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Created page with "*''Born: 1150'' *''Died: 1180/5'' *''Other Names: Takakura-no-miya'' *''Japanese'': 以仁王 ''(Mochihito ou)'' Prince Mochihito was the second son of Retired [[Empe..."
*''Born: [[1150]]''
*''Died: [[1180]]/5''
*''Other Names: Takakura-no-miya''
*''Japanese'': 以仁王 ''(Mochihito ou)''
Prince Mochihito was the second son of Retired [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]]. A succession dispute between his claim to the throne and that of [[Emperor Antoku]] played a major role in sparking the [[Genpei War]].
Following the retirement of [[Emperor Takakura]] in [[1180]], [[Taira no Kiyomori]] placed his grandson on the throne, naming him Emperor Antoku. Anticipating this, Mochihito had weeks earlier called upon the [[Minamoto clan]] warriors of the [[Kanto|Kantô]] to rise up against the [[Taira clan|Taira]], in support of his own claim to the throne.
A month later, this call resulted in the [[First Battle of Uji]], the first major clash between Minamoto and Taira. Mochihito died in that battle, but the war between Minamoto and Taira would continue for five years, ending only in [[1185]], with the deaths of Antoku and many of the Taira.
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==References==
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 288n20.
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*''Died: [[1180]]/5''
*''Other Names: Takakura-no-miya''
*''Japanese'': 以仁王 ''(Mochihito ou)''
Prince Mochihito was the second son of Retired [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]]. A succession dispute between his claim to the throne and that of [[Emperor Antoku]] played a major role in sparking the [[Genpei War]].
Following the retirement of [[Emperor Takakura]] in [[1180]], [[Taira no Kiyomori]] placed his grandson on the throne, naming him Emperor Antoku. Anticipating this, Mochihito had weeks earlier called upon the [[Minamoto clan]] warriors of the [[Kanto|Kantô]] to rise up against the [[Taira clan|Taira]], in support of his own claim to the throne.
A month later, this call resulted in the [[First Battle of Uji]], the first major clash between Minamoto and Taira. Mochihito died in that battle, but the war between Minamoto and Taira would continue for five years, ending only in [[1185]], with the deaths of Antoku and many of the Taira.
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==References==
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 288n20.
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[[Category:Heian Period]]
[[Category:Imperial Family]]