Emperor Go-Saga

Timeline

1. 1220–1241Kyoto · KyotoA son of Emperor Go-Horikawa and a grandson of the retired Emperor Saga, his childhood name was Tsunehito. In the 1230s he grew up in the inner palace in Kyoto; not yet enthroned, he was already an important member of the line of imperial succession, witnessing the restructuring of relations between the court and the Kamakura shogunate after the Jōkyū War.
2. 1242–1246Kyoto · KyotoHe ascended the throne in February 1242 as the 88th emperor, with the era names Jichi and Kangen. During his reign he maintained cooperation with the Kamakura shogunate; in 1246 he abdicated in favor of Emperor Go-Fukakusa, inaugurating more than twenty years of cloistered rule.
3. 1246–1272Kyoto · KyotoAfter abdication he long managed court affairs under the name of Saga-in, promoting Buddhist cultural endeavors and intervening in imperial succession arrangements. His model of cloistered rule became an important paradigm of medieval Japanese politics, lasting until his death in 1272.