Appendix I | List of Emperors
(The list here printed is the official list issued by the government, and has been revised by Mr. Tateno, the Japanese Minister at Washington.)
| Name. | Date of Access. | Date of Death. | Age at Death. |
| 1. Jimmu | 660 B.C. | 585 B.C. | 127 |
| 2. Suizei | 581 | 549 | 84 |
| 3. Annei | 548 | 511 | 57 |
| 4. Itoku | 510 | 477 | 77 |
| 5. Kōshō | 475 | 393 | 114 |
| 6. Kōan | 392 | 291 | 137 |
| 7. Kōrei | 290 | 215 | 128 |
| 8. Kōgen | 214 | 158 | 116 |
| 9. Kaikwa | 157 | 98 | 111 |
| 10. Sūjin | 97 | 30 A.D. | 119 |
| 11. Suinin | 29 A.D. | 70 | 141 |
| 12. Keikō | 71 | 130 | 143 |
| 13. Seimu | 131 | 190 | 108 |
| 14. Chūai | 192 | 200 | 52 |
| Jingō (Empress Regent)341 | 201 | 269 | 100 |
| 15. Ōjin | 270 | 310 | 110 |
| 16. Nintoku | 313 | 399 | 110 |
| 17. Richū | 400 | 405 | 67 |
| 18. Hanzei | 406 | 411 | 60 |
| 19. Inkyō | 412 | 453 | 80 |
| 20. Ankō | 454 | 456 | 56 |
| 21. Yūriyaku | 457 | 479 | —— |
| 22. Seinei | 480 | 484 | 41 |
| 23. Kenzō | 485 | 487 | —— |
| 24. Ninken | 488 | 498 | 50 |
| 25. Muretsu | 499 | 506 | 18 |
| 26. Keitai | 507 | 531 | 82 |
| 27. Ankan | 534 | 535 | 70 |
| 28. Senkwa | 536 | 539 | 73 |
| 29. Kimmei | 540 | 571 | 63 |
| 30. Bidatsu | 572 | 585 | 48 |
| 31. Yōmei | 586 | 587 | 69 |
| 32. Sujun | 588 | 592 | 73 |
| 33. Suiko (Empress) | 593 | 628 | 75 |
| 34. Jomei | 629 | 641 | 49 |
| 35. Kōkyoku (Empress) | 642 | —— | —— |
| 36. Kōtoku | 645 | 654 | 59 |
| 37. Saimei (re-accession of Kōkyoku | 655 | 661 | 68 |
| 38. Tenji | 668 | 671 | 58 |
| 39. Kōbun | 672 | 672 | 25 |
| 40. Temmu | 673 | 686 | 65 |
| 41. Jitō (Empress) | 690 | 702 | 58 |
| 42. Mommu | 697 | 707 | 25 |
| 43. Gemmyō (Empress) | 708 | 721 | 61 |
| 44. Genshō (Empress) | 715 | 748 | 69 |
| 45. Shōmu | 724 | 756 | 56 |
| 46. Kōken (Empress) | 749 | —— | —— |
| 47. Junnin | 759 | 765 | 33 |
| 48. Kōken (re-enthroned) | 765 | 770 | 53 |
| 49. Kōnin | 770 | 781 | 73 |
| 50. Kwammu | 782 | 806 | 70 |
| 51. Heijō | 806 | 824 | 51 |
| 52. Saga | 810 | 842 | 57 |
| 53. Ninna | 824 | 840 | 55 |
| 54. Nimmyō | 834 | 850 | 41 |
| 55. Montoku | 851 | 858 | 32 |
| 56. Seiwa | 859 | 880 | 31 |
| 57. Yōzei | 877 | 949 | 82 |
| 58. Kōko | 885 | 887 | 58 |
| 59. Uda | 888 | 931 | 65 |
