| |- | Kōnin | 770 | 781 | 781 | Kanmu | |- | Heizei | 806 | 809 | 824 | Saga |Emperor Heizei was forced to abdicate due to illness in 809 and lived for 14 years as a monk. |- | Saga | 809 | 823 | 842 | Junna | |- | Junna | 823 | 833 | 840 | Nimmyō | |- | Seiwa | 858 | 876 | 881 | Yōzei | |- | Yōzei | 876 | 884 (deposed) | 949 | Kōkō | |- | Uda | 887 | 897 | 931 | Daigo | |- | Daigo | 897 | 930 | 930 | Suzaku |Emperor Daigo abdicated in favour of his son, as he fell ill, and died a few months later. |- | Suzaku | 930 | 946 | 952 | Murakami | |- | Reizei | 967 | 969 | 1011 | En'yū | Anna 2 969: Reizei abdicated; and he took the honorific title of Reizei-in Jōkō. His reign lasted for just two years; and he lived another 44 years in retirement. Kankō 8, 24th day of the 10th month (1011): Daijō-tennō Reizei-in Jōkō died at age 62. |- | En'yū | 969 | 984 | 991 | Kazan | |- | Kazan | 984 | 986 | 1008 | Ichijō | |- | Ichijō | 986 | 1011 | 1011 | Sanjō | |- | Sanjō | 1011 | 1016 | 1017 | Go-Ichijō | |- | Go-Suzaku | 1036 | 1045 | 1045 | Go-Reizei | |- | Go-Sanjō | 1068 | 1073 | 1073 | Shirakawa | Kankō 8, on the 13th day of the 6th month (1011): In the 25th year of Emperor Ichijō's reign (一条天皇25年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (senso) was received by his cousin. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Sanjō is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui) at age 36. Kankō 8, 22nd day of the 6th month (1011): Daijō-tennō Emperor Ichijō died at the age of 32. |- | Shirakawa | 1073 | 1087 | 1129 | Horikawa | Ōtoku 3, on the 26th day of the 11th month (1084): Emperor Shirakawa formally abdicated, and he took the title Daijō Tennō. Shirakawa had personally occupied the throne for 14 years; and for the next 43 years, he would exercise broad powers in what will come to be