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Emperor Go-Daigo (????? Go-Daigo-tenno) (November 26, 1288 – September 19, 1339) was the 96th emperor
Emperor of Japan

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 of Japan
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, according to the traditional order of succession. Post-Meiji
Meiji period

The , or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July 1912. During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status....
 historians construe the years of his reign spanning 1318 through 1339; however, pre-Meiji accounts of his reign considered the years of his reign to last only between 1318 and 1332, when he was said to have been deposed by the shogun.






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Emperor Go-Daigo (????? Go-Daigo-tenno) (November 26, 1288 – September 19, 1339) was the 96th emperor
Emperor of Japan

The of Japan is the symbol of the state and of the unity of the Japanese people. He is the head of the Imperial House of Japan. Under Japan's present constitution, the Emperor is the "symbol of the state and the unity of the people," and is a ceremonial figurehead in a constitutional monarchy ....
 of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, according to the traditional order of succession. Post-Meiji
Meiji period

The , or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July 1912. During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status....
 historians construe the years of his reign spanning 1318 through 1339; however, pre-Meiji accounts of his reign considered the years of his reign to last only between 1318 and 1332, when he was said to have been deposed by the shogun. Pre-Meiji scholars also considered Go-Daigo a pretender Emperor in the years from 1336 through 1339.

This 14th century sovereign was named after the 9th century Emperor Daigo
Emperor Daigo

Emperor Daigo was the 60th Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from 897 to 930....
 and go-, translates literally as "later;" and thus, he is sometimes called the 'Later Emperor Daigo'. The Japanese word 'go' has also been translated to mean the "second one;" and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as 'Daigo, the second,' or as 'Daigo II.'

Genealogy

Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne
Chrysanthemum Throne

File:Emperor Tenji.jpgThe Chrysanthemum Throne is the English language term used to identify the throne of the Emperor of Japan. The term can refer to very specific seating, as in the raised thrones constructed in the Shishin-den for Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun on November 10, 1928 ....
, his personal name (his imina) was Takeharu-shinno.

He was the second son of the Daikakuji-to emperor, Emperor Go-Uda
Emperor Go-Uda

Emperor Go-Uda was the 91st Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1274 through 1287....
. His mother was Fujiwara no Chushi/Tadako, daughter of Fujiwara no Tadatsugu (Itsutsuji Tadatsugu) (????/????). She became Nyoin called Dantenmon-in.

Emperor Go-Daigo's ideal was the Engi
Engi (era)

was a after Shotai and before Encho. This period spanned the years from 901 through 923. The reigning emperors were ....
 era
Japanese era name

The Japanese era calendar scheme is a common calendar scheme used in Japan, which identifies a year by the combination of the and the year number within the era....
 (901-923) during the reign of Emperor Daigo
Emperor Daigo

Emperor Daigo was the 60th Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from 897 to 930....
, a period of direct imperial rule. An emperor's posthumous name
Posthumous name

A posthumous name is an honorary name given to royalty, nobles, and sometimes others, in some cultures after the person's death. The posthumous name is commonly used when naming royalty of Table of Chinese monarchs, List of Korean monarchs, Vietnam and emperors of Japan....
 was normally chosen after his death, but Emperor Go-Daigo chose his personally during his lifetime, to share it with Emperor Daigo.

Consorts and children

Empress
Japanese empresses

In Japan, Empress may refer to either or ....
 (Chugu) : Saionji Kishi (Go-Kyogoku-in, ????) (1303-1333), daughter of Saionji Sanekane
  • princess (1314-?), died young
  • Imperial Princess Kanshi (Senseimon-in, ????) (1315-1362), Saio
    Saio

    A , also known as "Itsuki no Miko", was an unmarried female relative of the Emperor of Japan, sent to Ise, Mie to serve at Ise Grand Shrine from the late 7th century until the 14th century....
     at Ise Shrine
    Ise Shrine

    Ise Shrine is a Jinja dedicated to goddess Amaterasu, located in the city of Ise, Mie in Mie prefecture, Japan....
    ; later, married to Emperor Kogon
    Emperor Kogon

    Emperor Kogon was the first emperor to occupy the Northern Court of Japan. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1332 through 1334....


