Editing Emperor Tenji (section)

===Death of the emperor===
[[Image:TenchiTennoRyo.jpg|thumb|right|Memorial Shinto shrine and {{ill|Mausoleum of Emperor Tenji|ja|御廟野古墳}}]]
Following his death in 672, there ensued a succession dispute between his fourteen children (many by different mothers). In the end, he was succeeded by his son, [[Emperor Kōbun|Prince Ōtomo]], also known as Emperor Kōbun, then by Tenji's brother [[Emperor Tenmu|Prince Ōama]], also known as Emperor Tenmu. Almost one hundred years after Tenji's death, the throne passed to his grandson [[Emperor Kōnin]].

:'''Post-Meiji chronology'''
:* '''''In the 10th year of [[Tenji (period)|Tenji]]''''', in the 11th month (671): Emperor Tenji, in the {{nihongo|10th year of his reign|天智天皇十年}}, designated his son as his heir; and modern scholars construe this as meaning that the son would have received the succession (''senso'') after his father's death. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Kōbun is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').<ref>Brown, Delmer ''et al.'' (1979). '' Gukanshō'', pp. 268–269.</ref> If this understanding were valid, then it would follow:
::* '''''In the 1st year of [[Kōbun (period)|Kōbun]]''''' (672): Emperor Kōbun, in the 1st year of his reign (弘文天皇元年), died; and his uncle Ōaomi''-shinnō'' received the succession (''senso'') after the death of his nephew. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Tenmu could be said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').<ref>Titsingh, pp. 55–58.</ref>

:'''Pre-Meiji chronology'''
:Prior to the 19th century, Ōtomo was understood to have been a mere interloper, a pretender, an anomaly; and therefore, if that commonly accepted understanding were to have been valid, then it would have followed:
:* '''''In the 10th year of [[Tenji (period)|Tenji]]''''', in the 11th month (671): Emperor Tenji, in the {{nihongo|10th year of his reign|天智天皇十年)}}, died; and despite any military confrontations which ensued, the brother of the dead sovereign would have received the succession (''senso''); and after a time, it would have been understood that Emperor Tenmu rightfully acceded to the throne (''sokui'').

The actual site of Tenji's [[grave (burial)|grave]] is known.<ref name="kunaicho">[[Imperial Household Agency]] (''Kunaichō''): [http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/ryobo/guide/038/index.html 天智天皇 (38)]</ref> This emperor is traditionally venerated at a [[memorial]] [[Shinto]] [[shrine]] (''misasagi'') at [[Yamashina-ku, Kyoto]].

The [[Imperial Household Agency]] designates this location as Tenji's [[mausoleum]]. It is formally named ''Yamashina no misasagi''.<ref>Ponsonby-Fane, p. 420.</ref>