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Emperor Takakura (高倉天皇, Takakura-tennō, 20 September 1161 – 30 January 1181) was the 80th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1168 through 1180.[1]
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Emperor Takakura, Tenshi Sekkan Miei | |||||
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| Reign | 30 March 1168 – 18 March 1180 | ||||
| Enthronement | 29 April 1168 | ||||
| Predecessor | Rokujō | ||||
| Successor | Antoku | ||||
| Born | 20 September 1161 | ||||
| Died | 30 January 1181 (aged 19) | ||||
| Burial | Nochi no Seikan-ji no Misasagi (後清閑寺陵) (Kyoto) | ||||
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| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Emperor Go-Shirakawa | ||||
| Mother | Taira no Shigeko [ja] | ||||
Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina)[2] was Norihito-shinnō (憲仁親王).[3]
Takakura was the fourth son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa, and thus uncle to his predecessor, Emperor Rokujō. His mother was Empress Dowager Taira no Shigeko, the younger sister of Taira no Tokiko, the concubine of Taira no Kiyomori. His empress consort was Taira no Tokuko (later Empress Dowager Kenrei), the regent of Taira no Kiyomori, and thus his first cousin (as his mother and Tokuko's mothers were sisters).
Although Takakura was formally enthroned, the reality was that government affairs were controlled by his father and his father-in-law.
Takakura had his own views on the role of Emperor. He is said to have written:
Ex-Emperor Go-Shirakawa exercised the powers attendant the well-settled patterns of cloistered rule. Taira no Kiyomori, who was the father of the Empress, did whatever he pleased as de facto Regent.
Soon after the birth of Emperor Takakura's son, Prince Tokihito, he was pressured to abdicate. The one-year-old infant would become Emperor Antoku.
Kugyō (公卿) is a collective term for the most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras.
In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During Takakura's reign, this apex of the Daijō-kan included:
The years of Takakura's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.[14]
Takakura is the "Imperial Sovereign" of the Japan-inspired land of Akatsurai in Book 6: "The Lords of the Rising Sun" in the Fabled Lands adventure gamebook series. He is portrayed as a young man with little real power, it being largely in the hands of his chancellor, "Lord Kiyomori".
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