Daikakuji lineage

One of the two imperial lines that split and opposed each other in the mid-Kamakura period. It refers to the imperial line descended from Emperor Kameyama. It began when the retired Emperor Gouda ruled the country from Daikakuji Temple in Saga, Kyoto. With the interference of the shogunate, after Emperor Gouda, the two lines alternated and the Jimyoin line succeeded to the throne, and Emperor Go-Daigo of this line also carried out the subjugation of the shogunate and the restoration of the Kenmu period. While Ashikaga Takauji supported the Jimyoin line and established the Northern Court, the Daikakuji line opposed them as the Southern Court, and after Emperor Go-Murakami, Chokei and Gokameyama followed, and in 1392 (Genchu ​​9, Meitoku 3), they merged with the Northern Court. However, the terms of the union were not met, and the two divided again. After that, the Southern Court continued to survive in the mountains of the Yamato region, where its surviving retainers repeatedly tried to revive their power through rebellions, but were unsuccessful. They were eventually destroyed by the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

[Muneharu Taga]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

鎌倉中期に分裂対立した二皇統の一つ。亀山(かめやま)天皇の子孫の皇統をいう。後宇多(ごうだ)上皇が京都嵯峨(さが)の大覚寺で院政をみたのに始まる。幕府の干渉のもとに、後宇多天皇以後、持明院(じみょういん)統と交替で両統から皇位を継ぎ、幕府討伐、建武(けんむ)中興政治もこの皇統の後醍醐(ごだいご)天皇によって行われた。足利尊氏(あしかがたかうじ)が持明院統を擁して北朝を建てたのに対し、大覚寺統は南朝として対立し、後村上(ごむらかみ)天皇以後、長慶(ちょうけい)、後亀山(ごかめやま)と続いて、1392年（元中9・明徳3）ひとたび北朝と合体した。しかし合体条件が実行されなかったので、ふたたび分裂した。その後、南朝は大和(やまと)地方の山間に命脈を保ち、その遺臣がしばしば乱を起こして勢力の回復を企てたが成功せず、ついに将軍足利義政(よしまさ)によって滅ぼされた。

［多賀宗隼］

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