was the 107th

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, according to the traditional

order of succession An order of succession or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility.abdication Abdication is the act of formally relinquishing monarchical authority. Abdications have played various roles in the succession procedures of monarchies. While some cultures have viewed abdication as an extreme abandonment of duty, in other societ ...

in 1611, corresponding to the transition between the

Azuchi–Momoyama period The was the final phase of the in Japanese history from 1568 to 1600. After the outbreak of the Ōnin War in 1467, the power of the Ashikaga Shogunate effectively collapsed, marking the start of the chaotic Sengoku period. In 1568, Oda Nobuna ...

and the

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was character ...

. This 16th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century

Emperor Yōzei was the 57th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 陽成天皇 (57)/ref> according to the traditional order of succession. Yōzei's reign spanned the years from 876 through 884. Traditional narrative Before his ascension ...

, and , translates as ''later'', and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Yōzei". The Japanese word ''go'' has also been translated to mean ''the second one'', and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Yōzei, the second", or as "Yōzei II".

Genealogy

Before Go-Yōzei's ascension to the

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, his personal name (''

imina in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name, in that order. Nevertheless, when a Japanese name is written in the Roman alphabet, ever since the Meiji era, the official policy has been to cater to Western expecta ...

'') was or . He was the eldest son of , also known as Prince Sanehito and posthumously named Yōkwōin ''daijō-tennō'', who was the eldest son of

Emperor Ōgimachi was the 106th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from November 17, 1557, to his abdication on December 17, 1586, corresponding to the transition between the Sengoku period and the Azuchi–Momoyama p ...

. His mother was a lady-in-waiting. Go-Yōzei's Imperial family lived with him in the Dairi of the

Heian Palace The was the original imperial palace of (present-day Kyoto), the capital of Japan, from 794 to 1227. The palace, which served as the imperial residence and the administrative centre for most of the Heian period (from 794 to 1185), was located ...

. The family included at least 35 children. Consort and issue(s): *Empress ( ''Nyōgo''): Fujiwara (Konoe) Sakiko (藤原近衛前子)(1575 –11 August 1630), later Chukamonin (中和門院), daughter of

Konoe Sakihisa (1536 – June 7, 1612), son of regent Taneie, was a court noble of Japan. His life spanned the Sengoku, Azuchi–Momoyama, and early Edo periods. He served as kampaku-sadaijin and '' daijō-daijin'', rising to the junior first rank. He was ...

(近衛前久) **First Daughter: Princess Shōkō (聖興女王; 1590–1594) **Second Daughter: Princess Ryūtōin (龍登院宮; 1592–1600) **Third Daughter: Imperial Princess Seishi (清子内親王; 1593–1674), married

Takatsukasa Nobuhisa , son of Nobufusa and Sassa Teruko, the daughter of Sassa Narimasa, was a '' kugyo'' or Japanese court noble of the early Edo period (1603–1868). He held a regent position kampaku from 1612 to 1615. Norihira was his son. Family Parents *Fa ...

**Fourth Daughter: Princess Bunkō (文高女王; 1595–1644) **Third Son: Imperial Prince Kotohito (政仁親王, 29 June 1596 – 11 September 1680), later

Emperor Go-Mizunoo was the 108th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Mizunoo's reign spanned the years from 1611 through 1629, and was the first emperor to reign entirely during the Edo period. This 17th-century sovereign was n ...

**Fifth Daughter: Princess Son'ei (尊英女王; 1598–1611) **Fourth Son:

Konoe Nobuhiro , Ōzan (応山) as a monk, was a '' kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Edo period (1603–1868). He was born the fourth son of Emperor Go-Yōzei. His mother was Empress Dowager Chūka, or Konoe Sakiko by birth. Nobuhiro was adopted by Konoe ...

(近衛信尋, 24 June 1599– 15 November 1649) **Seventh Son: Imperial Prince Takamatsu-no-miya Yoshihito (29 April 1603 – 14 July 1638; 高松宮好仁親王) **Ninth Son:

Ichijō Akiyoshi , son of Emperor Go-Yōzei and adopted son of regent Uchimoto, was a '' kugyō'' (court noble) of the Edo period (1603–1868) of Japan. He held the regent positions of kampaku in 1629 and from 1647 to 1651, and sesshō from 1629 to 1635 and i ...

