Emperor Takakura

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Emperor Takakura
高倉天皇
Emperor Takakura, Tenshi Sekkan Miei
Emperor of Japan
Reign April 9, 1168 ? March 18, 1180
Coronation April 29, 1168
Predecessor Rokuj?
Successor Antoku
Born September 20, 1161
Died January 30, 1181 (1181-01-30) (aged 19)
Burial
Nochi no Seikan-ji no Misasagi (後?閑寺陵) (Kyoto)
Spouse
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( m.  1172) ​
Issue
Posthumous name
Tsuig? :
Emperor Takakura ( 高倉院 or 高倉天皇 )
House Yamato
Father Emperor Go-Shirakawa
Mother Taira no Shigeko

Emperor Takakura ( 高倉天皇 , Takakura-tenn? , September 20, 1161 ? January 30, 1181) was the 80th emperor of Japan , according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1168 through 1180. [1]

Genealogy [ edit ]

Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne , his personal name (his imina ) [2] was Norihito -shinn? (憲仁親王). [3]

Takakura was the fourth son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa , and thus uncle to his predecessor, Emperor Rokuj? . His mother was Empress Dowager Taira no Shigeko, the younger sister of Taira no Tokiko, the concubine of Taira no Kiyomori . His empress consort was Taira no Tokuko (later Empress Dowager Kenrei), the regent of Taira no Kiyomori, and thus his first cousin (as his mother and Tokuko's mothers were sisters).

  • Lady-in-waiting: B?mon Shokushi (坊門殖子; 1157?1228) later Shichij?-in (七?院), Bomon Nobutaka's daughter
    • Second son: Imperial Prince Morisada (守貞親王; 1179?1223) ? later Go-Takakura In (後高倉院) ? father of Emperor Go-Horikawa
    • Fourth son: Imperial Prince Takahira (尊成親王) ? later Emperor Go-Toba
  • Consort: Konoe Michiko (近衛通子; b. 1163) or Rokuj?-no-tsubone (六?局), Konoe Motozane ’s daughter.
  • Lady-in-waiting: Horikawa Toyoko (堀河豊子) or Azechi-Naishi (按察典侍), Horikawa Yorisada’s daughter
    • Third daughter: Imperial Princess Kiyoko (潔子?親王; b. 1179) ? Saig? of Ise
  • Court Lady: Taira no Noriko (平範子) or Sh?sh?-Naishi (少??侍), Taira Yoshisuke’s daughter
    • Third son: Imperial Prince Koreaki ( 惟明親王 ; 1172?1221) later Imperial Prince Priest Sh?en (聖円入道親王)
  • Court Lady: Fujiwara Kimiko (藤原公子) or Sochi-no-Tsubone (帥局), Fujiwara no Kimishige’s daughter ? former nanny of Takakura
    • First daughter: Imperial Princess Isako (功子?親王; b. 1176) ? Saig? of Ise
  • Court Lady: Kog?-no-Tsubone (小督局; b. 1157), Fujiwara no Shigenori’s daughter
    • Second daughter: Imperial Princess Hanshi/ Noriko (範子?親王; 1177?1210) later Empress Dowager B?mon-in (坊門院)

Events of Takakura's life [ edit ]

Although Takakura was formally enthroned, the reality was that government affairs were controlled by his father and his father-in-law.

  • 1168 ( Nin'an 3, 19th day of the 2nd month ): In the 3rd year of Rokuj? -tenn? ' s reign (六?天皇3年), the emperor was deposed by his grandfather, and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his cousin, the third son of the retired- Emperor Go-Shirakawa . [4]
  • 1168 ( Nin'an 3, 19th day of the 2nd month ): Emperor Takakura is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’), and he is proclaimed emperor. [5]

Takakura had his own views on the role of Emperor. He is said to have written:

"The Emperor is a ship. His subjects are water. The water enables a ship to float well, but sometimes the vessel is capsized by it. His subjects can sustain an Emperor well, but sometimes they overthrow him." [6]

Ex-Emperor Go-Shirakawa exercised the powers attendant the well-settled patterns of cloistered rule . Taira no Kiyomori , who was the father of the Empress, did whatever he pleased as de facto Regent.

