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| + | *''Birth: [[1358]]'' |
| *''Death: [[1393]]/4/26'' | | *''Death: [[1393]]/4/26'' |
| *''Japanese'': 後円融天皇 ''(Go-en'yuu tennou)'' | | *''Japanese'': 後円融天皇 ''(Go-en'yuu tennou)'' |
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| Emperor Go-En'yû was the last emperor of the [[Northern Court]], though he held little ''de facto'' power; the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] dominated actual governance in the capital. | | Emperor Go-En'yû was the last emperor of the [[Northern Court]], though he held little ''de facto'' power; the [[Ashikaga shogunate]] dominated actual governance in the capital. |
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− | In an event known as the "Bloodletting Incident," Emperor Go-En'yû, suspicious that one of his consorts had been having an affair with [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], struck her on the head with a blade. Drawing a sword, or striking anyone with it, within the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] was most unusual, and this incident caused quite an uproar. Assaulted with accusations, the emperor suggested he might retire to the mountains in [[Tanba province]], and there commit suicide. He did not end up following through on this, however. | + | In [[1383]], in an event known as the "Bloodletting Incident," Emperor Go-En'yû, suspicious that [[Azechi no Tsubone]], one of his consorts, had been having an affair with [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]], struck her on the head with a blade. Drawing a sword, or striking anyone with it, within the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] was most unusual, and this incident caused quite an uproar. Assaulted with accusations, the emperor suggested he might retire to the mountains in [[Tanba province]], and there commit suicide. He did not end up following through on this, however. |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| *Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 271-272. | | *Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 271-272. |
| + | *H. Paul Varley, "Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and the World of Kitayama: Social Change and Shogunal Patronage in Early Muromachi Japan", in John Hall and Toyoda Takeshi eds., ''Japan in the Muromachi Age'', University of California Press (1977), 199. |
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− | [[Category:Emperors]] | + | [[Category:Emperors|Go-Enyu]] |
| [[Category:Muromachi Period]] | | [[Category:Muromachi Period]] |