Emperor Saga

Emperor of Japan

Kamino October 3, 784

August 24, 842(842-08-24) (57)

Posthumous nameKun'yomi: Yamatonekoamatsuhitsugiiyateri no Sumeramikoto (日本根子皇統弥照天皇 ), also Amekuni-oshihirakiamenoshitashirasu Kashiwabara no Sumeramikoto (天国押撥御宇柏原天皇 ), also Kashiwabara no Mikado (柏原帝 ) On'yomi: Emperor Kammu (桓武天皇 )

Not to be confused with Emperors SaGa. Emperor of Japan Cry for noble Saichō (哭最澄上人), which was written by Emperor Saga for Saichō's death. Saga was a scholar of the Chinese classics. He was also renowned as a skillful calligrapher. Chinese calligraphic influence had been weakened after the Heian period; this text was an example of the different way it was evolving in Japan. Emperor Saga (嵯峨天皇 , Saga-tennō, October 3, 786 – August 24, 842) was the 52nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Saga's reign spanned the years from 809 through 823.