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{{Short description|96th emperor of Japan (r. 1318–1339)}}
{{About|the emperor|the Japanese band whose name is sometimes spelled "Godaigo"|Godiego}}
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| name = Go-Daigo
| name = Emperor Go-Daigo<br>{{nobold|{{lang|ja|後醍醐天皇}}}}
| succession = [[Emperor of Japan]]
| succession = [[Emperor of Japan]]
| image = Emperor Godaigo.jpg
| image = Emperor Godaigo by Monkan-bō Kōshin.jpg
| caption =
| caption =
| reign = 29 March 1318 – 18 September 1339
| reign = 29 March 1318 – 18 September 1339
| coronation = 30 April 1318
| coronation = 30 April 1318
| predecessor = [[Emperor Hanazono|Hanazono]]
| predecessor = [[Emperor Hanazono|Hanazono]]
| successor = [[Emperor Go-Murakami|Go-Murakami]]<br>[[Emperor Kōgon|Kōgon]] ([[Northern Court|Pretender]])
| successor = [[Emperor Go-Murakami|Go-Murakami]]<br>[[Emperor Kōgon|Kōgon]] ([[Northern Court|Pretender]])
| posthumous name = [[Posthumous name#Tsuigō|''Tsuigō'']]:<br/>Emperor Go-Daigo ({{lang|ja|後醍醐院}} or {{lang|ja|後醍醐天皇}})
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| spouse = [[Saionji no Kishi]]<br>[[Princess Junshi]]
| reg-type = ''[[Shōgun]]''
| issue = [[Prince Moriyoshi]]<br>[[Prince Takanaga]]<br>[[Prince Munenaga]]<br>[[Prince Tsunenaga]]<br>[[Prince Narinaga]]<br>[[Emperor Go-Murakami]]<br>[[Prince Kaneyoshi]]
| regent = [[Prince Morikuni]]<br>[[Prince Moriyoshi]]<br>[[Prince Narinaga]]<br>[[Ashikaga Takauji]]
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| issue-link = Emperor Go-Daigo#Genealogy
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| spouse = [[Saionji Kishi]]<br>[[Princess Junshi|Junshi]]
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| issue-pipe = Among others...
| royal house = [[Imperial House of Japan|Yamato]]
| issue = {{plainlist|
*[[Prince Moriyoshi]]
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| father = [[Emperor Go-Uda]]
*[[Prince Takanaga]]
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| mother = Fujiwara no Chūshi
*[[Prince Munenaga]]
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| birth_date = 26 November 1288
*[[Prince Tsunenaga]]
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| birth_place = [[Heian-kyō]], [[Kamakura shogunate]]
*[[Prince Narinaga]]
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1339|9|19|1288|11|26|df=y}}
*[[Emperor Go-Murakami]]
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| death_place = Yoshino no Angū ([[Nara, Nara|Nara]]), [[Ashikaga shogunate]]
*[[Prince Kaneyoshi]]}}
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| place of burial= ''Tō-no-o no misasagi'' (Nara)
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| issue-link = Emperor Go-Daigo#Genealogy
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|}}
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| issue-pipe = Among others...
| royal house = [[Imperial House of Japan|Yamato]]
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| father = [[Emperor Go-Uda]]
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| mother = Fujiwara no Chūshi
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| birth_date = 26 November 1288
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| birth_place = [[Heian-kyō]], [[Kamakura shogunate]]
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1339|9|19|1288|11|26|df=y}}
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| death_place = Yoshino no Angū ([[Nara, Nara|Nara]]), [[Ashikaga shogunate]]
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| place of burial = ''Tō-no-o no misasagi'' (塔尾陵) (Nara)
| signature = [[File:Go-Daigo Takaharu.png|45px]]|
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'''Emperor Go-Daigo''' (後醍醐天皇 ''Go-Daigo-tennō'') (26 November 1288 – 19 September 1339) was the 96th [[Emperor of Japan|emperor]] of [[Japan]],<ref name="kunaicho">[[Imperial Household Agency]] (''Kunaichō''): [http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/ryobo/guide/096/index.html 後醍醐天皇 (96)]; retrieved 2013-8-28.</ref> according to the traditional [[List of Emperors of Japan|order of succession]].<ref>[[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard]]. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' p. 95.</ref> He successfully [[Genkō War|overthrew]] the [[Kamakura shogunate]] in 1333 and established the short lived [[Kenmu Restoration]] to bring the [[Imperial House of Japan|Imperial House]] back into power. This was to be the last time the emperor had any [[power (social and political)|power]] until the [[Meiji Restoration]] in 1868.<ref name="sansom22">Sansom 1977: 22–42.</ref> The Kenmu restoration was in turn overthrown by [[Ashikaga Takauji]] in 1336, ushering in the [[Ashikaga shogunate]], and split the imperial family into [[Nanboku-chō period|two opposing factions]] between the Ashikaga backed [[Northern Court]] situated in [[Kyoto]] and the [[Southern Court]] based in [[Yoshino, Nara|Yoshino]] led by Go-Daigo and his later successors.
'''Emperor Go-Daigo''' (後醍醐天皇 ''Go-Daigo-tennō'') (26 November 1288 – 19 September 1339) was the 96th [[emperor of Japan]],<ref name="kunaicho">[[Imperial Household Agency]] (''Kunaichō''): [http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/ryobo/guide/096/index.html 後醍醐天皇 (96)]; retrieved 2013-8-28.</ref> according to the traditional [[List of Emperors of Japan|order of succession]].<ref>[[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard]]. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' p. 95.</ref> He successfully [[Genkō War|overthrew]] the [[Kamakura shogunate]] in 1333 and established the short-lived [[Kenmu Restoration]] to bring the [[Imperial House of Japan|Imperial House]] back into power. This was to be the last time the emperor had real [[power (social and political)|power]] until the [[Meiji Restoration]] in 1868.<ref name="sansom22">Sansom 1977: 22–42.</ref> The Kenmu restoration was in turn overthrown by [[Ashikaga Takauji]] in 1336, ushering in the [[Ashikaga shogunate]]. The overthrow split the imperial family into [[Nanboku-chō period|two opposing factions]] between the Ashikaga backed [[Northern Court]] situated in [[Kyoto]] and the [[Southern Court]] based in [[Yoshino, Nara|Yoshino]]. The Southern Court was led by Go-Daigo and his later successors.


