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| 786 births | |
| 842 deaths | |
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Saga was a scholar of the Chinese classics and, according to legend, the first Japanese emperor to drink Tea . He was renowned as a skillful Calligrapher . Saga succeeded to the throne after the retirement of Heizei due to illness, and soon after his enthronement was himself ill. This gave Heizei an opportunity to foment a rebellion, which Saga put down in a bloody civil war. Saga was a supporter of the Buddhist monk Kukai and helped him to establish the Shingon School of Buddhism by granting him the Toji temple in the capital Heian-kyō (present day Kyoto ). |
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