is the name of a mausoleum in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto used by successive generations of the Japanese Imperial Family. The tomb is situated in Sennyū-ji, a Buddhist temple founded in the early Heian period, which was the hereditary temple or of the Imperial Family.
Notable interments
Kamakura period 86 Emperor Go-Horikawa 87 Emperor Shijō
Edo period
The Imperial Household Agency maintains Tsuki no wa no misasagi as the place of enshrinement and the venue for veneration of several Edo period emperors. 108 Emperor Go-Mizunoo 109 Empress Meishō 110 Emperor Go-Kōmyō 111 Emperor Go-Sai 112 Emperor Reigen and Takatsukasa Fusako 113 Emperor Higashiyama 114 Emperor Nakamikado 115 Emperor Sakuramachi 116 Emperor Momozono 117 Empress Go-Sakuramachi 118 Emperor Go-Momozono
In addition, this is the official misasagi for Prince Masahito, posthumously named Yōkwōin daijō-tennō, who was the eldest son of Emperor Ōgimachi and the father of Emperor Go-Yōzei.
Two other Edo Period emperors are also enshrined at and the last Edo Period emperor is enshrined at in form of kofun. The final resting places of two Empress Dowagers are also found in this Imperial tomb complex. 119 Emperor Kōkaku and Empress Yoshiko 120 Emperor Ninkō 121 Emperor Kōmei and Empress Eishō
See also Emperor of Japan List of Emperors of Japan
Notes
References
External links Official website of Sennyū-ji