This 14th-century sovereign personally chose his [[posthumous name]] after the 9th-century [[Emperor Daigo]] and ''go-'' (後), translates as "later", and he is thus sometimes called the "Later Emperor Daigo", or, in some older sources, "Daigo, the second" or as "Daigo II".
This 14th-century sovereign personally chose his [[posthumous name]] after the 9th-century [[Emperor Daigo]] and ''go-'' (後), translates as "later", and he is thus sometimes called the "Later Emperor Daigo", or, in some older sources, "Daigo, the second" or as "Daigo II".
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===Events of Go-Daigo's life===
===Events of Go-Daigo's life===
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[[Image:Emperor-Go-Daigo-by-Ogata-Gekko-1904.png|right|thumb|320px|Woodblock print triptych by [[Ogata Gekkō]]; Emperor Go-Daigo dreams of [[ghost]]s at his palace in Kasagiyama]]
{{Main|Kenmu Restoration}}

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[[Image:Gekko Emperor Godaigo.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Woodblock print triptych by [[Ogata Gekkō]]; Emperor Go-Daigo dreams of [[ghost]]s at his palace in Kasagiyama]]
* '''1308''' (''[[Enkyō (Kamakura period)|Enkyō]] 1''): At the death of [[Emperor Go-Nijō]], Hanazono accedes to the [[Chrysanthemum Throne]] at age 12 years; and Takaharu''-shinnō'', the second son of former-[[Emperor Go-Uda]] is elevated as Crown Prince and heir apparent under the direction of the [[Kamakura shogunate]].<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 278|page=278}}; Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959) ''The Imperial House of Japan'', p. 204.</ref>
* '''1308''' (''[[Enkyō (Kamakura period)|Enkyō]] 1''): At the death of [[Emperor Go-Nijō]], Hanazono accedes to the [[Chrysanthemum Throne]] at age 12 years; and Takaharu''-shinnō'', the second son of former-[[Emperor Go-Uda]] is elevated as Crown Prince and heir apparent under the direction of the [[Kamakura shogunate]].<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 278|page=278}}; Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959) ''The Imperial House of Japan'', p. 204.</ref>
* '''29 March 1318''' (''[[Bunpō]] 2, 26th day of 2nd month'')<!-- NengoCalc 文保二年二月二十六日 -->: In the 11th year of Hanazono's reign (花園天皇十一年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (''senso'') was received by his cousin, the second son of former-Emperor Go-Uda. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Daigo is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 281|page=281}}; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to [[Emperor Tenji]]; and all sovereigns except [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]], [[Emperor Go-Toba|Go-Toba]], and [[Emperor Fushimi|Fushimi]] have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of [[Emperor Go-Murakami]].</ref>
* '''29 March 1318''' (''[[Bunpō]] 2, 26th day of 2nd month'')<!-- NengoCalc 文保二年二月二十六日 -->: In the 11th year of Hanazono's reign (花園天皇十一年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (''senso'') was received by his cousin, the second son of former-Emperor Go-Uda. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Daigo is said to have acceded to the throne (''sokui'').<ref>Titsingh, {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|p. 281|page=281}}; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to [[Emperor Tenji]]; and all sovereigns except [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]], [[Emperor Go-Toba|Go-Toba]], and [[Emperor Fushimi|Fushimi]] have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of [[Emperor Go-Murakami]].</ref>
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In 1324, with the discovery of Emperor Go-Daigo's plans to overthrow the [[Kamakura shogunate]], the [[Rokuhara Tandai]] disposed of his close associate Hino Suketomo in the [[Shōchū Incident]].
In 1324, with the discovery of Emperor Go-Daigo's plans to overthrow the [[Kamakura shogunate]], the [[Rokuhara Tandai]] disposed of his close associate Hino Suketomo in the [[Shōchū Incident]].


In the [[Genkō War|Genkō Incident]] of 1331, Emperor Go-Daigo's plans were again discovered, this time by a betrayal by his close associate Yoshida Sadafusa. He quickly hid the [[Japanese imperial regalia|Sacred Treasures]] in a secluded castle in Kasagiyama (the modern town of [[Kasagi, Kyoto|Kasagi]], [[Soraku District, Kyoto|Sōraku District]], [[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyōto Prefecture]]) and raised an army, but the castle fell to the [[shogunate]]'s army the following year, and they enthroned [[Emperor Kōgon]], exiling Daigo to [[Oki Province]] (the [[Oki Islands]] in modern-day [[Shimane Prefecture]]),<ref name=Sansom2>{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A History of Japan, 1334–1615 |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1961 |isbn=0804705259 |pages=7–11}}</ref> the same place to which [[Emperor Go-Toba]] had been exiled after the [[Jōkyū War]] of 1221.
In the [[Genkō War|Genkō Incident]] of 1331, Emperor Go-Daigo's plans were again discovered, this time by a betrayal by his close associate Yoshida Sadafusa. He quickly hid the [[Japanese imperial regalia|Sacred Treasures]] in a secluded castle in Kasagiyama (the modern town of [[Kasagi, Kyoto|Kasagi]], [[Soraku District, Kyoto|Sōraku District]], [[Kyoto Prefecture|Kyōto Prefecture]]) and raised an army, but the castle fell to the [[shogunate]]'s army the following year, and they enthroned [[Emperor Kōgon]], exiling Daigo to [[Oki Province]] (the [[Oki Islands]] in modern-day [[Shimane Prefecture]]),<ref name=Sansom2>{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A History of Japan, 1334–1615 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan00sans |url-access=registration |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1961 |isbn=0804705259 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan00sans/page/7 7]–11}}</ref> the same place to which [[Emperor Go-Toba]] had been exiled after the [[Jōkyū War]] of 1221.


