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*''Born: [[1419]]/6/18''
*''Died: [[1471]]/12/27''
*''Reign: [[1428]]-[[1464]]''
*''Japanese'': 後花園天皇 ''(Go-Hanazono Tennou)''

Emperor Go-Hanazono reigned from [[1428]]-[[1464]]. His reign saw several major events in the history of the shogunate - including the murder of [[Shogun]] [[Ashikaga Yoshinori]] in [[1441]] by [[Akamatsu Mitsusuke]] - and several successions of shoguns.

He was the son of Imperial Prince Fushimi-no-miya Sadanari ([[Go-Suko-in|Go-Sukô-in]], a descendant of the [[Northern Court]]) and [[Fuseimon-in]] (daughter of [[Niwata Tsuneari]]). Though not directly of the lineage of [[Emperor Suko|Emperor Sukô]], he came to be the imperial heir after [[Emperor Shoko|Emperor Shôkô]] died without an heir in [[1428]]/7. Emperor Shôkô had an older brother, [[Ikkyu Sojun|Ikkyû Sôjun]], but since Sôjun had been a [[Zen]] monk for many years, and since his mother was descended from the [[Southern Court]], he was passed over for the succession.

Shortly after ascending to the throne, Go-Hanazono was taken on by [[Emperor Go-Komatsu]] as his adoptive nephew; Go-Komatsu served as his guardian. Go-Hanazono began ruling directly after Go-Komatsu died in [[1433]]. The most notable event of his reign was the [[Eikyo Rebellion|Eikyô Rebellion]], a conflict between [[Kamakura Kubo|Kamakura Kubô]] [[Ashikaga Mochiuji]] and [[Kanto kanrei|Kantô kanrei]] [[Uesugi Norizane]].

The [[Kakitsu Incident]] of [[1441]]/6 saw the murder of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshinori by Akamatsu Mitsusuke, which resulted in some dramatic changes in the power of the Imperial court.

Go-Hanazono is also famous for having reprimanded in [[1461]] Shogun [[Ashikaga Yoshimasa]] for focusing on the construction of a mountain villa during the height of a famine. He abdicated in favor of [[Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado]] in [[1464]]/7, but held onto power as a [[Insei|Retired Emperor]], until his death in [[1471]].

==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%BE%8C%E8%8A%B1%E5%9C%92%E5%A4%A9%E7%9A%87 Go-Hanazono Tennô]." ''Asahi Nihon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' 朝日日本歴史人物事典. Asahi Shinbunsha.

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