Empress
Japanese empresses

In Japan, Empress may refer to either or ....
 (Chugu) : Imperial Princess Junshi (Shin-Muromachi-in, ????) (1311-1337), daughter of Emperor Go-Fushimi
Emperor Go-Fushimi

Emperor Go-Fushimi was the 93rd Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1298 to 1301....
  • Imperial Princess Yukiko (1335-?)


Nyogo
Kokyu

The kokyu is a traditional Japanese string instrument, the only one played with a bow . Although it was supposedly introduced to Japan from China along with the shamisen, its material, shape and sound are unique to Japan....
: Fujiwara no Eishi, daughter of Nijo Michihira
Nijo Michihira

, son of regent Nijo Kanemoto, was a Japanese kugyo of the late Kamakura period . He held a regent position kampaku from 1316 to 1318 and from 1327 to 1330....


Court lady: Minamoto no Chikako, daughter of Kitabatake Morochika
  • Imperial Prince Moriyoshi
    Prince Morinaga

    was a son of Emperor Go-Daigo and Minamoto no Chikako executed by Ashikaga Tadayoshi in 1335.When Morinaga was 18, Go-Daigo had him named the head abbot of the Enryakuji temple on Mount Hiei....
     (or Morinaga) (1308-1335) - Head Priest of Enryakuji (Tendai-zasu, ????) (Buddhist name: Prince Son'un, ?????)
  • Imperial Princess Hishi - nun in Imabayashi


Court lady: Fujiwara no Ishi/Tameko (?-1311/2), daughter of Nijo Tameyo
  • Imperial Prince Takayoshi (also Takanaga) (1306/8-1337)
  • Imperial Prince Munenaga (also Muneyoshi) (1311-1385?) - Head Priest of Enryakuji (Tendai-zasu, ????) (Buddhist name: Prince Soncho, ?????)
  • Imperial Princess Tamako (1316-1339) - nun
  • Imperial Princess Kinshi - nun in Imabayashi


Court lady: Ichijo no Tsubone, daughter of Saionji Sanetoshi
  • Imperial Prince Tokiyoshi (also Yoyoshi) (1306/8-1330)
  • Imperial Prince Joson (Imperial Prince Keison, ?????) - priest in Shogoin
  • princess - nun in Imabayashi


Court lady: Fujiwara no Renshi (Ano Renshi) (????/????) (Shin-Taikenmon-in, ?????) (1301-1359), daughter of Ano Kinkado
  • Imperial Prince Tsunenaga
    Prince Tsunenaga

    was one of the sons of Japanese Emperor Go-Daigo. He became involved in the Nanboku-cho between the true Imperial line and the Ashikaga shogunate....
     (also Tsuneyoshi) (1324-1338)
  • Imperial Prince Nariyoshi
    Prince Narinaga

    Prince Narinaga or Nariyoshi reigned from 1334 to 1338 and was one of two Shogun during the Kemmu Restoration. He was also Crown Prince in 1336 ....
     (also Narinaga) (1326-1338/1344)
  • Imperial Prince Noriyoshi (Emperor Go-Murakami
    Emperor Go-Murakami

    was the 97th Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and a member of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-cho period of rival courts....
    ) (1328-1368)
  • Imperial Princess Shoshi - Saio
    Saio

    A , also known as "Itsuki no Miko", was an unmarried female relative of the Emperor of Japan, sent to Ise, Mie to serve at Ise Grand Shrine from the late 7th century until the 14th century....
     at Ise Shrine
    Ise Shrine

    Ise Shrine is a Jinja dedicated to goddess Amaterasu, located in the city of Ise, Mie in Mie prefecture, Japan....
     1333-1336; later, nun in Hoan-ji
  • Imperial Princess Ishi - nun in Imabayashi


Court lady: Gon-no-Dainagon no Sammi no Tsubone (???????) (?-1351), daughter of Nijo Tamemichi
  • Imperial Prince Honin (1325-1352) - priest in Ninna-ji
    Ninna-ji

    is a large Omuro-ha Shingon Buddhist temple complex in western Kyoto, Japan, founded in AD 888 by the retired Emperor Uda. It is part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto", a UNESCO World Heritage Site....
  • Imperial Prince Kaneyoshi (also Kanenaga) (1326-1383) - Seisei Taishogun 1336-?
  • princess