(一条昭良, 12 June 1605 – 11 March 1672) **Sixth Daughter: Imperial Princess Teishi (貞子内親王; 1606–1675) married Nijō Yasumichi **Tenth Son: Imperial Prince Morochika (庶愛親王) later Imperial Prince Priest Sonkaku (1608–1661; 尊覚法親王) **Twelfth Daughter: Princess Son'ren (尊蓮女王; 1614–1627) *Consort ('' Hi''): Kiyohara (Furuichi) Taneko (清原古市胤子, 1583–1658), daughter of Furuichi Tanehide (古市胤栄) **Ninth Daughter: ''Princess Rei'un'in'' (冷雲院宮; 1611) **Eleventh Son: Imperial Prince Priest Dōkō (道晃法親王; 8 April 1612 – 5 August 1679) **Tenth Daughter: Princess Kūkain (空花院宮; 1613) *Consort ( ''Hi''): Daughter of Chūtō Tokohiro (中東時広, d. 1680) **Twelfth Son: Imperial Prince Priest Dōshū (道周法親王; 1613–1634) **Thirteenth Son: Imperial Prince Priest Ji'in (慈胤法親王; 1617–1699) *Lady-in-waiting ('' Naishi-no-Suke''): Fujiwara (Nakayama) Chikako (藤原中山親子; 1576–1608), daughter of Namayama Oyatsuna (中山親綱) **First Son: Imperial Prince Katahito (1588–1648; 良仁親王), later Imperial Prince Priest Kakushin **Second Son: Imperial Prince Priest Shōkai (承快法親王; 1591–1609) *Lady-in-waiting ('' Naishi-no-Suke''): Fujiwara (Hino) Teruko (藤原日野輝子, 1581–1607), daughter of Hino Terusuke (日野輝資) **Fifth Son: Imperial Prince Toshiatsu (1602–1651; 毎敦親王) later Imperial Prince Priest Sonsei (尊性法親王) *Lady-in-waiting ('' Naishi-no-Suke''): Fujiwara (Jimyōin) Motoko (藤原持明院基子; d. 1644), daughter of Jimyōin Motonori (持明院基孝) **Sixth Son: Imperial Prince Tsuneyoshi (常嘉親王), later Imperial Prince Priest Gyōnen (尭然法親王; 1602–1661) *Lady-in-waiting ( ''Naishi-no-Suke''): Minamoto (Niwata) Tomoko (源庭田具子; d. 1626), daughter of Niwata Shigetomo (庭田重具) **Eight Son: Imperial Prince Priest Ryōjun(良純法親王; 1603–1669) *Lady-in-waiting ('' Naishi-no-Suke''): Fujwara (Hamuro) Nobuko (藤原葉室宣子; d. 1679), daughter of Hamuro Yorinobu (葉室頼宣) **Eleventh Daughter: Princess Sonsei (尊清女王; 1613–1669) *Handmaid ('' Naishi-no-Jō''): Taira (Nishinotōin) Tokiko (平西洞院時子, d. 1661), daughter of Nishinotōin Tokiyoshi (西洞院時慶) **Seventh Daughter: Princess Eishū (永崇女王; 1609–1690) **Eighth Daughter: Princess Kō'un'in (高雲院宮; 1610–1612)

Events of Go-Yōzei's life

Prince Katahito became emperor when his grandfather abdicated. The succession (''senso'') was considered to have been received by the new monarch; and shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Yōzei is said to have acceded (''sokui''). A distinct act of ''senso'' was unrecognized prior to

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and all sovereigns except

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, Yōzei,

Go-Toba was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1183 through 1198. This 12th-century sovereign was named after Emperor Toba, and ''go-'' (後), translates literally as "later"; an ...

, and Fushimi have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. The events during his lifetime shed some light on his reign. The years of Go-Yōzei's reign correspond with the start of the

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under the leadership of

Tokugawa Ieyasu was the founder and first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, which ruled Japan from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868. He was one of the three "Great Unifiers" of Japan, along with his former lord Oda Nobunaga and fello ...

and

Tokugawa Hidetada was the second ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty, who ruled from 1605 until his abdication in 1623. He was the third son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate. Early life (1579–1593) Tokugawa Hidetada was bo ...

