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unusual facts about Emperor Go-Reizei


Emperor Go-Reizei

1051 (Eishō 6): In Michinoku, Abe no Sadatō and Munetō instigate a rebellion which becomes known as the Nine Years War (1051–1062) because, even though the period of strife lasts for 11 years, the actual fighting lasts for nine years.


13th century in poetry

Princess Shikishi 式子内親王 (died 1201), late Heian and early Kamakura period poet, never-married daughter of Emperor Go-Shirakawa; entered service at the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto in 1159, later left the shrine, in later years a Buddhist nun; has 49 poems in the Shin Kokin Shū anthology

Awataguchi Takamitsu

Prince Fushimi went on to say that these paintings by Takamitsu were stored in the monastery on Eizan until the ninth year of Eikyō (1436 A.D.) when the fourth volume's text was removed so that it would be rewritten by Emperor Go-Hanazono.

Emperor Go-Fushimi

Fushimi acted as cloistered emperor for a period, but after a while, from 1313 to 1318, Go-Fushimi acted in that function.

Emperor Go-Kōgon

Emperor Go-Kōgon was forced to repeatedly flee from Kyoto to Ōmi Province and other places.

Emperor Go-Kōmyō

1652 (Keian 5, 5th month): Nihon Ōdai Ichiran is first published in Kyoto under the patronage of the tairō Sakai Tadakatsu, lord of the Obama Domain of Wakasa Province.

Emperor Go-Murakami

The Emperor and his retinue were confined to Otokoyama, but escaped to Kawachi Province during an attack by Yoshiakira, and a few months later returned to Yoshino.

In 1348, Kō no Moronao attacked Yoshino, and the Emperor left for modern-day Nishiyoshino Village in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, which was then Yamato Province.

When Emperor Go-Daigo began his Kemmu Restoration, the still very young prince, along with Kitabatake Akiie, in 1333 went to Tagajō in what is now Miyagi Prefecture, at the time Mutsu Province, to return the eastern samurai to their allegiance and destroy the remnants of the Hōjō clan.

Emperor Go-Saga

When Emperor Tsuchimikado moved to Tosa Province (on Shikoku), he was raised by his mother's side of the family.

Emperor Go-Shirakawa

1169 (Kaō 1, 6th month): Emperor Go-Shirakawa entered the Buddhist priesthood at the age of 42.

Emperor Go-Uda

The retired Emperor Kameyama continued to exercise power as cloistered emperor.

Emperor Tsuchimikado

In 1198, he became emperor upon the abdication of Emperor Go-Toba, who continued to exercise Imperial powers as cloistered emperor.

Izusan Jinja

The shrine legend also claims that it was appointed as an official shrine for prayers to the Imperial clan under Emperor Nintoku, Emperor Seinei, Emperor Bidatsu, Emperor Kōtoku and Emperor Go-Nara.

Lanxi Daolong

Daolong died in Kenchō-ji, and was given the Posthumous Name as Dajue Zen Master by Emperor Go-Uda (後宇多天皇).

San'yōdō

Emperor Go-Daigo in the 14th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 16th century, and many others used it to flee from conflict, to return to the core of the country (kinai), or to move troops.

Shinjō, Okayama

It is also said that Emperor Go-Toba passed this way in exile on his way to an island in the Sea of Japan where he died.


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