Princess: a daughter of Emperor Kameyama
Emperor Kameyama

, was the 90th Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1259 through 1274....
  • Kosho (1319-1333) - priest


Court lady: Shosho no Naishi, daughter of Sugawara no Arinaka
  • Imperial Prince Seijo (?-?) - Head Priest of Onjo-ji
    Mii-dera

    ', formally called ', is a Buddhist temple located at the foot of Mount Hiei, in the city of Otsu, Shiga, in Shiga Prefecture. It is only a short distance from both Kyoto, and Lake Biwa, Japan largest lake....


Court lady: Fujiwara no Chikako, daughter of Kazan'in Munechika
  • Imperial Prince Mitsuyoshi


Court lady: Fujiwara no Shushi/Moriko, daughter of Toin Saneyasu
  • Imperial Prince Gen'en - Head Priest of Kofuku-ji
    Kofuku-ji

    is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, Nara, in Nara prefecture, Japan.This temple is the head temple of the Dharma character school sect, and the ujidera or the ?clan?s temple? of the Fujiwara clan....


Court lady: Konoe no Tsubone
  • Prince Tomoyoshi


Court lady: Shonagon no Naishi, daughter of Shijo Takasuke
  • Sonshin - priest


Court lady: Gon-no-Chunagon no Tsubone, daughter of Sanjo Kinyasu
  • Imperial Princess Sadako


Court lady: Mimbu-kyo no Tsubone
  • princess - married to Konoe Mototsugu
    Konoe Mototsugu

    , son of Konoe Tsunehira, was a kugyo or Japanese court noble of the Kamakura period . He held a regent position kampaku from 1337 to 1338. With a daughter of sangi Fujii Tsuguzane he had a son Konoe Michitsugu....
     (divorced later)


(unknown women)
  • Imperial Prince Saikei - priest in Myoho-in
  • Mumon Gensen (1323-1390) - founder of Hoko-ji (Shizuoka)
    Hoko-ji (Shizuoka)

    near Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture dates from the 14th century.Mumon Gensen founded in 1371. Since 1903, Hoko-ji has been the main temple of Hoko-ji sect of the Rinzai school of Buddhism....
  • Yodo (?-1398) - 5th Head Nun of Tokei-ji
    Tokei-ji

    , also known as or ), is a Buddhist temple and a former nunnery, the only survivor of a network of five nunneries called , in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan....


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

Events of Go-Daigo's life

Emperor Go-Daigo became emperor at the age of 31, in the prime of his life.

  • Bunpo 2, in the 2nd month (1318): In the 11th year of Hanazono-tennos reign (????11?), 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’’).
  • Bunpo 3, in the 4th month (1319): Emperor Go-Daigo caused the nengo to be changed to Gen'o
    Gen'o

    was a after Showa and before Genko . This period spanned the years from 1319 to 1321. The reigning Emperor was ....
     to mark the beginning of his reign.
In 1324, with the discovery of Emperor Go-Daigo's plans to overthrow the Kamakura Shogunate
Kamakura shogunate

The Kamakura shogunate was a feudal military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 1333. It was based in Kamakura, Kanagawa....
, the Rokuhara Tandai
Rokuhara Tandai

was the post of the chiefs of the Kamakura shogunate in Kyoto whose agency kept responsibility for security in Kinai and judicial affairs on western Japan, and negotiated with the imperial court....
 disposed of his close associate Hino Suketomo in the Shochu Incident.