In 1333, Emperor Go-Daigo escaped from Oki with the help of [[Nawa Nagatoshi]] and his family, raising an army at Senjo Mountain in [[Hōki Province]] (the modern town of Kotoura in [[Tōhaku District]], [[Tottori Prefecture]]). [[Ashikaga Takauji]], who had been sent by the [[Kamakura shogunate|shogunate]] to find and destroy this army, sided with the emperor and captured the [[Rokuhara Tandai]]. Immediately following this, [[Nitta Yoshisada]], who had raised an army in the east, laid siege to Kamakura. When the city finally fell to Nitta, Hōjō Takatoki, the [[Shikken|shogunal regent]], fled to [[Tōshō-ji|Tōshō temple]], where he and his entire family committed suicide. This ended Hōjō power and paved the way for a new [[Ashikaga shogunate|military regime]].<ref name=Sansom2/>{{rp|15–21}}
In 1333, Emperor Go-Daigo escaped from Oki with the help of [[Nawa Nagatoshi]] and his family, raising an army at Senjo Mountain in [[Hōki Province]] (the modern town of Kotoura in [[Tōhaku District]], [[Tottori Prefecture]]). [[Ashikaga Takauji]], who had been sent by the [[Kamakura shogunate|shogunate]] to find and destroy this army, sided with the emperor and captured the [[Rokuhara Tandai]]. Immediately following this, [[Nitta Yoshisada]], who had raised an army in the east, laid siege to Kamakura. When the city finally fell to Nitta, [[Hōjō Takatoki]], the [[Shikken|shogunal regent]], fled to [[Tōshō-ji|Tōshō temple]], where he and his entire family committed suicide. This ended Hōjō power and paved the way for a new [[Ashikaga shogunate|military regime]].<ref name=Sansom2/>{{rp|15–21}}


Upon his triumphal return to Kyoto, Daigo took the throne from Emperor Kōgon and began the [[Kenmu Restoration]]. The Restoration was ostensibly a revival of the older ways, but, in fact, the emperor had his eye set on an imperial dictatorship like that of the [[Chinese sovereign|emperor of China]]. He wanted to imitate the Chinese in all their ways and become the most powerful ruler in the East. Impatient reforms, litigation over land rights, rewards, and the exclusion of the samurai from the political order caused much complaining, and his political order began to fall apart. In 1335, [[Ashikaga Takauji]], who had travelled to eastern Japan without obtaining an imperial edict in order to suppress the Nakasendai Rebellion, became disaffected. Daigo ordered Nitta Yoshisada to track down and destroy Ashikaga. Ashikaga defeated Nitta Yoshisada at the Battle of Takenoshita, Hakone. [[Kusunoki Masashige]] and [[Kitabatake Akiie]], in communication with Kyoto, smashed the Ashikaga army. Takauji fled to [[Kyūshū]], but the following year, after reassembling his army, he again approached Kyōto. Kusunoki Masashige proposed a reconciliation with Takauji to the emperor, but Go-Daigo rejected this. He ordered Masashige and Yoshisada to destroy Takauji. Kusunoki's army was defeated at the [[Battle of Minatogawa]].
Upon his triumphal return to Kyoto, Daigo took the throne from Emperor Kōgon and began the [[Kenmu Restoration]]. The Restoration was ostensibly a revival of the older ways, but, in fact, the emperor had his eye set on an imperial dictatorship like that of the [[Chinese sovereign|emperor of China]]. He wanted to imitate the Chinese in all their ways and become the most powerful ruler in the East. Impatient reforms, litigation over land rights, rewards, and the exclusion of the samurai from the political order caused much complaining, and his political order began to fall apart. In 1335, [[Ashikaga Takauji]], who had travelled to eastern Japan without obtaining an imperial edict in order to suppress the Nakasendai Rebellion, became disaffected. Daigo ordered Nitta Yoshisada to track down and destroy Ashikaga. Ashikaga defeated Nitta Yoshisada at the Battle of Takenoshita, Hakone. [[Kusunoki Masashige]] and [[Kitabatake Akiie]], in communication with Kyoto, smashed the Ashikaga army. Takauji fled to [[Kyūshū]], but the following year, after reassembling his army, he again approached Kyōto. Kusunoki Masashige proposed a reconciliation with Takauji to the emperor, but Go-Daigo rejected this. He ordered Masashige and Yoshisada to destroy Takauji. Kusunoki's army was defeated at the [[Battle of Minatogawa]].
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==Genealogy==
==Genealogy==
===Consorts and children===
===Consorts and children===
[[File:On the Lamentation of the Empress.png|thumb|[[Saionji Kishi|Empress Kishi]] and Emperor Go-Daigo. From ''Taiheiki Emaki'' (c. 17th century), vol. 2, On the Lamentation of the Empress. Owned by [[Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore]].]]
[[Japanese empresses|Empress]] (''Chūgū''): Saionji ''[[Saionji no Kishi|Kishi]]'' (''西園寺禧子'') later Empress Dowager Go-Kyōgoku-in (後京極院), Saionji Sanekane's daughter
*[[Japanese empresses|Empress]] (''Chūgū''): Saionji ''[[Saionji Kishi|Kishi]]'' (''西園寺禧子'') later Empress Dowager Go-Kyōgoku-in (後京極院), Saionji Sanekane's daughter
* Princess (b. 1314)
** Princess (b. 1314)
* Second Daughter: Imperial Princess Kanshi (懽子内親王, 1315–1362) later Empress Dowager Senseimon-in (宣政門院), [[Saiō]] at [[Ise Shrine]]; later, married to [[Emperor Kōgon]]
** Second Daughter: Imperial Princess Kanshi (懽子内親王, 1315–1362) later Empress Dowager Senseimon-in (宣政門院), [[Saiō]] at [[Ise Shrine]]; later, married to [[Emperor Kōgon]]


[[Japanese empresses|Empress]] (''Chūgū''): Imperial Princess [[Princess Junshi|Junshi]] (珣子内親王) later Empress Dowager Shin-Muromachi-in (新室町院), [[Emperor Go-Fushimi]]’s daughter
*[[Japanese empresses|Empress]] (''Chūgū''): Imperial Princess [[Princess Junshi|Junshi]] (珣子内親王) later Empress Dowager Shin-Muromachi-in (新室町院), [[Emperor Go-Fushimi]]'s daughter
* Imperial Princess Sachiko (幸子内親王, b. 1335)
** Imperial Princess Sachiko (幸子内親王, b. 1335)


''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Fujiwara no Eishi (藤原栄子) also Anfuku-dono (安福殿), [[Nijō Michihira]]’s daughter
*''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Fujiwara no Eishi (藤原栄子) also Anfuku-dono (安福殿), [[Nijō Michihira]]'s daughter


Court lady: Fujiwara no Chikako (藤原親子) also Chūnagon-tenji (中納言典侍), Itsutsuji Munechika's daughter
*Court lady: Fujiwara no Chikako (藤原親子) also Chūnagon-tenji (中納言典侍), Itsutsuji Munechika's daughter
* Eleventh Son: Imperial Prince Mitsuyoshi (満良親王)
** Eleventh Son: Imperial Prince Mitsuyoshi (満良親王)


