Background
Tennō Ninmyō was born in 810. He was the son of Emperor Saga, but in 823 was adopted by his uncle, Emperor Junna, and in 833 was given the throne by the latter, becoming the fifty-fourth ruler.
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Tennō Ninmyō was born in 810. He was the son of Emperor Saga, but in 823 was adopted by his uncle, Emperor Junna, and in 833 was given the throne by the latter, becoming the fifty-fourth ruler.
He set up Emperor Junna’s son Prince Tsunesada as heir apparent. In 842 Tomo no Kowamine, Tachibana no Hayanari, and others close to the heir apparent plotted a revolt, but they were discovered and condemned to punishment and a new heir apparent, Prince Michiyasu, was appointed. This was the so-called Jowa disturbance, which came about because the heir apparent was not related to the Fujiwara family. The new heir apparent, Prince Michiyasu, was a son of Emperor Nimmyo and the daughter of Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu. In time he became Emperor Montoku, and the Fujiwaras were able to gather all power into their hands.
A detailed account of his reign was compiled, the Shoku Nihon koki, and is still extant; it is one of the Rikkokushi, the six officially sponsored histories of the early period.
Emperor Nimmyo was fond of learning and was a skilled musician.