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Emperor Go-En'yū

Type Figure Region Japan Time 1359–1393 Also known as Prince Hirohito

Fifth emperor of the Northern Court during Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period; born 1359, died 1393.…

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  1. 1371–1380Kyoto · Northern CourtAfter being declared prince in 1371, he immediately received abdication from his father Emperor Go-Kōgon, maintaining Northern Court rule with the support of Hosokawa Yoriyori and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Emperor Go-Kōgon died in 1374, and the emperor's room for direct rule remained constrained by the shogunate; the standoff between the Northern and Southern Courts continued through the 1370s.
  2. 1382–1393Kyoto · Northern CourtIn 1382 he abdicated to his son Emperor Go-Komatsu, acting in the name of insei but with real power passing to Yoshimitsu. Disputes with Yoshimitsu and his concubine intensified, and he once attempted suicide. After the Meitoku peace of 1392 the courts were unified; he died in June 1393 and was buried at Fukakusa Nishi-no-Misasagi.

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