EMPEROR GO-KAMEYAMA

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(''ca.'' 1347 - May 10, 1424) was the '99th' emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He ruled from 1383 to October 21, 1392, becoming the last Emperor of the Southern Court. His personal name was .

Contents
Genealogy
Events of Go-Kameyama''-tennÅ's life
Eras of Go-Kameyama''-tennÅ's reign
References
Notes
Further reading

Genealogy


He was the second son of Emperor Go-Murakami. His mother was Fujiwara Katsuko ?? (藤原å‹å­)
Little is known of his empress or other consorts. Imperial Prince Tsuneatsu (æ’æ•¦) is believed to be his son.

Events of Go-Kameyama''-tennÅ's life


Go-Kameyama acceeded to the throne during the turbulent ''Nanboku-chÅ'' period during which rival claimants to the Chrysanthemum Throne gathered supporters around them in what were known as the Northern court and the Southern Court. Go-Kameyama became Emperor in what was called the Southern court when Emperor ChÅkei abdicated in 1383. On October 15, 1392, at the insistence of the peace faction amngst his own courtiers, he applied to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu for peace; and he subsequently returned to the capital where he did hand over the Sacred Treasures to his Northern Court rival. In doing so, Go-Kameyama was understood to have abdicated. Since 1911, the Japanese government has declared the southern claimants were actually the rightful emperors because they retained possession of the three sacred treasures, thus converting the emperors of the former Northern court into mere pretenders.
By the conditions of the peace treaty, the Northern Court and the Southern Court were supposed to alternate control of the throne. However, this was thrown out in 1412, and all subsequent emperors came from the family of the former Northern Court rival, the ultimately successful Emperor Go-Komatsu.
Following his abdication, he went into seclusion; but, in 1410, he returned to Yoshino.

Eras of Go-Kameyama''-tennÅ's reign


The years of Go-Kameyama's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or ''nengÅ''.
:'''Nanboku-chÅ'' southern court'

★ Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)


★ ''KÅwa'' (1381-1384)


★ ''GenchÅ«'' (1384-1393)
:'''Nanboku-chÅ'' northern court'

★ Eras as reckoned by pretender Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)


★ ''Eitoku'' (1381-1384)


★ ''Shitoku'' (1384-1387)


★ ''Kakei'' (1387-1389)


★ ''KÅÅ'' (1389-1390)


★ ''Meitoku'' (1390-1393)‡
:'Post''-Nanboku-chÅ'' reunified court'

★ Eras merged as ''Meitoku'' 3 replaced ''GenchÅ«'' 9 as Go-Kameyama abdicated.


★ ''Meitoku'' (1393-1394)‡

References


Notes

Further reading


Titsingh, Isaac. (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 digitized examples 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.



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