Emperor Gosaga

Japanese: 後嵯峨天皇 - ごさがてんのう

Born: February 26, 1220, Kyoto
[Died] February 17, 1272. The 88th Emperor of Kyoto (reigned 1242-46). His name was Kunihito. He was the son of Emperor Tsuchimikado. His mother was the posthumous Empress Dowager Minamoto Michiko (posthumously named daughter of Minister of the Left Minamoto Michimune). In 1281, after his father, the retired Emperor Tsuchimikado, was transferred to Shikoku due to the Jōkyū War, he was raised by his maternal grandfather Minamoto Michikata, and after Michikata's death, he moved to the Tsuchimikado residence of his grandmother, Jōmyōmon'in Minamoto Zaiko. When Emperor Shijō died (42), the succession of the throne could not be decided, so the regent Hojō Yasutoki dispatched an envoy to Kyoto to eliminate the various opinions and to decide on a successor. After ascending to the throne, he performed the Hakkes of the Lotus Sutra at Anrakushin-in Temple, bestowed the posthumous title of Emperor Gotoba, and prayed for the repose of his soul. In 1283, he performed the Hakkes again to console the spirit of his father, Emperor Tsuchimikado. In the same year, he handed over the throne to his son, Prince Kuni (Emperor Gofukakusa), and ruled as an innkeeper for two generations, the Gofukakusa and Kameyama eras. The emperor was a man of gentle character and did not dare oppose the shogunate. He also loved his eldest son, Prince Kuni, more than his younger brother, Prince Tsunehito (Emperor Kameyama), and appointed Emperor Gofukakusa's son, Prince Yohito, as crown prince, which marked the beginning of the conflict between the Jimyoin and Daikakuji lines. He was a devout Buddhist, and in Bun'ei 5 (68), he became a monk and adopted the Buddhist name Sokaku. He was well versed in the principles of various sects, and often traveled to Koyasan and Kumano, and also copied and offered sutras and treatises. He was skilled in waka poetry, and ordered Fujiwara no Motoie, Tameie, and others to compile the "Shoku Kokin Wakashu." Furthermore, the emperor's poems are included in many imperial anthologies, including the "Shoku Gosenshu." His tomb is located in Saga Nanryo in Maki-no-Baba-cho, Saga Tenryu-ji Temple, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City.

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Japanese:

[生]承久2(1220).2.26. 京都
[没]文永9(1272).2.17. 京都
第 88代の天皇 (在位 1242～46) 。名は邦仁。土御門天皇の皇子。母は贈皇太后源通子 (贈左大臣源通宗の娘) 。承久3 (21) 年，承久の乱によって父土御門上皇が四国に移されたのち，外家源通方に養われ，通方の死後は祖母承明門院源在子の土御門第に移った。四条天皇崩御の際 (42) ，立儲 (りっちょ) が決せず，執権北条泰時が使を京に急派して衆説を排し天皇を策立させた。即位後，法華八講を安楽心院に修し，後鳥羽天皇の諡号を贈り冥福を祈った。寛元1 (43) 年さらに八講を修して父土御門天皇の霊を慰めた。同4年位を皇子久仁親王 (後深草天皇) に譲り，以後後深草，亀山の2代の間，院政を行なった。天皇は資性温雅で幕政に対してもあえて対立せず，また長子久仁親王よりもその弟恒仁王 (亀山天皇) を愛し，後深草天皇の子をおいて亀山天皇の第2子世仁親王を皇太子に立て，いわゆる持明院統，大覚寺統対立の端緒をつくった。厚く仏教を信奉し，文永5 (68) 年落飾して法名を素覚と称した。諸宗の法理に通じ，しばしば高野，熊野を巡り，また経論を書写供養した。和歌に長じ，藤原基家，為家らに命じて『続古今和歌集』を撰ばせた。また『続後撰集』をはじめ多くの勅撰集に天皇の歌が収められている。陵墓は京都市右京区嵯峨天竜寺芒ノ馬場町の嵯峨南陵。

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