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*''Reign: [[1762]]-[[1770]]''
*''Japanese'': 後桜町天皇 ''(Go Sakuramachi tennou)''

Empress Go-Sakuramachi was one of the two reigning empresses of the [[Edo period]].

A daughter of [[Emperor Sakuramachi]] (r. [[1735]]-[[1747]]), she took the throne in [[1762]] following the abdication of her brother, [[Emperor Momozono]].

Empress Go-Sakuramachi then abdicated in [[1770]], and was succeeded by her nephew, a son of Emperor Momozono, who took the throne as [[Emperor Go-Momozono]].


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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Momozono]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[1762]]-[[1770]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Go-Momozono]]'''
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==References==
*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 157.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Emperors|Go-Sakuramachi]]