. On 31 December 1571, the Imperial prince who became known by the posthumous name of Go-Yōzei''-tennō'' was born. On 5 November 1586, Prince Katahito was given the title

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and heir and within a month ('' Tenshō 14, on the 7th day of the 11th month''), Ogimachi gave the reins of government to his grandson, who would become Emperor Go-Yōzei. There had been no such Imperial transition since

Emperor Go-Hanazono (July 10, 1418 – January 18, 1471) was the 102nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'')後花園天皇 (102) retrieved 2013-8-28. His reign spanned the years from 1428 throug ...

abdicated in 1464 (''Kanshō'' 5). The dearth of abdications is attributable to the disturbed state of the country and because there was neither any dwelling for an ex-emperor nor excess funds in the treasury to support him. In 1586 (''Tenshō 14, in the 12th month''), a marriage with Lady Asahi, the youngest sister of

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, and

, was arranged and the '' kampaku'', Toyotomi Hideyoshi, was nominated to be ''Daijō-daijin'' (Chancellor of the Realm). In 1588 (''Tenshō 16, 7th month''), Emperor Go-Yōzei and his father visit Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mansion in Kyoto. This was the first time that an emperor appeared in public since 1521. Hideyoshi led an army to the Kantō where he lay siege to

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in 1588 (''Tenshō 18, 7th month''). When the fortress fell,

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died and his brother,

Hōjō Ujinao Hōjō Ujinao (北条氏直: 1562 – December 19, 1591) was a Japanese '' daimyō'' of the late Sengoku period, and the final head of the Later Hōjō clan. An important figure in the history of Azuchi-Momoyama politics, he lost his entir ...

submitted to Hideyoshi's power, thus ending a period of serial internal warfare which had continued uninterrupted since the

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(1467–1477). The ''Keichō'' expedition to

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was en route to invade

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in 1592 ('' Keichō 1'').

, the ''Taikō'' died in his

Fushimi Castle , also known as or Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, is a Japanese castle located in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto. Fushimi Castle was constructed from 1592 to 1594 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the end of the Sengoku period as his retirement residence. Fushimi Castl ...

at the age of 63 on 18 September 1598 (''Keichō 3, on the 18th day of the 8th month''). The

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took place in 1600. On 21 October (''Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month''), the

Tokugawa clan The is a Japanese dynasty that was formerly a powerful '' daimyō'' family. They nominally descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) and were a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji) through the Matsudaira clan. The early history of this cl ...

and its allies decisively vanquished all opposition. Two years later (''Keichō 8''), the Kyōto Daibutsu was destroyed by fire.

became ''

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'' on 24 March 1603 (''Keichō 8''), which effectively began what was later known as the Edo ''bakufu''.

Toyotomi Hideyori was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first united all of Japan. His mother, Yodo-dono, was the niece of Oda Nobunaga. Early life Born in 1593, he was Hideyoshi's second son. The birth of Hideyori cr ...

was elevated to

Naidaijin The , literally meaning "Inner Minister", was an ancient office in the Japanese Imperial Court. Its role, rank and authority varied throughout the pre- Meiji period of Japanese history, but in general remained as a significant post under the Ta ...

in the Imperial court. In 1605 (''Keichō 10, 15th day of the 12th month''), a new volcanic island, Hachijōko-jima, arose from the sea at the side of Hachijō Island (八丈島 Hachijō-jima) in the

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(伊豆諸島, Izu-shotō) which stretch south and east from the

Izu Peninsula The is a large mountainous peninsula with a deeply indented coastline to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshu, Japan. Formerly known as Izu Province, Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka Prefecture. The penins ...

. In 1606 (''Keichō 11''), construction began on

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and on

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the following year (''Keichō 12''). 1609 (''Keichō 14'') saw the

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by Shimazu ''

daimyō were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast, hereditary land holdings. They were subordinate to the shogun and nominall ...

'' of Satsuma. During the following year (''Keichō 15''), reconstruction of the Daibutsu hall in Kyōto began and

came to Kyoto to visit the former-Shogun

. On 20 May 1610 (''Keichō 15, the 27th day of the 3rd month''), the emperor announces his intention to resign in favor of his son Masahito. Go-Yōzei abdicated on 9 May 1611 and his son Prince Masahito received the succession (the ''senso''). Shortly thereafter, Go-Mizunoo formally ascended to the throne (the ''sokui'').

