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*''Reign: [[1183]]-[[1198]]''
*''Japanese'': 後鳥羽天皇 ''(Go Toba tennou)''
Emperor Go-Toba was the last [[emperor]] of the [[Heian period]].
A son of [[Emperor Takakura]] by [[Fujiwara no Shokushi]],<ref>Môri Hisashi. "Unkei: The Man and His Art." in ''Sculpture of the Kamakura Period''. New York: Weatherhill, 1974, 50.</ref> he was a half-brother to [[Emperor Antoku]], who was forced to flee from [[Kyoto]] in [[1183]] amidst the violence of the [[Genpei War]]. Go-Toba took the throne in that year, though it is unclear whether Antoku continued to be considered a reigning emperor as well, or [[Retired Emperor]], between then and his death in the [[battle of Dan-no-ura]] two years later.
[[Fujiwara no Moroiye]] served as ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' (regent) in the first years of Go-Toba's reign, in 1183-[[1184]], and was followed by [[Fujiwara no Motomichi]], who then served as ''sesshô'' from 1184 to [[1186]].
Go-Toba may have been the first to employ a [[chrysanthemum]] crest as particularly associated with the Imperial institution.<ref>Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', UC Press (1998), 48-49.</ref>
Go-Toba abdicated in [[1198]] in favor of his son, who took the throne as [[Emperor Tsuchimikado]], but remained influential in his [[insei|retirement]]. Indeed, in [[1221]] he made significant decisions concerning the imperial succession without consulting the [[Kamakura shogunate]]; shortly afterwards, he gathered forces to him and attempted to raise an army to overthrow the shogunate, in a conflict known as the [[Jokyu Disturbance|Jôkyû Disturbance]] or Jôkyû War. The fighting was brief, and ended in victory for the shogunate. Retired Emperor Go-Toba was exiled to the [[Oki Islands]], and never returned to the capital. In the wake of the Jôkyû War, the shogunate took a number of steps to expand its power, and to weaken that of Retired Emperors and the Imperial court, marking a significant shift in the power balance between Shogunate and Court going forward.<ref>[[Amino Yoshihiko]], Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 266n29.</ref>
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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Antoku]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[1183]]-[[1198]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Tsuchimikado]]'''
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==References==
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[[Category:Emperors|Go-Toba]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
*''Japanese'': 後鳥羽天皇 ''(Go Toba tennou)''
Emperor Go-Toba was the last [[emperor]] of the [[Heian period]].
A son of [[Emperor Takakura]] by [[Fujiwara no Shokushi]],<ref>Môri Hisashi. "Unkei: The Man and His Art." in ''Sculpture of the Kamakura Period''. New York: Weatherhill, 1974, 50.</ref> he was a half-brother to [[Emperor Antoku]], who was forced to flee from [[Kyoto]] in [[1183]] amidst the violence of the [[Genpei War]]. Go-Toba took the throne in that year, though it is unclear whether Antoku continued to be considered a reigning emperor as well, or [[Retired Emperor]], between then and his death in the [[battle of Dan-no-ura]] two years later.
[[Fujiwara no Moroiye]] served as ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' (regent) in the first years of Go-Toba's reign, in 1183-[[1184]], and was followed by [[Fujiwara no Motomichi]], who then served as ''sesshô'' from 1184 to [[1186]].
Go-Toba may have been the first to employ a [[chrysanthemum]] crest as particularly associated with the Imperial institution.<ref>Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', UC Press (1998), 48-49.</ref>
Go-Toba abdicated in [[1198]] in favor of his son, who took the throne as [[Emperor Tsuchimikado]], but remained influential in his [[insei|retirement]]. Indeed, in [[1221]] he made significant decisions concerning the imperial succession without consulting the [[Kamakura shogunate]]; shortly afterwards, he gathered forces to him and attempted to raise an army to overthrow the shogunate, in a conflict known as the [[Jokyu Disturbance|Jôkyû Disturbance]] or Jôkyû War. The fighting was brief, and ended in victory for the shogunate. Retired Emperor Go-Toba was exiled to the [[Oki Islands]], and never returned to the capital. In the wake of the Jôkyû War, the shogunate took a number of steps to expand its power, and to weaken that of Retired Emperors and the Imperial court, marking a significant shift in the power balance between Shogunate and Court going forward.<ref>[[Amino Yoshihiko]], Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 266n29.</ref>
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<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Antoku]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[1183]]-[[1198]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Tsuchimikado]]'''
|}
</center>
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Emperors|Go-Toba]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
