This list of

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presents the traditional order of succession. Records of the reigns are compiled according to the traditional

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. In the ''

nengō The , also known as , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being ""), followed by the literal ...

'' system which has been in use since the late-seventh century, years are numbered using the Japanese era name and the number of years which have taken place since that ''nengō'' era started.Nussbaum
"Nengō" in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 704.
/ref>The sequence, order and dates of the first 28 emperors, and especially the first 16, are based on the Japanese calendar system.

Emperors of Japan

Individuals posthumously recognized as emperors

This is a list of individuals who did not reign as emperor during their lifetime but were later recognized as Japanese emperors posthumously.

Gallery

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Notes

References

* Ackroyd, Joyce. (1982). ''Lessons from History: the 'Tokushi yoron. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press.
OCLC 157026188
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). ''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past''. Berkeley: University of California Press.
OCLC 251325323
* Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). '' Nihon Ōdai Ichiran''; ou
''Annales des empereurs du Japon''.
Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland
OCLC 5850691
* Varley, H. Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns''. New York: Columbia University Press.
OCLC 59145842

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