Lady-in-waiting: Dainagon'nosuke, Kitabatake Moroshige's daughter
*Lady-in-waiting: Dainagon'nosuke, Kitabatake Moroshige's daughter


Lady-in-waiting: Shin-Ansatsu-tenji (新按察典侍), Jimyoin Yasufuji's daughter
*Lady-in-waiting: Shin-Ansatsu-tenji (新按察典侍), Jimyoin Yasufuji's daughter


Lady-in-waiting: Sochi-no-suke (帥典侍讃岐)
*Lady-in-waiting: Sochi-no-suke (帥典侍讃岐)


Court lady: Koto no Naishi (勾当内侍), Saionji Tsunafusa's daughter
*Court lady: Koto no Naishi (勾当内侍), Saionji Tsunafusa's daughter
* Princess
** Princess


Court lady: ''Shōshō no Naishi'' (少将内侍), Sugawara no Arinaka's daughter
*Court lady: ''[[Gofukakusa-in no shōshō no naishi|Shōshō no Naishi]]'' (少将内侍), Sugawara no Arinaka's daughter
* Imperial Prince Seijo (聖助法親王) – Head Priest of [[Mii-dera|Onjō-ji]]
**Imperial Prince Seijo (聖助法親王) – Head Priest of [[Mii-dera|Onjō-ji]]


Court lady: Fujiwara (Ano) no ''Renshi'' (藤原廉子/阿野廉子) later Empress Dowager Shin-Taikenmon-in (新待賢門院, 1301–1359), Ano Kinkado's daughter
*Court lady: Fujiwara (Ano) no ''Renshi'' (藤原廉子/阿野廉子) later Empress Dowager Shin-Taikenmon-in (新待賢門院, 1301–1359), Ano Kinkado's daughter
* [[Prince Tsunenaga|Imperial Prince Tsunenaga]] (also Tsuneyoshi) (恒良親王)
** [[Prince Tsunenaga|Imperial Prince Tsunenaga]] (also Tsuneyoshi) (恒良親王)
* [[Prince Narinaga|Imperial Prince Nariyoshi]] (also Narinaga) (成良親王)
** [[Prince Narinaga|Imperial Prince Nariyoshi]] (also Narinaga) (成良親王)
* Imperial Prince Noriyoshi (義良親王) later become [[Emperor Go-Murakami]]
** Imperial Prince Noriyoshi (義良親王) later become [[Emperor Go-Murakami]]
* Imperial Princess ''Shoshi'' (祥子内親王) – [[Saiō]] at [[Ise Shrine]] 1333–1336; later, nun in Hōan-ji
** Imperial Princess ''Shoshi'' (祥子内親王) – [[Saiō]] at [[Ise Shrine]] 1333–1336; later, nun in Hōan-ji
* Imperial Princess ''Ishi'' (惟子内親王) – nun in Imabayashi
** Imperial Princess ''Ishi'' (惟子内親王) – nun in Imabayashi
* Speculated - Imperial Princess Noriko (憲子内親王) later Empress Dowager Shinsenyō-mon-in (新宣陽門院)
** Speculated - Imperial Princess Noriko (憲子内親王) later Empress Dowager Shinsenyō-mon-in (新宣陽門院)


Court lady: [[Minamoto no Chikako]] (源親子), Kitabatake Morochika's daughter
*Court lady: [[Minamoto no Chikako]] (源親子), Kitabatake Morochika's daughter
* [[Prince Morinaga|Imperial Prince Moriyoshi]] (or Morinaga) (護良親王) – Head Priest of [[Enryakuji]] (Tendai-zasu, 天台座主) (Buddhist name: Prince Son'un, 尊雲法親王)
** [[Prince Morinaga|Imperial Prince Moriyoshi]] (or Morinaga) (護良親王) – Head Priest of [[Enryakuji]] (Tendai-zasu, 天台座主) (Buddhist name: Prince Son'un, 尊雲法親王)
* Imperial Prince Kōshō (恒性, 1305–1333) – priest
** Imperial Prince Kōshō (恒性, 1305–1333) – priest
* Imperial Princess ''Hishi'' (妣子内親王) – nun in Imabayashi
** Imperial Princess ''Hishi'' (妣子内親王) – nun in Imabayashi
* princess – married to [[Konoe Mototsugu]] (divorced later)
** princess – married to [[Konoe Mototsugu]] (divorced later)
* Imperial Prince Sonsho (尊性法親王)
** Imperial Prince Sonsho (尊性法親王)


Court lady: Fujiwara no ''Ishi''/Tameko (藤原為子, d. {{circa|1311–12}}), Nijō Tameyo's daughter
*Court lady: [[Nijō Ishi/Tameko|Fujiwara no ''Ishi''/Tameko]] (藤原為子, d. {{circa|1311–12}}), Nijō Tameyo's daughter
* Imperial [[Prince Takanaga]] (also Takayoshi) (尊良親王)
** Imperial [[Prince Takanaga]] (also Takayoshi) (尊良親王)
* [[Prince Munenaga|Imperial Prince Munenaga]] (also Muneyoshi) (宗良親王) – Head Priest of [[Enryakuji]] (Tendai-zasu, 天台座主) (Buddhist name: Prince Sonchō, 尊澄法親王)
** [[Prince Munenaga|Imperial Prince Munenaga]] (also Muneyoshi) (宗良親王) – Head Priest of [[Enryakuji]] (Tendai-zasu, 天台座主) (Buddhist name: Prince Sonchō, 尊澄法親王)
* Imperial Princess Tamako (瓊子内親王, 1316–1339) – nun
** Imperial Princess Tamako (瓊子内親王, 1316–1339) – nun
* Princess
** Princess


''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Fujiwara no Jisshi (実子). Tōin Saneo's daughter
*''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Fujiwara no Jisshi (実子). Tōin Saneo's daughter
* Princess
** Princess


Court lady: Fujiwara no ''Shushi''/Moriko (藤原守子, 1303–1357), daughter of Tōin Saneyasu (洞院実泰)
*Court lady: Fujiwara no Shushi/Moriko (藤原守子, 1303–1357), daughter of Tōin Saneyasu (洞院実泰)
* Imperial Prince Gen'en (玄円法親王, d.1348) – Head Priest of [[Kōfuku-ji]]
** Imperial Prince Gen'en (玄円法親王, d.1348) – Head Priest of [[Kōfuku-ji]]
* Imperial Prince Saikei (最恵法親王) – priest in Myōhō-in
** Imperial Prince Saikei (最恵法親王) – priest in Myōhō-in


