Emperor Go-Horikawa

Timeline

1. 1212–1220Kyoto · KyotoGreat-grandson of Emperor Takakura and third son of Prince Morinaga, of the Jimyōin line. Born in the second year of Kenryaku, he grew up as a child in the Kyoto palace during the intensifying conflict between Retired Emperor Go-Toba's insei and the shogunate, not yet involved in imperial succession.
2. 1221–1232Kyoto · KyotoAfter the Jōkyū War Emperor Chūkyō was deposed, and the shogunate enthroned the nine-year-old Go-Horikawa, with real power in the hands of the Kamakura shogun and court nobles. Era names passed through Jōkyū, Shōō, Gennin, Karoku, Antei, Kangei, Shōtoku, and others.
3. 1232–1234Kyoto · KyotoIn 1232 he abdicated in favor of his son Hidehito (Emperor Shijō), retiring as Retired Emperor Go-Horikawa. Two years later he died in Kyoto at only twenty-two, and was buried at Kannonji-no-misasagi.