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Predecessor
  
Name
  
Emperor Go-Fukakusa

Died
  
August 17, 1304

Parents
  
Emperor Go-Saga

Successor
  
Role
  
Sovereign

Spouse
  
Fujiwara no Kimiko

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Born
  
June 28, 1243 (
1243-06-28
)

Burial
  
Fukakusa no kita no Misasagi (Kyoto)

Children
  
Emperor Fushimi, Prince Hisaaki

Grandchildren
  
Emperor Hanazono, Prince Morikuni, Emperor Go-Fushimi

Similar People
  
Emperor Kameyama, Emperor Jimmu, Kakuei Tanaka, Hirohito, Akihito

Emperor Go-Fukakusa (後深草天皇, Go-Fukakusa-tenno) (June 28, 1243 – August 17, 1304) was the 89th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This reign spanned the years 1246 through 1260.

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This 13th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Nimmyo and go- (後), translates literally as "later;" and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Fukakusa". The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the "second one;" and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Fukakusa, the second," or as "Fukakusa II."

Name

Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina) was Hisahito (久仁).

Although the Roman-alphabet spelling of the name of this 13th-century emperor is the same as that of the personal name of a current member of the Imperial family, the kanji are different:

  • Emperor Go-Fukakusa, formerly Prince Hisahito (久仁)
  • Prince Hisahito of Akishino (悠仁)
  • He was the second son of Emperor Go-Saga.

    Issue

  • Empress: Saionji (Fujiwara) Kimiko (西園寺(藤原)公子) (daughter of his mother's younger sister and Emperor Go-Saga's adopted son/nephew)
  • Second daughter: Imperial Princess Takako (貴子内親王)
  • Third daughter: Imperial Princess Reiko (姈子内親王) (wife of Emperor Go-Uda)
  • Lady-in-waiting: Daughter of Miki? (Fujiwara) ?? (三木(藤原)茂通)
  • Eighth son: Prince ?? (三木(藤原)茂通) (Buddhist Priest)
  • Sixth daughter: Imperial Princess ?? (永子内親王)
  • Consort: Toin (Fujiwara) ?? (洞院(藤原)愔子)
  • Fourth daughter: Imperial Princess Hisako (久子内親王)
  • Second son: Imperial Prince Hirohito (熈仁親王) (Emperor Fushimi)
  • Third son: Prince ?? (性仁法親王) (Buddhist Priest)
  • Consort: Miki? (Fujiwara) Fusako (三条(藤原)房子)
  • Fifth son: Prince Gyokaku (行覚法親王) (Buddhist Priest)
  • Seventh son: Imperial Prince Hisaaki (久明親王) (8th Shogun of Kamakura Shogunate)
  • Ninth son: Prince ?? (増覚法親王) (Buddhist Priest)
  • Consort: Saionji (Fujiwara) Aiko (西園寺(藤原)相子)
  • Fifth daughter: Princess Hanako/Eiko/Akiko (瑛子内親王)
  • Events of Go-Fukakusa's life

    Hisahito-shinno (久仁親王) formally became Go-Fukakusa-tenno (後深草天皇) at the age of 2; and Go-Saga began to exercise power as cloistered Emperor.

  • 1247 (Kangen 4, 1st month): In the 4th year of Go-Saga-tenno 's reign (後嵯峨天皇四年), he abdicated; and despite the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his 4-year-old son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Fukakusa is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).
  • In 1259, at the insistence of Retired Emperor Go-Saga, he abdicated at the age of 15 to his younger brother, who would become Emperor Kameyama.

    After Emperor Go-Uda's ascension in 1260, Saionji Sanekane negotiated with the Bakufu, and succeeded in getting Emperor Go-Fukakusa's son Hirohito named as Crown Prince. In 1287, with his ascension as Emperor Fushimi, Go-Fukakusa's cloistered rule began.

    In 1290, he entered the priesthood, retiring from the position of cloistered Emperor. But, with his seventh son, Imperial Prince Hisaaki becoming the 8th Kamakura shogun among other things, the position of his Jimyoin-to became strengthened.

    In 1304, he died. He is enshrined with other emperors at the imperial tomb called Fukakusa no kita no misasagi (深草北陵) in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.

    Kugyo

    Kugyo (公卿) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. Even during those years in which the court's actual influence outside the palace walls was minimal, the hierarchic organization persisted.

    In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During Go-Fukakusa's reign, this apex of the Daijo-kan included:

  • Sessho, Ichijo Sanetsune, 1246–1247
  • Sessho, Konoe Kanetsune, 1247–1252
  • Sessho, Takatsukasa Kanehira, 1252–1254
  • Kampaku, Takatsukasa Kanehira, 1254–1261
  • Sadaijin
  • Udaijin
  • Nadaijin
  • Dainagon
  • Eras of Go-Fukakusa's reign

    The years of Go-Fukakusa's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengo.

  • Kangen (1243–1247)
  • Hoji (1247–1249)
  • Kencho (1249–1257)
  • Kogen (1256–1257)
  • Shoka (1257–1259)
  • Shogen (1259–1260)
  • References

    Emperor Go-Fukakusa Wikipedia


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