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*''Born: [[1596]]''
*''Died: [[1680]]/8/19''
*''Reign: [[1611]]-[[1629]]''
*''Reign: [[1611]]-[[1629]]''
*''Japanese'': 後水尾天皇 ''(Go Mizu-no-o tennou)''
*''Japanese'': 後水尾天皇 ''(Go Mizu-no-o tennou)''
Emperor Go-Mizunoo was emperor from [[1611]] to [[1629]], and was the longest-lived emperor in historical times, except for the Shôwa Emperor.<ref>[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 55.</ref>
Emperor Go-Mizunoo was emperor from [[1611]] to [[1629]], and was the longest-lived emperor in historical times, except for the Shôwa Emperor.<ref>[[Marius Jansen]], ''China in the Tokugawa World'', Harvard University Press (1992), 55.</ref>
He took Tokugawa Masako, a daughter of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] better known today by her Buddhist name [[Tofukumon-in|Tôfukumon-in]], as his primary imperial consort; they married when she was 14.
He took the throne in [[1611]] following the abdication of his father, [[Emperor Go-Yozei|Emperor Go-Yôzei]].
Go-Mizunoo abdicated in [[1629]] in favor of his daughter, who took the throne as [[Empress Meisho|Empress Meishô]]. In [[1634]], he received Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] in audience at [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]]. This was the last time a shogun would visit [[Kyoto]], or meet with an emperor, until the [[Bakumatsu period]].
His siblings included a younger sister [[Yotokuin|Yôtokuin]], and a younger brother who was divested of his Imperial status to become head of the [[Konoe family]].<ref>Cecilia Segawa Seigle, "Shinanomiya Tsuneko: Portrait of a Court Lady," in Anne Walthall (ed.), ''The Human Tradition in Modern Japan'', Scholarly Resources, Inc. (2002), 6-7.</ref>
Go-Mizunoo took Tokugawa Masako, a daughter of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Hidetada]] better known today by her Buddhist name [[Tofukumon-in|Tôfukumon-in]], as his primary imperial consort; they married on [[1620]]/6/18,<ref>Cecilia Segawa Seigle, “Tokugawa Tsunayoshi and the Formation of Edo Castle Rituals of Giving,” in Martha Chaiklin (ed.), ''Mediated by Gifts: Politics and Society in Japan 1350-1850'', Brill (2017), 123.</ref> when she was 14.
He abdicated in [[1629]] in favor of his daughter, who took the throne as [[Empress Meisho|Empress Meishô]]. In [[1634]], he received Shogun [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] in audience at [[Nijo castle|Nijô castle]]. This was the last time a shogun would visit [[Kyoto]], or meet with an emperor, until the [[Bakumatsu period]].
He is buried at [[Sennyu-ji|Sennyû-ji]], outside Kyoto, along with a number of emperors who followed him. It is unclear whether his burial, in a relatively simple grave, without any tumulus, marks the beginning of a precedent, or whether that practice was begun with [[Emperor Go-Kogon|Emperor Go-Kôgon]] (r. [[1352]]-[[1370]]).<ref>[[Amino Yoshihiko]], "Deconstructing 'Japan'," ''East Asian History'' 3 (1992), 141.</ref>
He is buried at [[Sennyu-ji|Sennyû-ji]], outside Kyoto, along with a number of emperors who followed him. It is unclear whether his burial, in a relatively simple grave, without any tumulus, marks the beginning of a precedent, or whether that practice was begun with [[Emperor Go-Kogon|Emperor Go-Kôgon]] (r. [[1352]]-[[1370]]).<ref>[[Amino Yoshihiko]], "Deconstructing 'Japan'," ''East Asian History'' 3 (1992), 141.</ref>
*With Sochi, a daughter of [[Minase Shiroshibe]], he had just one son, Seishô (1637-1678), who became an abbot at [[Ninna-ji]].
*With Sochi, a daughter of [[Minase Shiroshibe]], he had just one son, Seishô (1637-1678), who became an abbot at [[Ninna-ji]].
*With Sono Kuniko, also known as Shin-Chûnagon or [[Shin-Kogimon-in|Shin-Kôgimon-in]] (1624-1677), he had four sons, Gyôjo (1640-1695, abbot at [[Myoho-in|Myôhô-in]]), Shinkei (1649-1707, abbot at [[Ichijo-in|Ichijô-in]]), Sonshô (1651-1694, abbot at [[Shoren-in|Shôren-in]]), and [[Emperor Reigen]] (1654-1732), and two daughters, [[Shinanomiya Tsuneko]] (1642-1702), who went on to marry [[Konoe Motohiro]], and Eikyô (1657-1686), who became abbess at Daishô-ji.
*With Sono Kuniko, also known as Shin-Chûnagon or [[Shin-Kogimon-in|Shin-Kôgimon-in]] (1624-1677), he had four sons, Gyôjo (1640-1695, abbot at [[Myoho-in|Myôhô-in]]), Shinkei (1649-1707, abbot at [[Ichijo-in|Ichijô-in]]), Sonshô (1651-1694, abbot at [[Shoren-in|Shôren-in]]), and [[Emperor Reigen]] (1654-1732), and two daughters, [[Shinanomiya Tsuneko]] (1642-1702), who went on to marry [[Konoe Motohiro]], and Eikyô (1657-1686), who became abbess at Daishô-ji.
*With [[Gon-no-Chunagon|Gon-no-Chûnagon]], a daughter of [[Yotsutsuji Hidetsugu]], he had two sons, Sonkô (1645-1680), who became abbot at [[Chion-in]], and Seiran (1651-1680), who became abbot at Kajii, and one daughter, Songa (1654-1683), who became abbess at [[Kosho-in|Kôshô-in]].<ref>Cecilia Segawa Seigle, "Shinanomiya Tsuneko: Portrait of a Court Lady," in Anne Walthall (ed.), ''The Human Tradition in Modern Japan'', Scholarly Resources, Inc. (2002), 5.</ref>
*With [[Gon-no-Chunagon|Gon-no-Chûnagon]], a daughter of [[Yotsutsuji Hidetsugu]], he had two sons, Sonkô (1645-1680), who became abbot at [[Chion-in]], and Seiran (1651-1680), who became abbot at Kajii, and one daughter, Songa (1654-1683), who became abbess at [[Kosho-in|Kôshô-in]].<ref>Segawa Seigle, 5.</ref>
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