Kyoto as the center of Japan at the decline of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Edo Era.

Kammu reigned from 781 to 806.

In 784 Kammu shifted his capital from Nara to Nagaoka-kyō in a move that was said to be designed to edge the powerful Nara Buddhist establishments out of state politics — while the capital moved, the major Buddhist temples, and their officials, stayed put.

Kammu also sponsored the travels of the monks Saichō and Kūkai to China, from where they returned to found the Japanese branches of, respectively, Tendai and Shingon Buddhism.

Kammu disapproved of, daughter of Fujiwara no Tadanushi ; and Kammu had her removed from his son's household.

Kammu disapproved of, daughter of Fujiwara no Tadanushi ; and Kammu had her removed from his son's household.

* 794 – Japanese Emperor Kammu changes his residence from Nara to Kyoto.

Thus there were two Kammu Heishi families, one descended from Takamune and the other from his nephew, Takamochi ( son of Prince Takami ).

Khun Chuang, a warlike ruler who may have been a Kammu ( alternate spellings include Khamu and Khmu ) tribesman, extended his territory as a result of the warring of these principalities and ruled from 1128 to 1170.

Khun Chuang, a warlike ruler who may have been a Kammu ( alternate spellings include Khamu and Khmu ) tribesman, extended his territory as a result of the warring of these principalities and probably ruled from 1128 to 1169.

When Emperor Kammu had moved the capital in 784, he had not permitted the powerful Buddhists from the temples of Nara to follow him.

At the end of the 8th century, Emperor Kammu moved his capital from Nara to Nagaokakyō.

In 794, because of the location's moist temperature and reputation as a breeding ground for disease, Kammu relocated his capital from Nagaoka to Heian, now known as Kyoto.

The name of city is derived from Nagaokakyō, the ancient Japanese capital Emperor Kammu established there from 784 until 794 although the major part of the capital including the imperial palace was in the area of present-day Muko.

** Kammu Heishi ( 桓武平氏 )-descended from 50th emperor Kammu ; famous for Taira no Masakado.

* Ashina clan ( 蘆名氏 )-cadet branch of Miura clan who descended from Kammu Heishi.

* Chiba clan ( 千葉氏 )-descended from Kammu Heishi.

* Doi clan ( 土肥氏 )-descended from Kammu Heishi ; no direct relation to the Genji-descent Doi clan.

* Hatakeyama clan ( 畠山氏 )-descended from Kammu Heishi before 1205.