Emperor Go-Kōgon

Emperor Go-Kōgon (後光厳天皇, Go-Kōgon-tennō, 23 March 1338 – 12 March 1374) was the 4th of the Emperors of Northern Court during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1352 through 1371.

Emperor Go-Kōgon
後光厳天皇
4th Northern Emperor
Reign25 September 1352 – 9 April 1371
Coronation21 January 1354
PredecessorSukō
SuccessorGo-En'yū
Born23 March 1338
Died12 March 1374(1374-03-12) (aged 35)
Burial
Fukakusa no Kita no Misasagi (深草北陵), Kyoto
SpouseHirohashi Nakako
Issue
Among others...
Emperor Go-En'yū
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Go-Kōgon (後光厳院 or 後光厳天皇)
FatherEmperor Kōgon
MotherSanjō Hideko
Signature

This Nanboku-chō "sovereign" was named after his father Emperor Kōgon and go- (後), translates literally as "later;" and thus, he may be called the "Later Emperor Kōgon", or, in some older sources, may be identified as "Emperor Kōgon, the second", or as "Emperor Kōgon II."

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