Emperor Shirakawa

He was the eldest son of Emperor Go-Sanjō 1074-1077 Imperial Prince Atsufumi (敦文親王) 1075-1105 Prince Kakugyō (覚行法親王) - Buddhist Priest 1076-1096 Imperial Princess ?? (媞子内親王), Empress Dowager Ikuyoshi (郁芳門院) 1076-1131 Imperial Princess ?? (善子内親王) - Rokkaku saigū (Imperial Princess serving at the Ise Shrine) 1078-1144 Imperial Princess ?? (令子内親王) - saigū 1079-1107 Imperial Princes Taruhito (善仁� ...

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Emperor Shirakawa, Emperor Shirakawa - Genealogy, Emperor Shirakawa - Consorts and Empresses, Emperor Shirakawa - Life, Emperor Shirakawa - Names, Emperor Shirakawa - Eras of his reign

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1073 - Events. Cardinal Hildebrand elevated to papacy as Pope Gregory VII, succeeding Pope Alexander II Emperor Shirakawa ascends the throne of Japan Rabbi Yitchaki Alfassi finishes writing the Rif, an important work of Jewish law. John IX bar Shushan ends term as Syrian Patriarch of Antioch Beginning of Sviatoslav II's reign as ruler of Kievan Rus Seljuk Turks conquer Ankara 1073 - Births. David the Builder ...

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1087 - Events. May 9 - The remains of Saint Nicholas were brought to Bari. September 9 - William II becomes king of England End of the formal reign of Emperor Shirakawa, but not of his cloistered rule Emperor Horikawa ascends to the throne of Japan 1087 - Births. September 13 - John II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1143) 1087 - Deaths. September 9 - King William I of E ...

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1086 - Events. Domesday Book is completed in England Emperor Shirakawa starts his cloistered rule Imam Ali Mosque is rebuilt by the Seljuk Malik Shah I after being destroyed by fire. Alfonso VI of Léon and Castille is defeated by the Almoravids on the battle of az-Zallaqah, called into Spain by Abbad III of Sevilla. 1086 - Deaths. May 21 - Wang Anshi, Chinese statesman (b. 1021) May 25 - Pope Gregory VII July 17 - ...

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When his mother passed away, his grandfather, Retired Emperor Shirakawa, took him under his care and raised him. He became emperor at the age of four upon the death of his father, Emperor Horikawa. Government affairs were controlled by his grandfather as cloistered emperor. He abdicated in 1123. In 1129, after the death of Retired Emperor Shirakawa, he began to rule as cloistered emperor. He continued to hold power through the reigns of three emperors, Emperor Sutoku, Emperor Konoe, and Emperor Go-Shirakawa. In 1142, he became a ...

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Emperor Toba, Emperor Toba - Genealogy, Emperor Toba - Empresses, Emperor Toba - Life, Emperor Toba - Eras of his reign

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He became Crown Prince on the eleventh month, twenty-sixth day (or November 26?), and became emperor on the same day upon the abdication of his father. His father's kampaku, Fujiwara Morozane became sesshō (regent), but Shirakawa held actual power as cloistered Emperor. Horikawa filled his reign with scholarship, tanka, and music. When his empress consort (kōgō) died, his son, Imperial Prince Munehito, who had become Crown Prince (and later became Emperor Toba) was taken to be raised by Horikawa's father, the retired Emperor Shirakawa. He passed away at the age of 28, ...

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Emperor Horikawa, Emperor Horikawa - Genealogy, Emperor Horikawa - Consorts and Empresses, Emperor Horikawa - Life, Emperor Horikawa - Eras of his reign

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Because he was not of Fujiwara descent, the Kampaku, Fujiwara no Yorimichi neglected him, but Emperor Go-Suzaku decreed that upon his elder brother Chikahito's enthronement (as Emperor Go-Reizei), that Takahito would become the heir (kōtaitei). As Go-Reizei had no children of his own, upon his death, Takahito became emperor. Yorimichi's younger brother Norimichi became kampaku, but Go-Sanjō was determined to rule personally. In 1069 he issued the Enkyū Shōen Regulation Decree (Enkyū being the name of the era in whic ...

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Emperor Go-Sanjo, Emperor Go-Sanjo - Consorts and empresses, Emperor Go-Sanjo - Genealogy, Emperor Go-Sanjo - Life, Emperor Go-Sanjo - Eras of his reign

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He was named after Emperor Shirakawa (Go-, 後, translates literally as "later", thus, "Later Emperor Shirakawa"). He seized power steadily after the Hōgen Rebellion; his reign commenced in 1155. In 1158, he abdicated, but continued to hold power as a cloistered emperor. He attempted to decrease the influence of the Fujiwara clan and increased the power of the samurai. His policy allowed Taira no Kiyomori to seize power, and at the end of his life he allowed Minamoto no Yoritomo to establish the Kamakura Shogunate in Kamakura, ...

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Emperor Go-Shirakawa, Emperor Go-Shirakawa - Genealogy, Emperor Go-Shirakawa - Life, Emperor Go-Shirakawa - Eras of his reign

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List of Japanese anthologies - pre-Heian period chronicles. Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) completed in 712, Japan's first book, includes 113 poem-songs. Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan) completed in 720, includes 131 poem-songs fudoki (records of wind and earth) compiled at Imperial command beginning in 713, 23 songs from fragmented records Shoku Nihongi (Chronicles of Japan Continued) submitted to Emperor Kammu ...

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List of Japanese anthologies, List of Japanese anthologies - Waka and Tanka, List of Japanese anthologies - pre-Heian period chronicles, List of Japanese anthologies - from the Heian period till the early Kamakura period, List of Japanese anthologies - from the Kamakura period to the Muromachi period, List of Japanese anthologies - Renga, List of Japanese anthologies - Haikai and Haiku, List of Japanese anthologies - Kanshi, List of Japanese anthologies - Miscellaneous

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When he was very young, his relations with his father were very cold, but in 1068, when his father was enthroned, he was proclaimed a shinnō (Imperial Prince), becoming Imperial Prince Sadahito. (貞仁親王). In 1069, he became Crown Prince and in 1073, at the age of 19, he became emperor. A kampaku was put in place, but when his father died later that year, he attempted to rule directly, like his father. He attempted to regulate the shōen (manor) system, working to weaken ...

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Emperor Shirakawa, Emperor Shirakawa - Genealogy, Emperor Shirakawa - Consorts and Empresses, Emperor Shirakawa - Life, Emperor Shirakawa - Names, Emperor Shirakawa - Eras of his reign

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