Emperor Monmu

Posthumous name
	Chinese-style shigō:; Emperor Monmu (文武天皇); ; Japanese-style shigō:; Yamato-neko-toyoohoji no Sumeramikoto (倭根子豊祖父天皇) (707); Ame-no-mamune-toyoohoji no Sumeramikoto (天之真宗豊祖父天皇) (797)

Emperor Monmu
文武天皇
Emperor Monmu; 文武天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign	697–707
Enthronement	September 23, 697
Predecessor	Jitō
Successor	Genmei
Born	Karu (珂瑠 or 軽); 13 October 683
Died	18 July 707 (aged 23); Fujiwara-kyō, Japan
Burial	Hinokuma no Ako no oka no e no misasagi (檜隈安古岡上陵) (Nara)
Issue	Emperor Shōmu; Prince Hironari; Prince Hiroyo;
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	Chinese-style shigō:; Emperor Monmu (文武天皇); ; Japanese-style shigō:; Yamato-neko-toyoohoji no Sumeramikoto (倭根子豊祖父天皇) (707); Ame-no-mamune-toyoohoji no Sumeramikoto (天之真宗豊祖父天皇) (797)
House	Imperial House of Japan
Father	Prince Kusakabe
Mother	Empress Genmei

Emperor Monmu (文武天皇, Monmu-tennō, 683–707) was the 42nd emperor of Japan,^[1] according to the traditional order of succession.^[2]

Monmu's reign spanned the years from 697 through 707.^[3]

^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 文武天皇 (42); retrieved 2013-8-22.
^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 55.
^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 60–63, p. 63, at Google Books Brown, Delmer M. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 270–271; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 137–140.