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Emperor Shijō (四条天皇, Shijō-tennō) (March 17, 1231February 10, 1242) was the 87th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This reign spanned the years 1232 through 1242.[1]

Genealogy

Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his iminia)was Mitsuhito-shinnō (秀仁親王),[2] also known as Tosihito-shinnō.[3]

He was the first son of Emperor Go-Horikawa.[4]

He had no children, due to his youth at the time of his death.

Events of Shijō's life

He reigned from October 26, 1232 to February 10, 1242.

  • Jōei 1, in the 11th month ((貞永元年 1232): In the 11th year of Emperor Go-Horikawa's reign (後堀河天皇11年), he abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by a his oldest son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Shijō is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).[5]

In 1242 he died of an accident.

The Emperor being very young, and the Retired Emperor Go-Horikawa dying just two years later, the actual governing was done by his maternal relatives Kujō Michiie and Saionji Kintsune.

Kugyō

Kugyō (公卿) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. Even during those years in which the court's actual influence outside the palace walls was minimal, the hierarchic organization persisted.

In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During Shijō's reign, this apex of the Daijō-kan included:

Eras of Shijō's reign

The years of Shijō's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.[6]

References

  1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 242245; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 227.
  2. ^ Varley, p. 227.
  3. ^ Titsingh, pp. 241-242.
  4. ^ Titsingh, p. 242; Varley, p. 227.
  5. ^ Titsingh, p. 241-242; Varley, p. 44. [A distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.]
  6. ^ Titsingh, p. 242.



Preceded by Emperor of Japan:
Shijō

1232-1242
Succeeded by