Legacy

Go-Yōzei's reign corresponds to the rule of

and the beginning of the Edo ''Bakufu''. He was the sovereign who confirmed the legitimacy of their accession to power; and this period allowed the Imperial Family to recover a small portion of its diminished powers. This Emperor gave

the rank of ''Taikō'', originally a title given to the father of the emperor's chief advisor ('' Kampaku''), or a retired ''Kampaku'', which was essential to increase his status and effectively stabilize his power. When

was given the title of '' Sei-i Taishōgun'', the future of any anticipated

was by no means assured, nor was his relationship to the emperor at all settled. He gradually began to interfere in the affairs of the Imperial Court. The right to grant ranks of court nobility and change the era became a concern of the ''bakufu''. However, the Imperial Court's poverty during the

Warring States Era The Warring States period () was an era in ancient Chinese history characterized by warfare, as well as bureaucratic and military reforms and consolidation. It followed the Spring and Autumn period and concluded with the Qin wars of conques ...

seemed likely to become a thing of the past, as the ''bakufu'' provided steadily for its financial needs. Go-Yōzei did abdicate in favor of his third son; but he wanted to be succeeded by his younger brother, Imperial Prince Hachijō-no-miya Toshihito (八条宮智仁親王) (first of the Hachijō-no-miya line, later called

Katsura-no-miya :''See also Prince Katsura, the second son of Prince Mikasa.'' The was the one of the four '' shinnōke'', branches of the Imperial Family of Japan which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the event that the main line should ...

), who built the

Katsura Imperial Villa The , or Katsura Detached Palace, is an Imperial residence with associated gardens and outbuildings in the western suburbs of Kyoto, Japan. Located on the western bank of the Katsura River in Katsura, Nishikyō-ku, the Villa is 8km distant fro ...

. Go-Yōzei loved literature and art. He published the ''Kobun Kokyo'' and part of '' Nihon Shoki'' with movable type dedicated to the emperor by

. After abdication, Go-Yōzei lived for six years in the Sentō Imperial Palace; and thereafter, it became the usual place to which abdicated emperors would retire. The name of this palace and its gardens was ''Sentō-goshō''; and emperors who had abdicated were sometimes called ''Sentō-goshō''. Go-Yōzei died on 25 September 1617. The ''

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'' of Emperor Go-Yōzei is enshrined with other emperors at the imperial mausoleum (''misasagi'') called ''Fukakusa no kita no misasagi'' (深草北陵) in

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Kugyō

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

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-Yōzei's reign, this apex of the ''

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'' included '' Kampaku'',

, (!585–1591), ''Kampaku'',

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(1591–1595), ''Kampaku'',

Kujō Kanetaka , son of Nijō Haruyoshi and adopted son of regent Tanemichi, was a ''kugyō'' or Japanese court noble of the Azuchi-Momoyama (1568–1603) and Edo periods (1603–1868). He held a regent position kampaku from 1578 to 1581 and from 1600 to 1604 ...

, (1600–1604), ''Kampaku'', Konoe Nobutada (1605–1606), ''Kampaku'',

Takatsukasa Nobufusa was a court noble (''kuge'') of the early Edo period. Born to Nijō Haruyoshi and adopted by Takatsukasa Tadafuyu, he revived the lineage of the Takatsukasa family. In 1606 he was appointed Kampaku, a regent position which he left two years l ...

, (1606–1608), ''Kampaku'', Kujō Yukiie (1608–1612), ''

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'', ''

Udaijin was a government position in Japan in the late Nara and Heian periods. The position was consolidated in the Taihō Code of 702. The Asuka Kiyomihara Code of 689 marks the initial appearance of the ''udaijin'' in the context of a central administ ...

'',

,''

'',

(1603–?), and ''

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Eras of Go-Yōzei's reign

The years of Go-Yōzei's reign are more specifically identified by more than one

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or ''

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'': '' Tenshō'' (1573–1592), ''

Bunroku was a after '' Tenshō'' and before '' Keichō.'' This period spanned the years from December 1592 to October 1596.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Bunroku''" i ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 92 n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-F ...

'' (1592–1596), and '' Keichō'' (1596–1615).

Ancestry

References

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