In the Genko Incident
Genko War

The Genko War was a civil war in Japan which marked the fall of the Kamakura shogunate and end of the power of the Hojo clan . The war thus preceded the Nanboku-cho and the rise of the Ashikaga shogunate ....
 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
Kasagi, Kyoto

is a towns of Japan located in Soraku District, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 1,754 and a population density of 83.79 persons per km?. The total area is 23.57 km?....
, Soraku district
Soraku District, Kyoto

Soraku is a districts of Japan located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.As of 2007, the district has an estimated population of 44,982 and a population density of 252.27 persons per square kilometer....
, Kyoto Prefecture
Kyoto Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Kinki region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto....
) and raised an army, but the castle fell to the Bakufu's army the following year, and they enthroned Emperor Kogon
Emperor Kogon

Emperor Kogon was the first emperor to occupy the Northern Court of Japan. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1332 through 1334....
, exiling Emperor Go-Daigo to Oki Province
Oki Province

was an Old provinces of Japan of Japan, which consisted of the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan, located off the coast of the provinces of Izumo province and Hoki province....
 (the Oki Islands
Oki Islands

are a group of islands in the southwestern part of the Sea of Japan and belong to Japan....
 in modern-day Shimane Prefecture
Shimane Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is Matsue, Shimane. It is the second least populous prefecture in Japan, next to the Tottori Prefecture that is a neighboring prefecture on the east side....
), the same place to which Emperor Go-Toba
Emperor Go-Toba

was the 82nd Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1183 through 1198....
 was exiled in 1198.

In 1333, Emperor Go-Daigo escaped from Oki with the help of Nawa Nagatoshi and his family, raising an army at Funagami Mountain in Hoki Province
Hoki Province

Hoki was an old provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today the western part of Tottori Prefecture. Hoki bordered on Inaba province, Mimasaka province, Bitchu province, Bingo province, and Izumo provinces....
 (the modern town of Kotoura in Tohaku District
Tohaku District, Tottori

is a districts of Japan located in Tottori Prefecture, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 65,944 and a population density of 109.54 persons per square kilometer....
, Tottori Prefecture
Tottori Prefecture

is a Prefectures of Japan of Japan located in the Chugoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Tottori, Tottori. It is the least populous prefecture in Japan....
). Ashikaga Takauji
Ashikaga Takauji

was the founder and 1st shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death in 1358....
, who had been sent by the Bakufu
Kamakura shogunate

The Kamakura shogunate was a feudal military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 1333. It was based in Kamakura, Kanagawa....
 to find and destroy this army, sided with the Emperor and captured the Rokuhara Tandai
Rokuhara Tandai

was the post of the chiefs of the Kamakura shogunate in Kyoto whose agency kept responsibility for security in Kinai and judicial affairs on western Japan, and negotiated with the imperial court....
. Immediately following this, Nitta Yoshisada
Nitta Yoshisada

was the head of the Nitta family in the early fourteenth century, and supported the Southern Court of Emperor Go-Daigo in the Nanboku-cho period, capturing Kamakura, Kanagawa from the Hojo clan in 1333....
, who had raised an army in the East, destroyed the Hojo clan
Hojo clan

See the late Hojo clan for the Hojo clan of the Sengoku Period.The in the history of Japan was a family who controlled the hereditary title of shikken, officially just a regent) of the Kamakura Shogunate....
 and captured the Bakufu.

Returning to Kyoto
Kyoto

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, Emperor Go-Daigo took the throne from Emperor Kogon
Emperor Kogon

Emperor Kogon was the first emperor to occupy the Northern Court of Japan. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1332 through 1334....
 and began the Kemmu Restoration
Kemmu restoration

The is the short period of Japanese history between the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period. It represents the effort made by Emperor Go-Daigo to bring the Imperial House and the nobility it represented back into power, thus restoring a civilian government after almost a century and a half of military rule....
. 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
Chinese sovereign

Chinese sovereign is the ruler of a particular period in ancient China. Several titles and naming schemes have been used throughout history....
. 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
Ashikaga Takauji

was the founder and 1st shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate. His rule began in 1338, beginning the Muromachi period of Japan, and ended with his death in 1358....
, who had travelled to eastern Japan without obtaining an imperial edict in order to suppress the Nakasendai Rebellion, became disaffected with the Restoration. Emperor Go-Daigo ordered Nitta Yoshisada to track down and destroy Ashikaga. Ashikaga defeated Nitta Yoshisada at the Battle of Takenoshita, Hakone. Kusunoki Masashige
Kusunoki Masashige