  • 1172 ( J?an 2, 10th day of the 2nd month ): Taira Kiyomori's daughter, Tokuko, becomes Takakura's consort. [7]
  • May 27, 1177 ( Jish? 1, 28th day of the 4th month ): A great fire in the capital was spread by high winds; and the palace was reduced to cinders. [8]
Only extant letter by Emperor Takakura
  • 1178 ( Jish? 2, 12th day of the 11th month ): Takakura's consort, Taira-no Tokuko, gave birth to a son. Kiyomori rejoiced; and all the officers of the court congratulated the parents. In the next month, this infant was declared heir to Emperor Takakura. [9]
  • 1180 ( Jisho 4, 21st day of the 2nd month ): Emperor Takakura abdicated. [10]
  • 1180 ( Jisho 4, 22nd day of the 4th month ): Emperor Antoku's coronation ceremony. [10]
  • 1180 ( Jisho 4, 2nd day of the 6th month ): Former- emperor Go-Shirakawa -in, former-emperor Takakura-in and Emperor Antoku leave Kyoto for Fukuhara-ky? . [10]
  • 1180 ( Jisho 4, 26th day of the 11th month ): The capital is moved back to Kyoto from Fukuhara. [10]
  • 1180 ( Jisho 4 ): A devastating whirlwind causes havoc in Heian-ky? , the capital. [11]
  • 1181 ( Jisho 5, 14th day of the 1st month ): Emperor Takakura died. [10]

Soon after the birth of Emperor Takakura's son, Prince Tokihito, he was pressured to abdicate. The one-year-old infant would become Emperor Antoku .

Kugy? [ edit ]

Kugy? (公卿) is a collective term for the most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre- Meiji eras.

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 Takakura's reign, this apex of the Daij?-kan included:

Eras of Takakura's reign [ edit ]

The years of Takakura's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or neng? . [14]

Cultural references [ edit ]

Takakura is the "Imperial Sovereign" of the Japan-inspired land of Akatsurai in Book 6: "The Lords of the Rising Sun" in the Fabled Lands adventure gamebook series. He is portrayed as a young man with little real power, it being largely in the hands of his chancellor, "Lord Kiyomori".

Ancestry [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

Notes [ edit ]

Japanese Imperial kamon ? a stylized chrysanthemum blossom
  1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 195?200; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukansh?, pp. 330?333; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinn? Sh?t?ki. pp. 212?214.
  2. ^ Brown, pp. 264; n.b., up until the time of Emperor Jomei , the personal names of the emperors (their imina ) were very long and people did not generally use them. The number of characters in each name diminished after Jomei's reign.
  3. ^ Titsingh, p. 195; Varley, p. 212.
  4. ^ Brown, p. 330; Varley, p. 44; n.b., a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji ; and all sovereigns except Jit? , Y?zei , Go-Toba , and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami .
  5. ^ Titsingh, p. 195; Varley, p. 44.
  6. ^ Kitagawa, Hiroshi et al. (1975). The Tale of the Heike , p. 220.
  7. ^ Kitagawa, p. 783.
  8. ^ Titsingh, p. 198.
  9. ^ Titsingh, p. 199.
  10. ^ a b c d e Kitagawa, p. 784.
  11. ^ Kamo no Ch?mei. (1212). H?j?ki.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h Brown, p. 331.
  13. ^ Brown, p. 332.
  14. ^ Titsingh, p. 195; Brown, pp. 330?331.
  15. ^ "Genealogy" . Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). 30 April 2010 . Retrieved 27 December 2018 .

References [ edit ]

Regnal titles
Preceded by Emperor of Japan :
Takakura
1168?1180 		Succeeded by
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