| Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado 後土御門天皇 | |||||
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| Emperor of Japan | |||||
| Reign | August 21, 1464 – October 21, 1500 | ||||
| Enthronement | May 22, 1465 | ||||
| Predecessor | Go-Hanazono | ||||
| Successor | Go-Kashiwabara | ||||
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| Born | Fusahito (成仁) July 3, 1442 | ||||
| Died | October 21, 1500(1500-10-21) (aged 58) | ||||
| Burial | Fukakusa no kita no Misasagi (深草北陵) (Kyoto) | ||||
| Issue more... | Emperor Go-Kashiwabara | ||||
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| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Emperor Go-Hanazono | ||||
| Mother | Ōinomikado (Fujiwara) Nobuko [ja] | ||||
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Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (後土御門天皇,Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō; July 3, 1442 – October 21, 1500) was the 103rdemperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from1464 through 1500.[2]
This 15th-century sovereign was named after the 12th-centuryEmperor Tsuchimikado andgo- (後), translates literally as "later"; and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Tsuchimikado", or, in some older sources, may be identified as "Emperor Tsuchimikado, the second," or as "Emperor Tsuchimikado II."
Before his ascension to theChrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (hisimina) was Fusahito-shinnō (成仁親王).[3]
He was the eldest son ofEmperor Go-Hanazono. His mother was Ōinomikado (Fujiwara) Nobuko (大炊御門（藤原）信子), daughter of Fujiwara Takanaga (藤原高長)
Shortly after his enthronement, theŌnin War took place. Temples, shrines, and mansions of court nobles, among others, were burned to the ground.[5] TheImperial Court's finances dried up, and the Court declined. The Emperor supported the Yoshida family's policy of establishing a new kind of State Shinto which could add social and political cohesion in the country devastated by civil war.
Until former-emperor Go-Komatsu died in 1433, Go-Hanazono held the title of formal head of theDaïri, the real power in the court was wielded by his uncle, who continued a practice known ascloistered rule. After this, Go-Hanazono enjoyed 30 years of direct imperial rule, until his abdication; and then the conventional pattern of indirect government by cloistered emperors was again resumed. The extended duration of Go-Tsuchimikado's reign—lasting thirty-six years, two months—is the longest of any sovereign in the historical period prior toEmperor Kōkaku.
After the end of the War, there was little enthusiasm for reviving the Imperial Court's ancient ceremonies. On October 21, 1500, the Emperor died. His successorGo-Kashiwabara lacked the funds to pay for the funeral ceremony, and the deceased emperor's body lay in a palace storeroom for over a month before a donation was made to the court, and the funeral could be observed.
Go-Tuschimikado is enshrined with other emperors at the imperial tomb calledFukakusa no kita no misasagi (深草北陵) inFushimi-ku, Kyoto.[6]
Kugyō (公卿) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of theEmperor 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-Tsuchimikado's reign, this apex of theDaijō-kan included:
The years of Go-Tsuchimikado's reign are more specifically identified by more than oneera name ornengō.[3]
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