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He is buried at [[Sennyu-ji|Sennyû-ji]], outside Kyoto, along with a number of emperors who followed him. It is unclear whether his burial, in a relatively simple grave, without any tumulus, marks the beginning of a precedent, or whether that practice was begun with [[Emperor Go-Kogon|Emperor Go-Kôgon]] (r. [[1352]]-[[1370]]).<ref>[[Amino Yoshihiko]], "Deconstructing 'Japan'," ''East Asian History'' 3 (1992), 141.</ref>
He is buried at [[Sennyu-ji|Sennyû-ji]], outside Kyoto, along with a number of emperors who followed him. It is unclear whether his burial, in a relatively simple grave, without any tumulus, marks the beginning of a precedent, or whether that practice was begun with [[Emperor Go-Kogon|Emperor Go-Kôgon]] (r. [[1352]]-[[1370]]).<ref>[[Amino Yoshihiko]], "Deconstructing 'Japan'," ''East Asian History'' 3 (1992), 141.</ref>
==Descent==
*[[Prince Morizumi]], the first head priest (''zasu'') of [[Kan'ei-ji]] in [[Edo]].
Go-Mizunoo had 27 children who survived infancy, by six different mothers. Of those who did not succeed him as ''tennô'', most took the tonsure, becoming ''[[monzeki]]'' (門跡) abbots or abbesses of prominent Buddhist temples.
*[[Shingyo|Shingyô]] (the emperor's tenth son), who took the tonsure and became head (''monshu'') of the [[Ichijo-in|Ichijô-in]].
*With [[Oyotsu]], a daughter of [[Yotsutsuji Kimitoo]], he had one son, Prince Kaminomiya (1618-1622), and one daughter, Princess Monchi (1619-1697), who went on to be abbess at [[Ensho-ji|Enshô-ji]].
*With Tôfukumon-in, he had three daughters: Empress Meishô, Princess Teruko (1625-1651) who married [[Konoe Hisatsugu]], and Princess Akiko (1629-1675), also known as the Third Princess.
*With Kushige Takako, also known as [[Hoshunmon-in|Hôshunmon-in]] (1604-1685), he had four sons, [[Emperor Go-Sai]] (1637-1685), Prince Seishin (1639-1696, abbot at [[Daikaku-ji]]), Onjin aka Prince Hachijô (1643-1665), and Dôkan (1647-1676, abbot at [[Shogo-in|Shôgo-in]]), and three daughters, Rishô (1631-1656, abbess at [[Hokyo-ji|Hôkyô-ji]]), Mitsuko (1634-1727, abbess at [[Rinkyu-ji|Rinkyû-ji]]), and Richû (1641-1689, abbess at Hôkyô-ji).
*With Sono Mitsuko, also known as [[Mibu-in]] (1602-1656), he had two sons, [[Emperor Go-Komyo|Emperor Go-Kômyô]] (1633-1654) and [[Prince Morizumi]] (1634-1654, the first head priest (''zasu'') of [[Kan'ei-ji]] in [[Edo]]), and three daughters, Gashi (1632-1696) who married [[Nijo Mitsuhira|Nijô Mitsuhira]], Genshô (1637-1662) who became abbess at [[Daisho-ji|Daishô-ji]], and Sôchô (1639-1678), who became abbess at [[Reigan-ji]].
*With Sochi, a daughter of [[Minase Shiroshibe]], he had just one son, Seishô (1637-1678), who became an abbot at [[Ninna-ji]].
*With Sono Kuniko, also known as Shin-Chûnagon or [[Shin-Kogimon-in|Shin-Kôgimon-in]] (1624-1677), he had four sons, Gyôjo (1640-1695, abbot at [[Myoho-in|Myôhô-in]]), Shinkei (1649-1707, abbot at [[Ichijo-in|Ichijô-in]]), Sonshô (1651-1694, abbot at [[Shoren-in|Shôren-in]]), and [[Emperor Reigen]] (1654-1732), and two daughters, [[Shinanomiya Tsuneko]] (1642-1702), who went on to marry [[Konoe Motohiro]], and Eikyô (1657-1686), who became abbess at Daishô-ji.
*With [[Gon-no-Chunagon|Gon-no-Chûnagon]], a daughter of [[Yotsutsuji Hidetsugu]], he had two sons, Sonkô (1645-1680), who became abbot at [[Chion-in]], and Seiran (1651-1680), who became abbot at Kajii, and one daughter, Songa (1654-1683), who became abbess at [[Kosho-in|Kôshô-in]].<ref>Cecilia Segawa Seigle, "Shinanomiya Tsuneko: Portrait of a Court Lady," in Anne Walthall (ed.), ''The Human Tradition in Modern Japan'', Scholarly Resources, Inc. (2002), 5.</ref>
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