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Emperor Kameyama

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1249–1305 Also known as Emperor Go-Uda (dharma name after tonsure)、Yasuhira

Emperor Kameyama (1249–1305) was the 90th emperor of Japan, reigning 1259–1274;…

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  1. 1259–1270Kyoto · Kyoto PrefectureAcceded in 1259, with era names Shōgen, Bun'ō, Kenji, and Kōchō. During his reign imperial authority had greatly declined, with real military and political power held by the Hōjō regents of the Kamakura shogunate. When the Yuan demanded Japan's submission in 1268, court and shogunate jointly deliberated a response, and the emperor nominally maintained rites and the ritsuryō order.
  2. 1274Kyoto · Kyoto PrefectureIn 1274 he abdicated to his son Prince Yasuhira (Emperor Go-Uda) and took tonsure, taking the dharma name Go-Uda. This move was connected to the political situation on the eve of the Bun'ō War; thereafter the retired emperor still held influence in Buddhist and imperial affairs.

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