| 60. Daigo | 898 | 930 | 46 |
| 61. Shujaku | 931 | 952 | 30 |
| 62. Muragami | 947 | 967 | 42 |
| 63. Reizei | 968 | 1011 | 62 |
| 64. Enyū | 970 | 991 | 33 |
| 65. Kwazan | 985 | 1008 | 41 |
| 66. Ichiyō | 987 | 1011 | 32 |
| 67. Sanjō | 1012 | 1017 | 42 |
| 68. Go-Ichijō | 1017 | 1028 | 29 |
| 69. Go-Shujaku | 1037 | 1045 | 37 |
| 70. Go-Reizei | 1047 | 1068 | 44 |
| 71. Go-Sanjō | 1069 | 1073 | 40 |
| 72. Shirakawa | 1073 | 1129 | 77 |
| 73. Horikawa | 1087 | 1107 | 29 |
| 74. Toba | 1108 | 1156 | 54 |
| 75. Shutoku | 1124 | 1164 | 46 |
| 76. Konoye | 1142 | 1155 | 17 |
| 77. Go-Shirakawa | 1156 | 1192 | 66 |
| 78. Nijō | 1159 | 1165 | 23 |
| 79. Rokujō | 1166 | 1176 | 13 |
| 80. Takakura | 1169 | 1181 | 21 |
| 81. Antoku | 1181 | 1185 | 15 |
| 82. Go-Toba | 1186 | 1239 | 60 |
| 83. Tsuchi-mikado | 1199 | 1231 | 37 |
| 84. Juntoku | 1211 | 1242 | 46 |
| 85. Chūkyō | 1222 | 1234 | 17 |
| 86. Go-Horikawa | 1221 | 1234 | 23 |
| 87. Yojō | 1232 | 1242 | 12 |
| 88. Go-Saga | 1242 | 1272 | 53 |
| 89. Go Fukakusa | 1246 | 1304 | 62 |
| 90. Kameyama | 1259 | 1305 | 57 |
| 91. Go-Uda | 1274 | 1324 | 58 |
| 92. Fushimi | 1288 | 1317 | 53 |
| 93. Go-Fushimi | 1298 | 1336 | 49 |
| 94. Go-Nijyō | 1301 | 1308 | 24 |
| 95. Hanazono | 1308 | 1348 | 52 |
| 96. Go-Daigo | 1318 | 1339 | 52 |
| 97. Go-Murakami | 1339 | 1368 | 41 |
| 98. Go-Kameyama | 1373 | 1424 | 78 |
| 99. Go-Komatsu | 1382 | 1433 | 57 |
| 100. Shōkō | 1414 | 1428 | 28 |
| 101. Go-Hanazono | 1429 | 1470 | 52 |
| 102. Go-Tsuchi-mikado | 1465 | 1500 | 59 |
| 103. Go-Kashiwabara | 1521 | 1526 | 63 |
| 104. Go-Nara | 1536 | 1557 | 62 |
| 105. Ōgimachi | 1560 | 1593 | 77 |
| 106. Go-Yojō | 1586 | 1617 | 47 |
| 107. Go-Mizuo | 1611 | 1680 | 85 |
| 108. Myōshō (Empress) | 1630 | 1696 | 74 |
| 109. Go-Kōmyō | 1643 | 1654 | 22 |
| 110. Go-Nishio | 1656 | 1685 | 49 |
| 111. Reigen | 1663 | 1732 | 79 |
| 112. Higashiyama | 1687 | 1709 | 35 |
| 113. Naka-mikado | 1710 | 1737 | 37 |
| 114. Sakuramachi | 1720 | 1750 | 31 |
| 115. Momozono | 1747 | 1762 | 22 |
| 116. Go-Sakuramachi (Empress) | 1763 | 1813 | 74 |
| 117. Go-Momozono | 1771 | 1779 | 22 |
| 118. Kōkaku | 1780 | 1840 | 70 |
| 119. Jinkō | 1817 | 1846 | 47 |
| 120. Kōmei | 1847 | 1867 | 37 |
| 121. Mutsuhito (reigning emperor) | 1868 |