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*''Reign: [[1168]]-[[1180]]''
*''Japanese'': 高倉天皇 ''(Takakura tennou)''
Emperor Takakura was an [[emperor]] of the late [[Heian period]] who was the first to have strong ties to the [[Taira clan]]. A grandson of [[Taira no Tokinobu]], he was married to [[Taira no Tokuko]] (Kenreimon-in), a daughter of [[Taira no Kiyomori]], in [[1171]].
The third son of [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]], Takakura was named Crown Prince in [[1166]], and took the throne in [[1168]] after [[Emperor Rokujo|Emperor Rokujô]] stepped down. [[Fujiwara no Motofusa]] served as ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' (regent) until [[1172]], after which [[Fujiwara no Motomichi]] would take over as ''sesshô/[[kanpaku]]'' for the next reign and a half, through [[1186]].
Takakura's wife Taira no Tokuko gave birth to a son in [[1178]], and he was quickly named Crown Prince. In [[1180]], Takakura was then pressured to abdicate in favor of his son, who was then placed on the throne as [[Emperor Antoku]]. This was a calculation by Taira no Kiyomori to accumulate more power unto himself, as Antoku was Kiyomori's grandson. Passed over for the succession, and distasteful of Taira power, [[Prince Mochihito]] (Takakura's brother, and Antoku's uncle) called upon the [[Minamoto clan]] to support his own claims to the throne over those of Antoku, thus spurring the beginning of the [[Genpei War]].
Takakura died the following year, in [[1181]], as did Kiyomori, who never got to more fully enjoy the fruits of having his grandson on the throne. Antoku died in [[1185]], and was succeeded by another son of Emperor Takakura, [[Emperor Go-Toba]], by a different consort, [[Fujiwara no Shokushi]].<ref>Môri Hisashi. "Unkei: The Man and His Art." in ''Sculpture of the Kamakura Period''. New York: Weatherhill, 1974, 50.</ref>
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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Rokujo|Emperor Rokujô]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[1168]]-[[1180]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Antoku]]'''
|}
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==References==
*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 156.
[[Category:Emperors|Takakura]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
*''Japanese'': 高倉天皇 ''(Takakura tennou)''
Emperor Takakura was an [[emperor]] of the late [[Heian period]] who was the first to have strong ties to the [[Taira clan]]. A grandson of [[Taira no Tokinobu]], he was married to [[Taira no Tokuko]] (Kenreimon-in), a daughter of [[Taira no Kiyomori]], in [[1171]].
The third son of [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]], Takakura was named Crown Prince in [[1166]], and took the throne in [[1168]] after [[Emperor Rokujo|Emperor Rokujô]] stepped down. [[Fujiwara no Motofusa]] served as ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' (regent) until [[1172]], after which [[Fujiwara no Motomichi]] would take over as ''sesshô/[[kanpaku]]'' for the next reign and a half, through [[1186]].
Takakura's wife Taira no Tokuko gave birth to a son in [[1178]], and he was quickly named Crown Prince. In [[1180]], Takakura was then pressured to abdicate in favor of his son, who was then placed on the throne as [[Emperor Antoku]]. This was a calculation by Taira no Kiyomori to accumulate more power unto himself, as Antoku was Kiyomori's grandson. Passed over for the succession, and distasteful of Taira power, [[Prince Mochihito]] (Takakura's brother, and Antoku's uncle) called upon the [[Minamoto clan]] to support his own claims to the throne over those of Antoku, thus spurring the beginning of the [[Genpei War]].
Takakura died the following year, in [[1181]], as did Kiyomori, who never got to more fully enjoy the fruits of having his grandson on the throne. Antoku died in [[1185]], and was succeeded by another son of Emperor Takakura, [[Emperor Go-Toba]], by a different consort, [[Fujiwara no Shokushi]].<ref>Môri Hisashi. "Unkei: The Man and His Art." in ''Sculpture of the Kamakura Period''. New York: Weatherhill, 1974, 50.</ref>
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Rokujo|Emperor Rokujô]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[1168]]-[[1180]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Antoku]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 156.
[[Category:Emperors|Takakura]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]