Emperor Sutoku

Emperor of Japan

July 7, 1119

September 14, 1164(1164-09-14) (45)

Posthumous nameJapanese style: Yamato-neko-amatsumishirushi-toyosato no Mikoto (日本根子天璽豊聡慧尊 ), also Fukakusa no Mikado (深草帝 ) Chinese style: Emperor Ninmyō (天武天皇 )

For the 125th emperor also known as Akihito, see Akihito. Emperor of Japan Emperor Sutoku (崇徳天皇 , Sutoku-tennō, July 7, 1119 – September 14, 1164) was the 75th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Sutoku's reign spanned the years from 1123 through 1142.