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'Emperor Fushimi' (伏見天皇 ''Fushimi-tennō'') (May 10, 1265 – October 8, 1317) was the '92nd' emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He ruled from November 27, 1287 until August 30, 1298. His personal name was Hirohito (熈仁). [''Note that this is a different kanji from that which was Emperor Shōwa's personal name.'']

Contents

Genealogy

Events of Fushimi''-tennō's life

Eras of Fushimi''-tennō's reign

References

Notes

Further reading

Genealogy

He was the second son of Emperor Go-Fukakusa. They were from the Jimyōin line.

★ Empress: Saionji (Fujiwara) ?? (西園寺（藤原）金章子)

★ Lady-in-waiting: Daughter of Miki (Minamoto) ?? (三木（源）具氏)

★ Lady-in-waiting: Itsutsuji (Fujiwara) Tsuneko ?? (五辻（藤原）経子)

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★ First son: Imperial Prince Tanehito (胤仁親王) (Emperor Go-Fushimi)

★ Consort: Tōin Fujiwara ?? (洞院（藤原）季子)

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★ First daughter: Imperial Princess ?? (甝子内親王 (甝 = 王壽))

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★ Second daughter: Imperial Princess Shigeko ?? (誉子内親王)

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★ Second son: Imperial Prince ?? (寛性入道親王) (Buddhist Lay Priest)

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★ Third daughter: Imperial Princess ?? (延子内親王)

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★ Fourth son: Imperial Prince Tomihito (富仁親王) (Emperor Hanazono)
His name comes from the palace of the Jimyōin-tō

Events of Fushimi''-tennō's life

In 1275, by the actions of his father, the Jimyōin-tō Emperor Go-Fukakusa, he became Crown Prince to his first cousin, the Daikakuji-tō Emperor Go-Uda. In 1287, he was enthroned following his predecessor's abdication. After this, there was a short period of time in which the two lines alternated power. Two years later, the retired Emperor Go-Fukakusa ended his reign as Cloistered Emperor, Fushimi taking direct control.
In 1289, by making his own son (the future Emperor Go-Fushimi) Crown Prince, he increased the antagonism of the Daikakuji line.
In 1290, the family of Asawara Tameyori made an assassination attempt on the Emperor.
During his reign, efforts were made by the noble families to defeat the government, but the power of the Bakufu increased. In 1298, Fushimi abdicated and began his reign as cloistered emperor.
But, three years later, in 1301, the Daikakuji Line rallied and forced Emperor Go-Fushimi to abdicate.
In 1308, his co-operation with the Bakufu succeeding, his fourth son's enthronement as Emperor Hanazono took place, and he again became cloistered Emperor.
During Fushimi's reign, the alternating plan for the Daikakuji and Jimyōin lines had not yet come into being, and the two lines fought each other for the throne.
In 1317, he died .

Eras of Fushimi''-tennō's reign

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

★ ''Kōan (Kamakura period)'' (1278-1288)

★ ''Shōō'' (1288-1293)

★ ''Einin'' (1293-1299)

References

Notes

Further reading

★ 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