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Emperor Go-Komatsu
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Emperor Go-Komatsu (後小松天皇, Go-Komatsu-tennō, 1 August 1377 – 1 December 1433) was the 100th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession,[1] and the sixth and final Emperor of the Northern Court.
Emperor Go-Komatsu 後小松天皇 | |||||
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Emperor of Japan | |||||
Reign | 19 November 1392 – 5 October 1412 | ||||
Predecessor | Go-Kameyama | ||||
Successor | Shōkō | ||||
Shōgun | Ashikaga Yoshimitsu Ashikaga Yoshimochi | ||||
6th Northern Emperor | |||||
Reign | 24 May 1382 – 19 November 1392 | ||||
Enthronement | 31 January 1383 | ||||
Predecessor | Go-En'yū | ||||
Successor | None | ||||
Born | Motohito (幹仁) 1 August 1377 | ||||
Died | 1 December 1433(1433-12-01) (aged 56) | ||||
Burial | Fukakusa no kita no Misasagi (深草北陵) (Kyoto) | ||||
Issue more... | Ikkyū Sōjun Emperor Shōkō | ||||
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House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
Father | Emperor Go-En'yū | ||||
Mother | Sanjō Itsuko | ||||
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He is officially considered to have been the Northern pretender from 24 May 1382 to 21 October 1392, when upon Emperor Go-Kameyama's abdication, Go-Komatsu is understood to have been a legitimate emperor (the 100th sovereign) from that date. In 1392, following the post-Nanboku-chō unification of the two formerly contending courts, the Southern Emperor Emperor Go-Kameyama reached an agreement with Go-Komatsu to alternate control of the throne between the Northern and Southern courts on a ten-year plan which effectively signaled the end of the southern court's claims to sovereignty. However, Go-Komatsu reneged, not only ruling for 20 years until his own abdication on 5 October 1412, but was succeeded by his own son, rather than by one from the former Southern Court. According to pre-Meiji scholars, Go-Komatsu's reign as a legitimate emperor spanned the years from 1392 through 1412.[2] The present Japanese Imperial Family is descended from the three Northern Court emperors.
This Nanboku-chō "sovereign" was named after the 9th-century Emperor Kōkō, and go- (後), translates literally as "later." Jien's Gukanshō explains that Kōkō was called "the Emperor of Komatsu".[3] The 14th-century pretender and emperor may be called the "later Emperor Kōkō" or the "later Emperor Komatsu". The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the "second one;" and in some older sources, this would-be emperor may be identified as "Komatsu, the second", or as "Komatsu II."