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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'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>

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]], having already been succeeded in [[1183]] 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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==References==

==References==

*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 156.

*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 156.

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