Emperor Gohorikawa

An emperor in the early Kamakura period (reigned 1221-32). His name was Yutahito. He was the third son of Prince Morisada, the elder brother of Emperor Gotoba. His mother was Kitashirakawa-in Chinshi, the daughter of Fujiwara no Motoie. After Emperor Chukyo was deposed after the Jōkyū War in 1221, Go-Horikawa was forced to return to secular life and ascend to the throne with the support of the pro-Shogunate Saionji Kintsune and the support of the Shogunate. At that time, his father Morisada had already become a monk (Gyojo Hoshinno) and had never ascended to the throne before, but he began an unusual cloistered government as Go-Takakura-in. In 1232, Go-Horikawa abdicated to his two-year-old son (Emperor Shijō) and ruled as a cloistered emperor himself. He died on August 6, 2nd year of the Tenpuku era. His grave is in Kannonji Mausoleum, Imakumanoizumiyama-cho, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City.

[Shigehiro Kawashima]

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鎌倉初期の天皇（在位1221～32）。名は茂仁(ゆたひと)。後鳥羽(ごとば)天皇の兄守貞(もりさだ)親王の第3子。母は藤原基家(もといえ)の娘北白河院(きたしらかわいん)陳子。1221年の承久(じょうきゅう)の乱後、仲恭(ちゅうきょう)天皇が廃されたあと、親幕派の西園寺公経(さいおんじきんつね)の推挙と幕府の支持により還俗(げんぞく)させられて即位。このとき、父守貞はすでに出家しており（行助法親皇(ぎょうじょほうしんのう)）、かつて皇位についたこともなかったが、後高倉院(ごたかくらいん)として異例の院政を開始した。後堀河は32年、2歳の子に譲位し（四条(しじょう)天皇）、自らも院政を行った。天福(てんぷく)2年8月6日死去。墓は京都市東山区今熊野泉山(いまくまのいずみやま)町の観音寺陵。

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