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Created page with "*''Death: 1393/4/26'' *''Japanese'': 後円融天皇 ''(Go-en'yuu tennou)'' Emperor Go-En'yû was the last emperor of the Northern Court, though he held little ''de f..."
*''Death: [[1393]]/4/26''
*''Japanese'': 後円融天皇 ''(Go-en'yuu tennou)''
Emperor Go-En'yû was the last emperor of the [[Northern Court]], though he held little ''de facto'' power; the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] dominated actual governance in the capital.
In an event known as the "Bloodletting Incident," Emperor Go-En'yû, suspicious that one of his consorts had been having an affair with [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], struck her on the head with a blade. Drawing a sword, or striking anyone with it, within the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] was most unusual, and this incident caused quite an uproar. Assaulted with accusations, the emperor suggested he might retire to the mountains in [[Tanba province]], and there commit suicide. He did not end up following through on this, however.
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==References==
*Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 271-272.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]
*''Japanese'': 後円融天皇 ''(Go-en'yuu tennou)''
Emperor Go-En'yû was the last emperor of the [[Northern Court]], though he held little ''de facto'' power; the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] dominated actual governance in the capital.
In an event known as the "Bloodletting Incident," Emperor Go-En'yû, suspicious that one of his consorts had been having an affair with [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], struck her on the head with a blade. Drawing a sword, or striking anyone with it, within the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] was most unusual, and this incident caused quite an uproar. Assaulted with accusations, the emperor suggested he might retire to the mountains in [[Tanba province]], and there commit suicide. He did not end up following through on this, however.
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==References==
*Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 271-272.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Muromachi Period]]