Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado(Hậu thổ ngự môn thiên hoàng,Go-Tsuchimikado-tennō,July 3, 1442 – October 21, 1500)was the 103rdemperor of Japan,[1]according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from1464 through 1500.[2]
This 15th-century sovereign was named after the 12th-centuryEmperor Tsuchimikadoandgo-(Sau),translates literally as "later"; and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Tsuchimikado", or, in some older sources, may be identified as "Emperor Tsuchimikado, the second," or as "Emperor Tsuchimikado II."
Before his ascension to theChrysanthemum Throne,his personal name (hisimina) was Fusahito-shinnō(Xả thân thân vương).[3]
He was the eldest son ofEmperor Go-Hanazono.His mother was Ōinomikado (Fujiwara) Nobuko ( đại xuy ngự môn ( đằng nguyên ) tin tử ), daughter of Fujiwara Takanaga ( đằng nguyên cao trường )
August 21, 1464(Kanshō5, 7th month): In the 36th year of Go-Hanazono-tennō's reign ( hậu hoa viên thiên hoàng 36 năm ), the emperor abdicated; and the succession (senso) was received by his son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui).[4]
Shortly after his enthronement, theŌninWartook place. Temples, shrines, and mansions of court nobles, among others, were burned to the ground.[5]TheImperial Court's finances dried up, and the Court declined. The Emperor supported the Yoshida family's policy of establishing a new kind of State Shinto which could add social and political cohesion in the country devastated by civil war.
Until former-emperor Go-Komatsu died in 1433, Go-Hanazono held the title of formal head of theDaïri,the real power in the court was wielded by his uncle, who continued a practice known ascloistered rule.After this, Go-Hanazono enjoyed 30 years of direct imperial rule, until his abdication; and then the conventional pattern of indirect government by cloistered emperors was again resumed. The extended duration of Go-Tsuchimikado's reign—lasting thirty-six years, two months—is the longest of any sovereign in the historical period prior toEmperor Kōkaku.
After the end of the War, there was little enthusiasm for reviving the Imperial Court's ancient ceremonies. On October 21, 1500, the Emperor died. His successorGo-Kashiwabaralacked the funds to pay for the funeral ceremony, and the deceased emperor's body lay in a palace storeroom for over a month before a donation was made to the court, and the funeral could be observed.
Go-Tuschimikado is enshrined with other emperors at the imperial tomb calledFukakusa no kita no misasagi( thâm thảo bắc lăng ) inFushimi-ku, Kyoto.[6]
Kugyō( công khanh ) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of theEmperor of Japanin pre-Meijieras. Even during those years in which the court's actual influence outside the palace walls was minimal, the hierarchic organization persisted.
In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During Go-Tsuchimikado's reign, this apex of theDaijō-kanincluded:
