EMPEROR GO-SANJō

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'Emperor Go-Sanjō' (後三条天皇 ''Go-Sanjō-tennō'') (September 3, 1034June 15, 1073) was the '71st' emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He ruled from 1068 to January 18, 1073. His personal name was Takahito (尊仁).

Contents
Genealogy
Empresses and consorts
Events of Go-Sanjō''-tennō's life
Eras of Go-Sanjō''-tennō's reign
References
Notes
Further reading

Genealogy


He was the second son of Emperor Go-Suzaku. His mother was Empress (''Kōgō'') Sadako. (禎子内親王), the third daughter of Emperor Sanjō, making him the first Emperor in 170 years (since Emperor Uda) whose mother was 'not' of Fujiwara descent.

1050-1131 Imperial Princess Toshiko (聡子内親王)

1053-1129 Imperial Prince Sadahito (貞仁親王) (Emperor Shirakawa)

1056-1132 Imperial Princess Toshiko (俊子内親王) - Higuchi? ''saigū'' (樋口斎宮) (Saigū = Imperial Princess serving at the Grand Shrine of Ise)

1057-1130 Imperial Princess Kako (佳子内親王) - Tomi-no-kōji Saiin 富小路斎院

1060-1114 Imperial Princess Tokushi (篤子内親王) - Empress (''chūgū'' of Emperor Horikawa)

1071-1185 Imperial Prince Sanehito (実仁親王) - Shirakawa's would-be heir

1073-1119 Imperial Prince Sukehito (輔仁親王)
Empresses and consorts


1029-1093 Empress (''chūgū'') Keiko? (馨子) - second daughter of Emperor Go-Ichijō

★ ????-1062 Empress Dowager: Fujiwara Shigeko (藤原茂子), daughter of Fujiwara no Kinnari (藤原公成), adopted daughter of Fujiwara no Yoshinobu (藤原能信)

1047-1134 Court Lady: Minamoto no Motoko (源基子), daughter of Minamoto no Motohira (源基平)

★ Court Lady: Fujiwara no Akiko (藤原昭子) - daughter of Fujiwara no Yorimune (藤原頼宗)

Events of Go-Sanjō''-tennō's life


Because he was not of Fujiwara descent, the ''Kampaku'', Fujiwara no Yorimichi neglected him, but Emperor Go-Suzaku decreed that upon his elder brother Chikahito's enthronement (as Emperor Go-Reizei), that Takahito would become the heir (''kōtaitei''). As Go-Reizei had no children of his own, upon his death, Takahito became emperor.
Yorimichi's younger brother Norimichi became ''kampaku'', but Go-Sanjō was determined to rule personally. In 1069 he issued the ''Enkyū'' Shōen Regulation Decree (Enkyū being the name of the era in which it was issued) and established a government office to certify Shōen records. In 1070, he regulated silk and in 1072, the Ritsuryō System of centralized authority having become a dead letter, he planned to strengthen the finances of the Imperial Household, which had become weakened.
In 1072, four years after his enthronement, he abdicated to his son Imperial Prince Sadahito, planning to begin cloistered rule, but early the next year, he succumbed to an unidentified illness.
Research in recent years has led to an influential theory that his abdication was not for the purpose of carrying out cloistered rule, but was instead because of illness.
Go-Sanjō is buried amongst the "Seven Imperial Tombs" at Ryoan-ji Temple in Kyoto. The mound which commemorates the Hosokawa Emperor Go-Sanjō is today named ''Shu-zan.''[1]

Eras of Go-Sanjō''-tennō's reign


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

★ ''Jiryaku'' (1065-1069)

★ ''Enkyū'' (1069-1074)

References


Notes

1. Moscher, G. (1978). ''Kyoto: A Contemplative Guide,'' p. 277.

Further reading


★ Mosher, Gouverneur. (1978). ''Kyoto: A Contemplative Guide.'' Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle. ISBN 0-8048-1294-2

Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo, 1652], ''Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth.'' Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. --''Two copies of this rare book have now been made available online: (1) from the library of the University of Michigan, digitized January 30, 2007; and (2) from the library of Stanford University, digitized June 23, 2006.'' Click here to read the original text in French.

★ Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [Kitabatake Chitafusa, 1359], ''Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley)'' New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4



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