Establishment of Go-Shirakawa's Insei

Name: Establishment of Go-Shirakawa's Insei
Start: 1158

Type Event Region Japan Time 1158

In 1158 (Hōgen 3), Emperor Go-Shirakawa abdicated and, as a cloistered emperor (hō-ō), began insei, concentrating real court power in the In-no-chō o…

Timeline

1162Dairi, Heian-kyō · JapanEmperor Go-Shirakawa ceded the throne to Emperor Nijō and, as a retired emperor (hō-ō), withdrew to the In-no-chō, formally breaking free of the sekke houses' day-to-day control over the court.
1162–1163Go-Shirakawa-in Gosho · JapanCloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa issued In documents and judgments directly from the In-no-chō, intervening in appointments and military mobilization, forming a power center parallel to the court and the warrior groups.

Sources

日本書紀・六国史系统史料及《愚管抄》
Cambridge History of Japan, Vol. 3: Medieval Japan — Kozo Yamamura (ed.) (1990)