Emperor Gokashiwabara

Japanese: 後柏原天皇 - ごかしわばらてんのう

Year of death: 4/7/1526 (5/18/1526)
Year of birth: 1464.11.19 (10.20.1464)
An emperor during the Warring States period (reigned 1500-26). The first son of Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado. His mother was Asako, the daughter of Niwata Nagakata, the steward of Fushiminomiya. His given name was Katsuhito. He was proclaimed prince in December 1480 (Bunmei 12). During his father's reign as Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, financial difficulties in the Muromachi shogunate made it difficult for him to abdicate, so he ascended to the throne at the prime of his life, age 37, following his father's death from illness. There were also no funds available for his father's grand funeral, and thanks to the efforts of Sennyuji Temple, it was carried out 43 days after his death. As a result, it was extremely difficult to raise the funds for the enthronement ceremony, and regent Hosokawa Masamoto recklessly said he would skip the ceremony, and Wakasa Shugo Takeda Motomitsu, who tried to force the collection of enthronement tiered money, was attacked and killed by local vassals. In 1507, Masamoto was assassinated, and the following year the regents were rapidly replaced by Hosokawa Sumimoto and Takakuni, so there was no time for him to ascend to the throne. Although the date for the enthronement ceremony became a reality with the reinstatement of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshitaka in June of the same year, the Shogunate government was still unstable, and it was not until March 1521, 22 years after his accession, that the enthronement ceremony was finally held amid the extraordinary situation of the Shogun fleeing to Kyoto. As for the Daijo-e ceremony, there was no prospect of it happening, and it was not even an issue. He is an emperor who epitomizes the so-called imperial court ritual. <References> Imaya Akira, "Sengoku Daimyo and the Emperor"

(Akira Imaya)

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没年：大永6.4.7(1526.5.18)
生年：寛正5.10.20(1464.11.19)
戦国時代の天皇(在位1500～26)。後土御門天皇の第1皇子。母は伏見宮家司庭田長賢の娘朝子。諱は勝仁。文明12(1480)年12月親王宣下。父帝後土御門在位中から室町幕府の財源難で譲位が困難となり,父病没の跡を受ける形で37歳の壮年で践祚。父の大葬も財源なく,泉涌寺の奔走で死後43日目に執行された。従って即位礼の財源捻出は困難を極め,執政細川政元は大礼の省略を放言し,即位段銭の徴収を強行せんとした若狭守護武田元光は,被官国人に攻め殺される始末であった。永正4(1507)年に政元が暗殺され,翌年には執政が細川澄元・高国の間で目まぐるしく替わるという状況にあっては即位どころでなく,同年6月の将軍足利義材の復任により即位礼の日程が現実化したものの幕政はなお安定せず,大永1(1521)年3月になってようやく,将軍の京都出奔という異常事態のもと践祚後22年目にして大礼が挙行された。大嘗会に至っては全く見込みなく,問題にすらならなかった。いわゆる皇室式微を代表する天皇である。<参考文献>今谷明『戦国大名と天皇』

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