Princess: Imperial Princess Kenshi (憙子内親王, 1270–1324) later Empress Dowager Shōkeimon'in (昭慶門院), [[Emperor Kameyama]]’s daughter
*Princess: Imperial Princess Kenshi (憙子内親王, 1270–1324) later Empress Dowager Shōkeimon'in (昭慶門院), [[Emperor Kameyama]]'s daughter
* Mumon Gensen (無文元選, 1323–1390) – founder of [[Hōkō-ji (Shizuoka)]]
** Mumon Gensen (無文元選, 1323–1390) – founder of [[Hōkō-ji (Shizuoka)]]


Court lady: Fujiwara (Nijo) Michiko (二条道子) also ''Gon-no-Dainagon no Sammi no Tsubone'' (権大納言三位局, d. 1351) later Reisho-in (霊照院), Nijō Tamemichi's daughter
*Court lady: Fujiwara (Nijo) Michiko (二条道子) also ''Gon-no-Dainagon no Sammi no Tsubone'' (権大納言三位局, d. 1351) later Reisho-in (霊照院), Nijō Tamemichi's daughter
* Imperial Prince Hōnin (法仁法親王, 1325–1352) – priest in [[Ninna-ji]]
** Imperial Prince Hōnin (法仁法親王, 1325–1352) – priest in [[Ninna-ji]]
* [[Prince Kaneyoshi]] (also Kanenaga) (懐良親王, 1326–1383) – Seisei Taishōgun (征西大将軍) 1336–?
** [[Prince Kaneyoshi]] (also Kanenaga) (懐良親王, 1326–1383) – Seisei Taishōgun (征西大将軍) 1336–?
* princess
** princess


Court lady: ''Ichijō no Tsubone'' (一条局) later Yūgimon'in (遊義門院), Saionji Sanetoshi's daughter
*Court lady: ''Ichijō no Tsubone'' (一条局) later Yūgimon'in (遊義門院), Saionji Sanetoshi's daughter
* Imperial Prince Tokiyoshi (also Yoyoshi) (世良親王) ({{circa|1306–8}} – 1330)
** Imperial Prince Tokiyoshi (also Yoyoshi) (世良親王) ({{circa|1306–8}} – 1330)
* Imperial Prince Jōson (静尊法親王) (Imperial Prince Keison, 恵尊法親王) – priest in Shōgoin (聖護院)
** Imperial Prince Jōson (静尊法親王) (Imperial Prince Keison, 恵尊法親王) – priest in Shōgoin (聖護院)
* Imperial Princess ''Kinshi'' (欣子内親王) – nun in Imabayashi
** Imperial Princess ''Kinshi'' (欣子内親王) – nun in Imabayashi


Court lady: ''Shōnagon no Naishi'' (少納言内侍), Shijō Takasuke's daughter
*Court lady: ''Shōnagon no Naishi'' (少納言内侍), Shijō Takasuke's daughter
* Sonshin (尊真) – priest
** Sonshin (尊真) – priest


''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Dainagon-no-tsubone (大納言局), Ogimachi Saneakira's daughter
*''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Dainagon-no-tsubone (大納言局), Ogimachi Saneakira's daughter
* Imperial Princess Naoko (瑜子内親王)
** Imperial Princess Naoko (瑜子内親王)


''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Saemon-no-kami-no-tsubone (左衛門督局), Nijō Tametada's daughter
*''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Saemon-no-kami-no-tsubone (左衛門督局), Nijō Tametada's daughter
* Nun in Imabayashi
** Nun in Imabayashi


Court lady: ''Gon-no-Chūnagon no Tsubone'' (権中納言局), Sanjō Kinyasu's daughter
*Court lady: ''Gon-no-Chūnagon no Tsubone'' (権中納言局), Sanjō Kinyasu's daughter
* Imperial Princess Sadako (貞子内親王)
** Imperial Princess Sadako (貞子内親王)


''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Yoshida Sadafusa's daughter
*''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Yoshida Sadafusa's daughter


''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Bōmon-no-tsubone (坊門局), Bomon Kiyotada's daughter
*''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Bōmon-no-tsubone (坊門局), Bomon Kiyotada's daughter
* Princess (Yōdō?)
** Princess (Yōdō?)


''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Horikawa Mototomo's daughter
*''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Horikawa Mototomo's daughter
* Princess
** Princess


''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Minamoto-no-Yasuko (源康子) also Asukai-no-tsubone (飛鳥井局) later Enseimon'in Harima (延政門院播磨), Minamoto-no-Yasutoki's daughter
*''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Minamoto-no-Yasuko (源康子) also Asukai-no-tsubone (飛鳥井局) later Enseimon'in Harima (延政門院播磨), Minamoto-no-Yasutoki's daughter


''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Wakamizu-no-tsubone (若水局), Minamoto-no-Yasutoki's daughter
*''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Wakamizu-no-tsubone (若水局), Minamoto-no-Yasutoki's daughter


''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Horiguchi Sadayoshi's daughter
*''[[Kōkyū|Nyōgo]]'': Horiguchi Sadayoshi's daughter
* daughter married Yoshimizu Munemasa
** daughter married Yoshimizu Munemasa


Court lady: ''Konoe no Tsubone'' (近衛局) later Shōkunmon'in (昭訓門院)
*Court lady: ''Konoe no Tsubone'' (近衛局) later Shōkunmon'in (昭訓門院)
* Prince Tomoyoshi (知良王)
** Prince Tomoyoshi (知良王)


(unknown women)
*(unknown women)
* Yōdō (d. 1398) – 5th Head Nun of [[Tōkei-ji]]
** Yōdō (d. 1398) – 5th Head Nun of [[Tōkei-ji]]
* Rokujō Arifusa's wife
** Rokujō Arifusa's wife
* Ryusen Ryosai (竜泉令淬, d.1366)
** Ryusen Ryosai (竜泉令淬, d.1366)
* Kenkō (賢光)
** Kenkō (賢光)
Go-Daigo had some other princesses from some court ladies.
Go-Daigo had some other princesses from some court ladies.


