{"slug": "emperor-kanmu", "label": "Emperor Kanmu", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Kanmu", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314846", "qid": "Q314846", "description": "Emperor of Japan", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [737, 806], "span_label": ["737 CE", "806 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "korea", "label": "Korea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "buddhism-in-japan", "label": "Buddhism in Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "honshu", "label": "Honshu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nara-nara", "label": "Nara, Nara", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 737, "year_label": "737 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Kanmu, emperor of Japan (d. 806)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809689#Births", "title": "AD 737", "revid": 1340809689, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 781, "year_label": "781 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 – Emperor Kōnin of Japan abdicates the throne after an 11-year reign, in favour of his half-Korean son, Kanmu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848254#Asia", "title": "781", "revid": 1340848254, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 784, "year_label": "784 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Japanese begin a war against the Ainu, in the north, on the main island of Honshu. Emperor Kanmu wishes to be free from the influence of the Buddhist monasteries around Nara (then called Heijō), and moves the capital to Nagaoka, ending the Nara period.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848263#Asia", "title": "784", "revid": 1340848263, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 785, "year_label": "785 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Fujiwara no Tanetsugu, Japanese nobleman (chūnagon), has his daughter Azumako married to the 12-year-old crown prince Heizei (son of Emperor Kanmu). While supervising construction of the buildings in the capital of Nagaoka, he is killed by an arrow.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351342449#Asia", "title": "785", "revid": 1351342449, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 789, "year_label": "789 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "An uprising in Japan leads to a major defeat for Emperor Kanmu, along with a severe drought and famine; the streets of the capital Nagaoka-kyō are clogged with the sick.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848283#Asia", "title": "789", "revid": 1340848283, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 806, "year_label": "806 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – Kanmu, emperor of Japan (b. 737)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292643508#Deaths", "title": "806", "revid": 1292643508, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 806, "year_label": "806 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – Emperor Kanmu dies after a 25-year reign, that has seen Korean culture and technology introduced to Japan. He is succeeded by his son Heizei, as the 51st emperor of Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292643508#Asia", "title": "806", "revid": 1292643508, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}