Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado

Japanese: 後土御門天皇 - ごつちみかどてんのう

Year of death: September 28, 1500 (October 21, 1500)
Year of birth: Kakichi 2.5.25 (1442.7.3)
An emperor during the Warring States period (reigned 1464-1500). The first son of Emperor Gohanazono. His mother was Fujiwara no Takanaga's daughter Nobuko (Karakumon'in). His given name was Narihito. He was proclaimed prince in December 1457. The following year he came of age. In July 1464, he ascended to the throne after his father abdicated. At the end of the following year, the enthronement ceremony was held. A Daijo-e ceremony was held at the end of Bunsho 1 in 1466, which coincided with the Bunsho Coup, which was set against the backdrop of a dispute over the succession of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa, making it the last Daijo-e in the Middle Ages. Shortly after this, Hatakeyama Yoshinari came to Kyoto at the invitation of Yamana Sozen, and the Onin War began. In August 1467, due to the war, Muromachidai became a temporary palace, and in 1479, it was finally moved to the Tsuchimikado Imperial Palace. During this time, in the third year of Bunmei, the Emperor began to rule directly. However, the tyranny of the Minister of the Interior, siblings Hino Katsumitsu and Hino Tomiko, and the seizure of Imperial Estate and Manors abroad meant that the Imperial Family could not do as they wished with even their own property, and the Emperor often declared his abdication due to these misfortunes, which totaled five times. Another important achievement was granting imperial sanction to Yoshida Kanetomo's Shini-mitsuso, helping to ensure the independence of Yuitsu Shinto. He tried to revive the court ceremonies, but financial difficulties made it difficult to do anything about it, and from then on, the Emperor's lifelong reign became the established rule.

(Akira Imaya)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：明応9.9.28(1500.10.21)
生年：嘉吉2.5.25(1442.7.3)
戦国時代の天皇(在位1464～1500)。後花園天皇の第1皇子。母は藤原孝長の娘信子(嘉楽門院)。諱は成仁。長禄1(1457)年12月親王宣下。翌年4月元服。寛正5(1464)年7月,父天皇の譲位を受けて践祚。翌年末即位礼。文正1(1466)年末大嘗会を挙行したが,時あたかも将軍足利義政の跡目争いを背景とした文正の政変直後で,中世最後の大嘗会となった。この直後畠山義就が山名宗全の招きで上洛し,応仁の大乱に突入する。応仁1(1467)年8月には戦乱のため室町第が仮御所となり文明11(1479)年ようやく土御門内裏へ移った。この間文明3年より親政開始。しかし内には内大臣日野勝光・日野富子兄妹の専横,外には禁裏領荘園の押領で天皇家は家産すら思うに任せず,これらの不如意を理由に天皇はしばしば退位宣言を発し,その数は前後5回におよんだ。なお吉田兼倶の神異密奏に勅許を与え,唯一神道の自立に手を貸したのは重要な治績といえる。朝儀再興にも意を用いたが財源難は如何ともしがたく,以後天皇の終身在位が定着した。

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