Editing Emperor Seiwa (section)

==Traditional narrative==
Seiwa was the fourth son of [[Emperor Montoku]].  His mother was Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Akirakeiko (明子), also called the Somedono empress (染殿后).  Seiwa's mother was the daughter of [[Fujiwara no Yoshifusa]] (藤原良房), who was regent and great minister of the council of state.<ref name="v166"/>
He was the younger half-brother of Imperial Prince Koretaka (惟喬親王; 844–897)

===Imina===
Before his ascension to the [[Chrysanthemum Throne]], his personal name (his ''[[imina]]'')<ref>Brown, pp. 264; prior to [[Emperor Jomei]], the personal names of the emperors (their ''imina'') were very long and people did not generally use them.  The number of characters in each name diminished after Jomei's reign.</ref> was {{Nihongo|Korehito|惟仁}},<ref name="t115">Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 115.|page=115}}</ref> the first member of the [[Imperial House of Japan|Imperial house]] to be personally named "-hito" [[wikt:仁#Japanese|仁]]. One meaning of the character 仁 is the [[Confucianism|Confucian]] concept of ''[[Ren (Confucianism)|ren]]''. Later it has been a tradition to name the personal name of all male members of the Imperial family this way.

He was also known as emperor as ''Mizunoo-no-mikado''<ref name="v166">Varley, p. 166.</ref> or ''Minoo-tei''.<ref>Ponsonby-Fane, p. 8.</ref>

===Events of Seiwa's life===
Originally under the guardianship of his maternal grandfather [[Fujiwara no Yoshifusa]], he displaced Imperial Prince Koretaka (惟喬親王) as [[Crown Prince]].  Upon the death of his father in 858, Emperor Montoku, he became Emperor at the age of 9, but the real power was held by his grandfather, Yoshifusa.

* '''7 October 858''' (''[[Ten'an]] 2, 27th day of the 8th month'')<!-- [http://web.me.com/meyer.eva/www.yukikurete.de/nengo_calc.htm  NengoCalc] 天安二年八月二十七日 -->: In the 8th year of Montoku''-tennō''{{'}}s reign (文徳天皇8年), the emperor died;<ref name="t115"/> and the succession (''senso'') was received by his son.  Shortly thereafter, Emperor Seiwa is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').<ref>Brown, pp. 286; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to [[Emperor Tenji]]; and all sovereigns except [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]], [[Emperor Go-Toba|Go-Toba]], and [[Emperor Fushimi|Fushimi]] have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of [[Emperor Go-Murakami]].</ref>
* '''15 December 858''' (''Ten'an 2, 7th day of the 11th month'')<!-- 天安二年十一月七日 -->: The emperor's official announcement of his enthronement at age 9 was accompanied by the appointment of his grandfather as regent (''sesshō'').  This is the first time that this high honor has been accorded to a member of the [[Fujiwara family]], and it is also the first example in Japan of the accession of an heir who is too young to be emperor.  The proclamation of the beginning of Seiwa's reign was made at the [[Kotaijingu]] at [[Ise Province]] and at all the tombs of the imperial family.<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 115.|page=115}}; Brown, p. 286.</ref>
* '''859''' (''[[Jōgan]] 1, 1st month''): All New Year's festivities were suspended because of the period of national mourning for the death of Emperor Montoku.<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 116.|page=116}}</ref>
* '''859''' (''Jōgan 1''): Construction began on the [[Iwashimizu Shrine]] near Heian-kyō.  This shrine honors Hachiman, the Shinto war god.<ref name="b288">Brown, p. 288.</ref>
* '''869''' (''Jōgan 10''): Yōzei was born, and he was named Seiwa's heir in the following year.<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 122.|page=122}}</ref>
* '''876''' (''Jōgan 17, 11th month''): In the 18th year of Seiwa''-tennō''{{'}}s reign (清和天皇18年), the emperor ceded his throne to his five-year-old son, which meant that the young child received the succession (''senso'').  Shortly thereafter, Emperor Yōzei formally acceded to the throne (''sokui'').<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 122.|page=122}}; Varley, p. 44.</ref>
* '''878''' (''[[Gangyō]] 2''):  Seiwa became a Buddhist priest.  His new priestly name was Soshin (素真).<ref name = "b288"/>
* '''7 January 881''' (''Gangyō 4, 4th day of the 12th month'')<!-- 元慶二年十二月四日  -->: Former-Emperor Seiwa died at age 30.<ref>Brown, p. 289; Varley, p. 170.</ref>