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[[Image:Gonijo.jpg|right|320px|thumb|The mausoleum of Emperor Go-Nijô.]]
*''Born: [[1285]]/2/2''
*''Died: [[1308]]/8/25''
*''Reign: [[1301]]-1308''
*''Japanese'': 後二条天皇 ''(go-nijou tennou)''

Go-Nijô was an [[emperor]] of the [[Kamakura period]]. He was the eldest son of [[Emperor Go-Uda]] and [[Minamoto no Kishi]] (also known as Saikamon'in), but did not succeed his father directly. Due to a custom of the time of alternating the throne between two Imperial lineages, following Go-Uda's retirement in [[1287]], [[Emperor Fushimi|Emperors Fushimi]] and [[Emperor Go-Fushimi|Go-Fushimi]] of the Jimyôin line ruled, before the throne returned to the Daikaku-ji line. Go-Nijô thus took the throne in [[1301]], while Go-Uda continued to rule as [[insei|retired emperor]].

The Daikaku-ji line fractured during Go-Nijô's reign, as two, and then three, separate claimants to the succession emerged. Go-Nijô then died in [[1308]], at age 23, and was succeeded by [[Emperor Hanazono]].

Go-Nijô is buried at Kitashirakawa-no-misasagi in northeastern Kyoto.

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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Go-Fushimi]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[1301]]-[[1308]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Hanazono]]'''
|}
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==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%BE%8C%E4%BA%8C%E6%9D%A1%E5%A4%A9%E7%9A%87 Go-Nijô Tennô]." ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'' 日本人名大辞典. Kodansha, 2009.

[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]
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