Emperor Go-Sanjo

• Reign: 1068-1072
• Japanese: 後 三条 天皇 (Go Sanjou tennou)

Emperor Go-Sanjô was an emperor of the Heian period.

A son of Emperor Go-Suzaku and grandson of Prince Sanjô, he took the throne in 1068 upon the death of his half-brother Emperor Go-Reizei.

Fujiwara no Norimichi served as kanpaku (regent) throughout Go-Sanjô's reign.

Go-Sanjô was succeeded in turn by his son, who took the throne in 1072 as Emperor Shirakawa.

Preceded by Emperor Go-Reizei

Emperor of Japan 1068-1072

Succeeded by Emperor Shirakawa

References

• Evelyn Rawski, Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives, Cambridge University Press (2015), 155.