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Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan

Go-Yōzei
Emperor of Japan
Emperor Go-Yōzei2.jpg
Go-Yōzei
Reign December 17, 1586 – May 9, 1611
Coronation December 15, 1586
Predecessor Ōgimachi
Successor Go-Mizunoo
Born December 31, 1571
Died September 25, 1617 (aged 45)
Burial Fukakusa no kita no misasagi (Kyoto)
Spouse
(Chūwa-mon in)
Issue
  • Imperial Prince Katahito
  • Princess Shōkō
  • Princely Priest Shōkai
  • Ryūtōin-no-miya
  • Imperial Princess Seishi
  • Princess Bunkō
  • Imperial Prince Kotohito
  • Princess Son'ei
  • Konoe Nobuhiro
  • Prince Toshiatsu
  • Imperial Prince Tsuneyoshi
  • Imperial Prince Yoshihito
  • Princely Priest Ryōjun
  • Ichijō Akiyoshi
  • Imperial Princess Teishi
  • Prince Morochika
  • Princess Eishū
  • Kō'un'in-no-miya
  • Rei'un'in-no-miya
  • Princely Priest Dōkō
  • Kūkain-no-miya
  • Princely Priest Dōshū
  • Princess Sonsei
  • Princess Son'ren
  • Princely Priest Ji'in
House Imperial House of Japan
(Yamato Dynasty)
Father Prince Masahito
(Yōkō in)
Mother
(Shin-Jōtō-mon in)

Emperor Go-Yōzei (後陽成天皇 Go-Yōzei-tennō?, December 31, 1571 – September 25, 1617) was the 107th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

Go-Yōzei's reign spanned the years from 1586 through 1611, corresponding to the transition between the Azuchi–Momoyama period and the Edo period.

This 16th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Yōzei, and go- (?), translates as later, and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Yōzei". The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the second one, and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Yōzei, the second", or as "Yōzei II".

Before Go-Yōzei's ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (imina) was Katahito (周仁?).

He was the eldest son of Prince Masahito ( Masahito-shinnō?, 1552–1586), also known as Prince Sanehito and posthumously named Yōkwōin daijō-tennō, who was the eldest son of Emperor Ōgimachi. His mother was a lady-in-waiting.


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