EMPEROR GO-MOMOZONO

'Emperor Go-Momozono' (後桃園天皇 ''Go-Momozono-tennÅ'') (August 5, 1758 - December 16, 1779) was the '118th' emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from May 23, 1771 until his death on December 16, 1779. He was succeeded by his second cousin, Emperor KÅkaku. His personal name was 'Hidehito' (英ä»).

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

Genealogy


He was the firstborn son of Emperor Momozono.

★ Court Lady: Konoe Koreko (近衛維å­)


★ First daughter: Imperial Princess Yoshiko (欣å­å†…親王) - later Emperor KÅkaku's chief wife (''chÅ«gÅ«''), Yoshiko (åŽå¦ƒ, 欣å­å†…親王), then also known as Shinkiyowa-in (?, 新清和院)

★ Adopted son


★ Imperial Prince Tomohito (å…¼ä»è¦ªçŽ‹) (Emperor KÅkaku, sixth son of Imperial Prince Kan'in-no-miya Sukehito)

Events of Go-Momozono-''tennÅ's life


He became Crown Prince in 1768. Two years later, in 1771, his aunt, Empress Go-Sakuramachi, ceded the throne to him. The Emperor was sickly, and in 1779, he died at the age of just 22.
Because his only child was a daughter, Princess Yoshiko (欣å­), he hurriedly adopted a son from the Kan'in branch of the Imperial Family who became Emperor KÅkaku. His daughter was married to Emperor KÅkaku - Imperial Princess Yoshiko (?, 欣å­å†…親王), also known as Shinkiyowa-in (?, 新清和院).

Eras of Go-Momozono-''tennÅ's reign


The years of Go-Momozono's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or ''nengÅ''.

★ ''Meiwa'' (1764-1772)

★ ''An'ei'' (1772-1781)

References


Notes

Further reading


Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Supplément aux annales des daïri,'' appended to [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 Transcription 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.



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