Kusunoki Masashige was a 14th century samurai who fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in his attempt to wrest rulership of Japan away from the Kamakura shogunate and is remembered as the ideal of samurai loyalty....
 and Kitabatake Akiie
Kitabatake Akiie

was a Japanese kuge, and an important supporter of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-cho Wars. He also held the posts of Chinjufu-shogun, and Shugo of Mutsu Province....
, in communication with Kyoto, smashed the Ashikaga army. Takauji fled to Kyushu
Kyushu

or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its Japanese Archipelago. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima ....
, but the following year, after restructuring his army in Kyushu, he again approached Kyoto. Kusunoki Masashige proposed a reconciliation with Ashikaga 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
Battle of Minatogawa

The Battle of Minatogawa also known as the Battle of Minato River was fought in 1336 between Japanese forces loyal to Emperor Go-Daigo and the Ashikaga Shogunate clan....
.

When Ashikaga's army entered Kyoto, Emperor Go-Daigo resisted, fleeing to Mount Hiei
Mount Hiei

is a mountain to the northeast of Kyoto city, lying on the border between the Kyoto Prefecture and Shiga prefectures, Japan.The temple of Enryaku-ji, the first Japanese outpost of Tendai sect of Buddhism, was founded atop Mount Hiei by Saicho in 788....
, but seeking reconciliation, he sent the Sacred Treasures to the Ashikaga side. Takauji enthroned the Jimyoin-to emperor, Komyo
Emperor Komyo

Emperor Komyo was the second of the Northern Court , although he was actually the first to be supported by the Ashikaga Shogunate. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1336 through 1348....
, and officially began his shogunate with the enactment of the Kemmu Law Code.

Go-Daigo escaped from the capital, the Sacred Treasures that he had handed over to the Ashikaga being counterfeit, and set up the Southern Court among the mountains of Yoshino
Yoshino

Yoshino may refer to:* Japanese cruiser Yoshino...
, beginning the Period of Northern and Southern Courts
Nanboku-cho

The , spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Muromachi bakufu of Japan's history. During this period, there existed a Northern Court , established by Ashikaga Takauji in Kyoto, and a Southern Imperial Court, established by Emperor Go-Daigo in Yoshino District, Nara....
 in which the Northern Dynasty in Kyoto and the Southern Dynasty in Yoshino faced off against each other.

Emperor Go-Daigo ordered Imperial Prince Kaneyoshi to Kyushu and Nitta Yoshisada and Imperial Prince Tsuneyoshi to Hokuriku
Hokuriku region

is a region in the northeastern part of Honshu, the main island of Japan. It lies along the Sea of Japan within the Chubu region.The Hokuriku region includes the prefectures of Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture and Fukui Prefecture....
, and so forth, dispatching his sons all over, so that they could oppose the Northern Court.

  • Engen
    Engen

    Engen was a Japanese era name of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-cho after Kemmu and before Kokoku, lasting from 1336 to 1340. Reigning Emperors were Emperor Go-Daigo and Emperor Go-Murakami in the south and Emperor Komyo in the north....
     4    , on the 15th day of the 8th month (1339), in the 21st year of Go-Daigo's reign, he abdicated at Yoshino in favor of his son, Noriyoshi    -shinno, who would become Emperor Go-Murakami
    Emperor Go-Murakami

    was the 97th Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and a member of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-cho period of rival courts....
    .


In 1339, he died of an unknown disease. Go-Daigo's Imperial Tomb (misasagi) is at Yoshino
Yoshino

Yoshino may refer to:* Japanese cruiser Yoshino...
.

Kugyo
Kugyo is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan
Emperor of Japan

The of Japan is the symbol of the state and of the unity of the Japanese people. He is the head of the Imperial House of Japan. Under Japan's present constitution, the Emperor is the "symbol of the state and the unity of the people," and is a ceremonial figurehead in a constitutional monarchy ....
 in pre-Meiji
Meiji period

The , or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July 1912. During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power status....
 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 Daijo-kan included:
  • Sadaijin
    Sadaijin

    Sadaijin , most commonly translated as "Minister of the Left", was a government position in Japan in the late Nara period and Heian periods....
  • Udaijin
    Udaijin

    Udaijin , most commonly translated as the "Minister of the Right", was a government position in Japan in the late Nara period and Heian periods....
  • Naidaijin
  • Dainagon
    Dainagon

    , often translated as "Great Councillor," was a government post of the Japanese ritsuryo governmental system, which was in place for much of the classical and feudal periods....


