Assassination of Emperor Sushun
崇峻天皇暗殺
Event · assassination · 592 · Nara Prefecture, Japan
Emperor Sushun, raised to the throne by his uncle Soga no Umako in 588, was assassinated in 592 because he objected to Umako’s interference in the government1 — the only emperor whose murder by a subject the official histories record2. Kidder suggested that he was buried in the Fujinoki tomb3. Mason 2005, pp. 58–59. ↩ Wikipedia, 崇峻天皇, 「臣下により暗殺されたと正史に明記されている唯一の天皇である」. ↩ Mason 2005, pp. 36–37. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005. Wikipedia, 崇峻天皇: Anon., 崇峻天皇, in: ウィキペディア日本語版, https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E5%B4%87%E5%B3%BB%E5%A4%A9%E7%9A%87&oldid=111455902 (zuletzt abgerufen am 31.10.2026).