Emperor Go-Nijō

Emperor Go-Nijō (後二条天皇, Go-Nijō-tennō, 9 March 1285 – 10 September 1308) was the 94th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from 1301 to his death in 1308.

Emperor Go-Nijō
後二条天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign2 March 1301 – 10 September 1308
Coronation3 May 1301
PredecessorGo-Fushimi
SuccessorHanazono
ShōgunPrince Hisaaki
Born9 March 1285
Died10 September 1308(1308-09-10) (aged 23)
Heian-kyō, Kamakura shogunate
Burial
Kitashirakawa no Misasagi (北白河陵) (Kyoto)
Spouse
(m. 1303)
IssueSee below
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Go-Nijō (後二条院 or 後二条天皇)
HouseYamato
FatherEmperor Go-Uda
MotherHorikawa (Minamoto) Motoko
ReligionState Shinto
Signature

This 14th-century sovereign was named after the 12th-century Emperor Nijō, and go- (後), translates literally as "later"; and thus, he is sometimes called the "Later Emperor Nijō", or, in some older sources, may be identified as "Nijō, the second" or as "Nijo II".

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