Eras of Go-Daigo's reign

The years of Go-Diago's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengo. Emperor Go-Daigo's eight era name changes are equalled in number only in the reign of Emperor Go-Hanazono
Emperor Go-Hanazono

was the 102nd Emperor of Japan of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1428 through] 1464....
, who also reigned through eight era name changes.

Pre-Nanboku-cho court
  • Bumpo
    Bumpo

    was a after Showa and before Gen'o. This period spanned the years from 1317 to 1319. The reigning Emperors were and ....
      (1317-1319)
  • Gen'o
    Gen'o

    was a after Showa and before Genko . This period spanned the years from 1319 to 1321. The reigning Emperor was ....
      (1319-1321)
  • Genko(1321-1324)
  • Shochu
    Shochu (era)

    was a after Genko and before Karyaku. This period spanned the years from 1324 to 1326. The reigning Emperor was ....
      (1324-1326)
  • Karyaku
    Karyaku

    was a after Shochu and before Gentoku. This period spanned the years from 1326 to 1329. The reigning Emperor was ....
      (1326-1329)
  • Gentoku
    Gentoku

    was a after Karyaku and before Genko . This period spanned the years from 1329 to 1331. The reigning Emperor was ....
      (1329-1331)
  • Genko (1331-1334)
  • Kemmu
    Kemmu

    Kenmu was a Japanese era name of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-cho after Genko and before Engen. This period spanned the years from 1334 through 1336 in the south, and until 1338 in the Northern Court ....
      (1334-1336)


Nanboku-cho southern court
  • Eras as reckoned by legitimate sovereign's Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
    • Engen
      Engen

      Engen was a Japanese era name of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-cho after Kemmu and before Kokoku, lasting from 1336 to 1340. Reigning Emperors were Emperor Go-Daigo and Emperor Go-Murakami in the south and Emperor Komyo in the north....
      (1336-1340)


Nanboku-cho northern Court
  • Eras as reckoned by pretender sovereign's Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
    • Shokei
      Shokei

      Shokei was a relative to Kosa, and the administrator of the Ganshou Temple . In the battle between Shokei and Oda Nobunaga, Shokei even sent out Nobunaga's brother Oda Nobuoki to take his own life....
        (1332-1338)
    • Ryakuo
      Ryakuo

      was a Japanese era name of the Northern Court during the Nanboku-cho, lasting from 1338 to 1342....
        (1338-1342)


In popular culture

Emperor Go-Daigo appears in the alternate history
Alternate history (fiction)

Alternate history or alternative history is a Genre of speculative fiction and historical fiction that is set in a world in which history has diverged from the actual history of the world....
 novel Romanitas
Romanitas (novel)

Romanitas is an alternate history fiction novel by Sophia McDougall, published by Orion Books. It is the first of a planned trilogy of novels based on a world where the Roman Empire has survived to contemporary times and now dominates much of the world....
 by Sophia McDougall
Sophia McDougall

Sophia McDougall is a United Kingdom novelist, playwright, and poet....
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See also

  • Emperor of Japan
    Emperor of Japan

    The of Japan is the symbol of the state and of the unity of the Japanese people. He is the head of the Imperial House of Japan. Under Japan's present constitution, the Emperor is the "symbol of the state and the unity of the people," and is a ceremonial figurehead in a constitutional monarchy ....
  • List of Emperors of Japan
    List of Emperors of Japan

    The following is a traditional list of Emperor of Japan. Dates for the first 28 emperors, and especially the first 16, are based on the Japanese era name system....
  • Imperial cult
    Imperial cult

    An Imperial cult is a form of state religion in which an emperor, or a dynasty of emperors , are worshiped as messiahs, demigods or deity. "Cult " here is used to mean "worship," not in the modern pejorative sense....