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''[[Kugyō]]'' (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 period|Meiji]] eras. Even during those years in which the court's actual influence outside the palace walls was minimal, the hierarchic organization persisted.
''[[Kugyō]]'' (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 period|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-Daigo's reign, this apex of the ''[[Daijō-kan]] included:
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-Daigo's reign, this apex of the ''[[Daijō-kan]]'' included:
* ''[[Kampaku]]'', [[Nijō Michihira]], 1316–1318
* ''[[Kampaku]]'', [[Nijō Michihira]], 1316–1318
* ''Kampaku'', [[Ichijō Uchitsune]], 1318–1323
* ''Kampaku'', [[Ichijō Uchitsune]], 1318–1323
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* [[Imperial cult]]
* [[Imperial cult]]
* [[Yoshimizu Shrine]]
* [[Yoshino Shrine]]
* [[Yoshino Shrine]]


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==References==
==References==
* [[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon]]. (1959). [https://books.google.com/books?id=SLAeAAAAMAAJ&q=The+Imperial+House+of+Japan&dq=The+Imperial+House+of+Japan&client=firefox-a&pgis=1 ''The Imperial House of Japan''.] Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/194887 OCLC 194887]
* [[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon]]. (1959). [https://books.google.com/books?id=SLAeAAAAMAAJ&q=The+Imperial+House+of+Japan ''The Imperial House of Japan''.] Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. [http://www.worldcat.org/wcpa/oclc/194887 OCLC 194887]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac]]. (1834). ''[[Nihon Ōdai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ''Annales des empereurs du Japon''.] Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/nipon-o-dai-itsi-ran-ou-annales-des-empereurs-du-japon/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac]]. (1834). ''[[Nihon Ōdai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran ''Annales des empereurs du Japon''.] Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5850691 OCLC 5850691]
* [[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul.]] (1980). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tVv6OAAACAAJ&dq= ''Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns''.] New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-231-04940-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/title/chronicle-of-gods-and-sovereigns-jinno-shotoki-of-kitabatake-chikafusa/oclc/59145842 OCLC 59145842]
* [[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul.]] (1980). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tVv6OAAACAAJ ''Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns''.] New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-231-04940-5}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59145842 OCLC 59145842]


==External links==
==External links==
* Kansai Digital Archives: [http://www.kiis.or.jp/kansaida/yoshino/yoshino06-e.html Go-Daigo mausoleum enclosure, image]
* Kansai Digital Archives: [http://www.kiis.or.jp/kansaida/yoshino/yoshino06-e.html Go-Daigo mausoleum enclosure, image] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030112201/http://www.kiis.or.jp/kansaida/yoshino/yoshino06-e.html |date=2007-10-30 }}


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This article is about the emperor. For the Japanese band whose name is sometimes spelled "Godaigo", see Godiego.
Emperor Go-Daigo
後醍醐天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign29 March 1318 – 18 September 1339
Coronation30 April 1318
PredecessorHanazono
SuccessorGo-Murakami
Kōgon (Pretender)
ShōgunPrince Morikuni
Prince Moriyoshi
Prince Narinaga
Ashikaga Takauji
Born26 November 1288
Heian-kyō, Kamakura shogunate
Died19 September 1339(1339-09-19) (aged 50)
Yoshino no Angū (Nara), Ashikaga shogunate
Burial
Tō-no-o no misasagi (塔尾陵) (Nara)
SpouseSaionji Kishi
Junshi
Issue
Among others...
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐院 or 後醍醐天皇)
HouseYamato
FatherEmperor Go-Uda
MotherFujiwara no Chūshi
Signature

Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 Go-Daigo-tennō) (26 November 1288 – 19 September 1339) was the 96th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2] He successfully overthrew the Kamakura shogunate in 1333 and established the short-lived Kenmu Restoration to bring the Imperial House back into power. This was to be the last time the emperor had real power until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.[3] The Kenmu restoration was in turn overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji in 1336, ushering in the Ashikaga shogunate. The overthrow split the imperial family into two opposing factions between the Ashikaga backed Northern Court situated in Kyoto and the Southern Court based in Yoshino. The Southern Court was led by Go-Daigo and his later successors.

This 14th-century sovereign personally chose his posthumous name after the 9th-century Emperor Daigo and go- (後), translates as "later", and he is thus sometimes called the "Later Emperor Daigo", or, in some older sources, "Daigo, the second" or as "Daigo II".

Biography[edit]

Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (imina) was Takaharu-shinnō (尊治親王).[4]

He was the second son of the Daikakuji-tō emperor, Emperor Go-Uda. His mother was Fujiwara no Chūshi/Tadako (藤原忠子), daughter of Fujiwara no Tadatsugu (Itsutsuji Tadatsugu) (藤原忠継/五辻忠継). She became Nyoin called Dantenmon-in (談天門院). His older brother was Emperor Go-Nijō.

Emperor Go-Daigo's ideal was the Engi era (901–923) during the reign of Emperor Daigo, a period of direct imperial rule. An emperor's posthumous name was normally chosen after his death, but Emperor Go-Daigo chose his personally during his lifetime, to share it with Emperor Daigo.

Events of Go-Daigo's life[edit]

Woodblock print triptych by Ogata Gekkō; Emperor Go-Daigo dreams of ghosts at his palace in Kasagiyama
  • 1308 (Enkyō 1): At the death of Emperor Go-Nijō, Hanazono accedes to the Chrysanthemum Throne at age 12 years; and Takaharu-shinnō, the second son of former-Emperor Go-Uda is elevated as Crown Prince and heir apparent under the direction of the Kamakura shogunate.[5]
  • 29 March 1318 (Bunpō 2, 26th day of 2nd month): In the 11th year of Hanazono's reign (花園天皇十一年), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (senso) was received by his cousin, the second son of former-Emperor Go-Uda. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Daigo is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui).[6]
  • 1319 (Bunpō 3, 4th month): Emperor Go-Daigo caused the nengō to be changed to Gen'ō to mark the beginning of his reign.[7]

In 1324, with the discovery of Emperor Go-Daigo's plans to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate, the Rokuhara Tandai disposed of his close associate Hino Suketomo in the Shōchū Incident.

