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*''Japanese'': 安徳天皇 ''(Antoku tennou)''

*''Japanese'': 安徳天皇 ''(Antoku tennou)''

Emperor Antoku was a child emperor, the grandson of [[Taira no Kiyomori]], whose accession spurred the [[Genpei War]] of the 1180s, and who died in the [[battle of Dan-no-ura]] in [[1185]] which ended that war and saw the end of the [[Taira clan]]. Antoku was perhaps the only emperor to ever die in war, and perhaps the only one whose official mausoleum is located far from the capital.

Emperor Antoku was a child emperor, the grandson of [[Taira no Kiyomori]], whose accession spurred the [[Genpei War]] of the 1180s, and who died in the [[battle of Dan-no-ura]] in [[1185]] which ended that war and saw the end of the [[Taira clan]]. Antoku was perhaps the only emperor to ever die in war, and perhaps the one whose official mausoleum is located farthest from the capital.

Born in [[1178]], Antoku was named emperor in [[1180]] at the age of two, succeeding his father [[Emperor Takakura]] as part of schemes by Antoku's grandfather, Taira no Kiyomori, to secure and expand his political power. This came only a few months after Antoku's uncle, [[Prince Mochihito]], sent out a call requesting the [[Minamoto clan]] support <i>his</i> claim to the throne over Antoku's, thus beginning the Genpei War. Takakura and Kiyomori both died the following year, in [[1181]], but the Taira remained strong, and continued to fight the Minamoto for dominance for about five years. [[Fujiwara no Motomichi]] served as ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' (regent) throughout Antoku's reign.<ref>Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 156.</ref>

Born in [[1178]], Antoku was named emperor in [[1180]] at the age of two, succeeding his father [[Emperor Takakura]] as part of schemes by Antoku's grandfather, Taira no Kiyomori, to secure and expand his political power. This came only a few months after Antoku's uncle, [[Prince Mochihito]], sent out a call requesting the [[Minamoto clan]] support <i>his</i> claim to the throne over Antoku's, thus beginning the Genpei War. Takakura and Kiyomori both died the following year, in [[1181]], but the Taira remained strong, and continued to fight the Minamoto for dominance for about five years. [[Fujiwara no Motomichi]] served as ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' (regent) throughout Antoku's reign.<ref>Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 156.</ref>