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[[File:Emp-kameyama-statue.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A statue of Emperor Kameyama erected in Higashi Park in [[Hakata]] in [[1904]], commemorating the emperor's prayers for victory and peace against the [[Mongol Invasions|Mongol invasion]] of [[1274]]. A plaque on the statue reads 敵国降伏, referring to an idea of defeating an enemy not by force but by superior virtue.]]
[[File:Go-saga-kameyama.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The gates to the mausolea of [[Emperor Go-Saga|Emperors Go-Saga]] and Kameyama at [[Tenryu-ji|Tenryû-ji]] in Arashiyama, Kyoto]]
[[File:Go-saga-kameyama.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The gates to the mausolea of [[Emperor Go-Saga|Emperors Go-Saga]] and Kameyama at [[Tenryu-ji|Tenryû-ji]] in Arashiyama, Kyoto]]
*''Reign: [[1259]]-[[1274]]''
*''Reign: [[1259]]-[[1274]]''
His villa in the Arashiyama area of Kyoto was transformed in the 14th century into the Buddhist temple [[Tenryu-ji|Tenryû-ji]]. He is buried there alongside [[Emperor Go-Saga]] (r. [[1242]]-[[1246]]).
His villa in the Arashiyama area of Kyoto was transformed in the 14th century into the Buddhist temple [[Tenryu-ji|Tenryû-ji]]. He is buried there alongside [[Emperor Go-Saga]] (r. [[1242]]-[[1246]]).
Kameyama was the common ancestor of the Daikakuji line of imperial succession, which alternated for a time with the Jimyôin line descended from his elder brother [[Emperor Go-Fukakusa]]. The division later developed into the Northern and Southern Courts of the [[Nanbokucho Period|Nanbokuchô Period]], which competed in claims to the throne.
Kameyama was the common ancestor of the [[Daikakuji and Jimyoin lines|Daikakuji line]] of imperial succession, which alternated for a time with the Jimyôin line descended from his elder brother [[Emperor Go-Fukakusa]]. The division later developed into the Northern and Southern Courts of the [[Nanbokucho Period|Nanbokuchô Period]], which competed in claims to the throne.