In the Genkō Incident of 1331, Emperor Go-Daigo's plans were again discovered, this time by a betrayal by his close associate Yoshida Sadafusa. He quickly hid the Sacred Treasures in a secluded castle in Kasagiyama (the modern town of Kasagi, Sōraku District, Kyōto Prefecture) and raised an army, but the castle fell to the shogunate's army the following year, and they enthroned Emperor Kōgon, exiling Daigo to Oki Province (the Oki Islands in modern-day Shimane Prefecture),[8] the same place to which Emperor Go-Toba had been exiled after the Jōkyū War of 1221.

In 1333, Emperor Go-Daigo escaped from Oki with the help of Nawa Nagatoshi and his family, raising an army at Senjo Mountain in Hōki Province (the modern town of Kotoura in Tōhaku District, Tottori Prefecture). Ashikaga Takauji, who had been sent by the shogunate to find and destroy this army, sided with the emperor and captured the Rokuhara Tandai. Immediately following this, Nitta Yoshisada, who had raised an army in the east, laid siege to Kamakura. When the city finally fell to Nitta, Hōjō Takatoki, the shogunal regent, fled to Tōshō temple, where he and his entire family committed suicide. This ended Hōjō power and paved the way for a new military regime.[8]: 15–21 

Upon his triumphal return to Kyoto, Daigo took the throne from Emperor Kōgon and began the Kenmu Restoration. The Restoration was ostensibly a revival of the older ways, but, in fact, the emperor had his eye set on an imperial dictatorship like that of the emperor of China. He wanted to imitate the Chinese in all their ways and become the most powerful ruler in the East. Impatient reforms, litigation over land rights, rewards, and the exclusion of the samurai from the political order caused much complaining, and his political order began to fall apart. In 1335, Ashikaga Takauji, who had travelled to eastern Japan without obtaining an imperial edict in order to suppress the Nakasendai Rebellion, became disaffected. Daigo ordered Nitta Yoshisada to track down and destroy Ashikaga. Ashikaga defeated Nitta Yoshisada at the Battle of Takenoshita, Hakone. Kusunoki Masashige and Kitabatake Akiie, in communication with Kyoto, smashed the Ashikaga army. Takauji fled to Kyūshū, but the following year, after reassembling his army, he again approached Kyōto. Kusunoki Masashige proposed a reconciliation with Takauji to the emperor, but Go-Daigo rejected this. He ordered Masashige and Yoshisada to destroy Takauji. Kusunoki's army was defeated at the Battle of Minatogawa.

When Ashikaga's army entered Kyōto, Emperor Go-Daigo resisted, fleeing to Mount Hiei, but seeking reconciliation, he sent the imperial regalia to the Ashikaga side. Takauji enthroned the Jimyōin-tō emperor, Kōmyō, and officially began his shogunate with the enactment of the Kenmu Law Code.[8]: 54–58 

Memorial Shinto shrine and mausoleum honoring Emperor Go-Daigo

Go-Daigo escaped from the capital in January 1337, the regalia that he had handed over to the Ashikaga being counterfeit, and set up the Southern Court among the mountains of Yoshino, beginning the Period of Northern and Southern Courts in which the Northern Dynasty in Kyoto and the Southern Dynasty in Yoshino faced off against each other.[8]: 55, 59 

Emperor Go-Daigo ordered Imperial Prince Kaneyoshi to Kyūshū and Nitta Yoshisada and Imperial Prince Tsuneyoshi to Hokuriku, and so forth, dispatching his sons all over, so that they could oppose the Northern Court.

  • 18 September 1339 (Ryakuō 2, 15th day of the 8th month): In the 21st year of Go-Daigo's reign, the emperor abdicated at Yoshino in favor of his son, Noriyoshi-shinnō, who would become Emperor Go-Murakami.[9]
  • 19 September 1339 (Ryakuō 2, 16th day of the 8th month): Go-Daigo died;[10]

The actual site of Go-Daigo's grave is settled.[1] This emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine (misasagi) at Nara.

The Imperial Household Agency designates this location as Go-Daigo's mausoleum. It is formally named Tō-no-o no misasagi.[11]

Genealogy[edit]

Consorts and children[edit]

