Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan
| Go-Komatsu | |
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| Emperor of Japan Northern Pretender |
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Go-Komatsu
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| Reign | 21 October 1392 – 5 October 1412 24 May 1382 – 21 October 1392 (Nanboku-chō) |
| Predecessor |
Go-En'yū (Nanboku-chō) |
| Successor | Shōkō |
| Born | 1 August 1377 |
| Died | 1 December 1433 (aged 56) Fukakusa no kita no Misasagi (Kyoto) |
| Spouse | Hinonishi Sukeko |
| House | Imperial House of Japan |
| Father | Go-En'yū |
| Mother | Sanjō Itsuko |
Go-En'yū (Nanboku-chō)
Emperor Go-Komatsu (後小松天皇 Go-Komatsu-tennō) (August 1, 1377 – December 1, 1433) was the 100th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He is officially considered to have been a pretender from May 24, 1382 to October 21, 1392, when Emperor Go-Kameyama abdicated. He is understood to have been a legitimate emperor (the 100th sovereign) from that date until October 5, 1412. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1392 through 1412.
This Nanboku-chō "sovereign" was named after the 9th-century Emperor Kōkō, and go- (後), translates literally as "later." Jien's Gukanshō explains that Kōkō was called "the Emperor of Komatsu". The 14th-century pretender and emperor may be called the "later Emperor Kōkō" or the "later Emperor Komatsu". The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the "second one;" and in some older sources, this would-be emperor may be identified as "Komatsu, the second", or as "Komatsu II."
Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina) was Motohito-shinnō (幹仁親王?).
Go-Komatsu was the first son of the Northern Pretender Emperor Go-En'yū. His mother was Tsūyōmonin no Itsuko (通陽門院厳子), daughter of the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Sanjō Kimitada (三条公忠).
He was named after Emperor Kōkō, who had the alternate name Komatsu, because they both returned the throne to their families, in the case of Emperor Go-Komatsu, by defeating his Southern Court rivals, and in the case of Emperor Kōkō, by succeeding his elder brother's grandson, Emperor Yōzei.
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