Empress Kishi and Emperor Go-Daigo. From Taiheiki Emaki (c. 17th century), vol. 2, On the Lamentation of the Empress. Owned by Saitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore.
  • Empress (Chūgū): Saionji Kishi (西園寺禧子) later Empress Dowager Go-Kyōgoku-in (後京極院), Saionji Sanekane's daughter
    • Princess (b. 1314)
    • Second Daughter: Imperial Princess Kanshi (懽子内親王, 1315–1362) later Empress Dowager Senseimon-in (宣政門院), Saiō at Ise Shrine; later, married to Emperor Kōgon
  • Empress (Chūgū): Imperial Princess Junshi (珣子内親王) later Empress Dowager Shin-Muromachi-in (新室町院), Emperor Go-Fushimi's daughter
    • Imperial Princess Sachiko (幸子内親王, b. 1335)
  • Court lady: Fujiwara no Chikako (藤原親子) also Chūnagon-tenji (中納言典侍), Itsutsuji Munechika's daughter
    • Eleventh Son: Imperial Prince Mitsuyoshi (満良親王)
  • Lady-in-waiting: Dainagon'nosuke, Kitabatake Moroshige's daughter
  • Lady-in-waiting: Shin-Ansatsu-tenji (新按察典侍), Jimyoin Yasufuji's daughter
  • Lady-in-waiting: Sochi-no-suke (帥典侍讃岐)
  • Court lady: Koto no Naishi (勾当内侍), Saionji Tsunafusa's daughter
    • Princess
  • Court lady: Shōshō no Naishi (少将内侍), Sugawara no Arinaka's daughter
    • Imperial Prince Seijo (聖助法親王) – Head Priest of Onjō-ji
  • Court lady: Fujiwara (Ano) no Renshi (藤原廉子/阿野廉子) later Empress Dowager Shin-Taikenmon-in (新待賢門院, 1301–1359), Ano Kinkado's daughter
    • Imperial Prince Tsunenaga (also Tsuneyoshi) (恒良親王)
    • Imperial Prince Nariyoshi (also Narinaga) (成良親王)
    • Imperial Prince Noriyoshi (義良親王) later become Emperor Go-Murakami
    • Imperial Princess Shoshi (祥子内親王) – Saiō at Ise Shrine 1333–1336; later, nun in Hōan-ji
    • Imperial Princess Ishi (惟子内親王) – nun in Imabayashi
    • Speculated - Imperial Princess Noriko (憲子内親王) later Empress Dowager Shinsenyō-mon-in (新宣陽門院)
  • Court lady: Minamoto no Chikako (源親子), Kitabatake Morochika's daughter
    • Imperial Prince Moriyoshi (or Morinaga) (護良親王) – Head Priest of Enryakuji (Tendai-zasu, 天台座主) (Buddhist name: Prince Son'un, 尊雲法親王)
    • Imperial Prince Kōshō (恒性, 1305–1333) – priest
    • Imperial Princess Hishi (妣子内親王) – nun in Imabayashi
    • princess – married to Konoe Mototsugu (divorced later)
    • Imperial Prince Sonsho (尊性法親王)
  • Court lady: Fujiwara no Ishi/Tameko (藤原為子, d. c. 1311–12), Nijō Tameyo's daughter
    • Imperial Prince Takanaga (also Takayoshi) (尊良親王)
    • Imperial Prince Munenaga (also Muneyoshi) (宗良親王) – Head Priest of Enryakuji (Tendai-zasu, 天台座主) (Buddhist name: Prince Sonchō, 尊澄法親王)
    • Imperial Princess Tamako (瓊子内親王, 1316–1339) – nun
    • Princess
  • Nyōgo: Fujiwara no Jisshi (実子). Tōin Saneo's daughter
    • Princess
  • Court lady: Fujiwara no Shushi/Moriko (藤原守子, 1303–1357), daughter of Tōin Saneyasu (洞院実泰)
    • Imperial Prince Gen'en (玄円法親王, d.1348) – Head Priest of Kōfuku-ji
    • Imperial Prince Saikei (最恵法親王) – priest in Myōhō-in
  • Princess: Imperial Princess Kenshi (憙子内親王, 1270–1324) later Empress Dowager Shōkeimon'in (昭慶門院), Emperor Kameyama's daughter
  • Court lady: Fujiwara (Nijo) Michiko (二条道子) also Gon-no-Dainagon no Sammi no Tsubone (権大納言三位局, d. 1351) later Reisho-in (霊照院), Nijō Tamemichi's daughter
    • Imperial Prince Hōnin (法仁法親王, 1325–1352) – priest in Ninna-ji
    • Prince Kaneyoshi (also Kanenaga) (懐良親王, 1326–1383) – Seisei Taishōgun (征西大将軍) 1336–?
    • princess
  • Court lady: Ichijō no Tsubone (一条局) later Yūgimon'in (遊義門院), Saionji Sanetoshi's daughter
    • Imperial Prince Tokiyoshi (also Yoyoshi) (世良親王) (c. 1306–8 – 1330)
    • Imperial Prince Jōson (静尊法親王) (Imperial Prince Keison, 恵尊法親王) – priest in Shōgoin (聖護院)
    • Imperial Princess Kinshi (欣子内親王) – nun in Imabayashi
  • Court lady: Shōnagon no Naishi (少納言内侍), Shijō Takasuke's daughter
    • Sonshin (尊真) – priest
  • Nyōgo: Dainagon-no-tsubone (大納言局), Ogimachi Saneakira's daughter
    • Imperial Princess Naoko (瑜子内親王)
  • Nyōgo: Saemon-no-kami-no-tsubone (左衛門督局), Nijō Tametada's daughter
    • Nun in Imabayashi
  • Court lady: Gon-no-Chūnagon no Tsubone (権中納言局), Sanjō Kinyasu's daughter
    • Imperial Princess Sadako (貞子内親王)
  • Nyōgo: Yoshida Sadafusa's daughter
  • Nyōgo: Bōmon-no-tsubone (坊門局), Bomon Kiyotada's daughter
    • Princess (Yōdō?)
  • Nyōgo: Horikawa Mototomo's daughter
    • Princess
  • Nyōgo: Minamoto-no-Yasuko (源康子) also Asukai-no-tsubone (飛鳥井局) later Enseimon'in Harima (延政門院播磨), Minamoto-no-Yasutoki's daughter
  • Nyōgo: Wakamizu-no-tsubone (若水局), Minamoto-no-Yasutoki's daughter
  • Nyōgo: Horiguchi Sadayoshi's daughter
    • daughter married Yoshimizu Munemasa
  • Court lady: Konoe no Tsubone (近衛局) later Shōkunmon'in (昭訓門院)
    • Prince Tomoyoshi (知良王)
  • (unknown women)
    • Yōdō (d. 1398) – 5th Head Nun of Tōkei-ji
    • Rokujō Arifusa's wife
    • Ryusen Ryosai (竜泉令淬, d.1366)
    • Kenkō (賢光)

Go-Daigo had some other princesses from some court ladies.

Kugyō[edit]

Kugyō (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-Daigo's reign, this apex of the Daijō-kan included:

Eras of Go-Daigo's reign[edit]

The years of Go-Daigo's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō. Emperor Go-Daigo's eight era name changes are mirrored in number only in the reign of Emperor Go-Hanazono, who also reigned through eight era name changes.[12]

Japanese Imperial kamon — a stylized chrysanthemum blossom
Pre-Nanboku-chō court
Nanboku-chō southern court
  • Eras as reckoned by legitimate sovereign's Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
Nanboku-chō northern Court
  • Eras as reckoned by pretender sovereign's Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)

In popular culture[edit]

Emperor Go-Daigo appears in the alternate history novel Romanitas by Sophia McDougall.

See also[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Emperor Go-Daigo.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 後醍醐天皇 (96); retrieved 2013-8-28.
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 95.
  3. ^ Sansom 1977: 22–42.
  4. ^ Titsingh, p. 281, p. 281, at Google Books; Varley, p. 241.
  5. ^ Titsingh, p. 278, p. 278, at Google Books; Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959) The Imperial House of Japan, p. 204.
  6. ^ Titsingh, p. 281, p. 281, at Google Books; Varley, p. 44; a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami.
  7. ^ Varley, p. 243.
  8. ^ a b c d Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334–1615. Stanford University Press. pp. 7–11. ISBN 0804705259.
  9. ^ Varley, p. 270.
  10. ^ Titsingh, p. 295., p. 295, at Google Books
  11. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 420.
  12. ^ Titsingh, p. 281–294., p. 281, at Google Books

References[edit]

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Regnal titles
Preceded by Emperor of Japan:
Go-Daigo
1318–1339 		Succeeded by
Succeeded by
Emperor Kōgon
(Pretender)
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