Emperor Go-Toba (後鳥羽天皇, Go-Toba-tennō, August 6, 1180 – March 28, 1239) was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...

Fujiwara no Shunzei. After coming to the attention of the Retired Emperor Go-Toba (1180–1239; r. 1183–1198), Teika began his long and distinguished career...

Emperor Toba (鳥羽天皇, Toba-tennō, February 24, 1103 – July 20, 1156) was the 74th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Toba's reign...

were punished; Go-Shirakawa was confined to Toba-in, the eponymous palace of Toba. It could be argued that Go-Shirakawa himself further increased Kiyomori's...

Emperor Go-Toba to seize real power, the Kamakura shogunate completely excluded those of the imperial family descended from Emperor Go-Toba from the...

(imina) was Tamehito-shinnō (為仁親王). He was the firstborn son of Emperor Go-Toba. His mother was Ariko (在子) (1171–1257), daughter of Minamoto no Michichika...

emperors and retired emperors remained considerable. However, when Go-Toba, a grandson of Go-Shirakawa, sought to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate, his forces...

Jōkyū War, the shogunate defeated former Emperor Go-Toba. The shogunate exiled former Emperor Go-Toba to Oki Island for waging war against the shogunate...

(his imina) was Morinari-shinnō (守成親王). He was the third son of Emperor Go-Toba. His mother was Shigeko (重子), the daughter of Fujiwara Hanki (藤原範季) Empress...

Go-toba cooled with water, which was the process of making the sword. Therefore, the swords made by thirteen swordsmiths together with the Emperor Go-toba...

Lady Shimotsuke, attendant to retired Emperor Go-Toba (後鳥羽院下野, Go-Toba-in no Shimotsuke, dates unknown) was a waka poet and Japanese noblewoman active...

Jōkyū Rebellion, was fought in Japan between the forces of Retired Emperor Go-Toba and those of the Hōjō clan, regents of the Kamakura shogunate, whom the...

soon moved back to Heian-kyō. 1183 (Juei 2, 20th day of the 8th month): Go-Toba is proclaimed emperor by the Minamoto; and consequently, there were two...

sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. Titsingh, pp. 244–245;...

forcing the Taira (and Emperor Antoku) to Shikoku. Soon after, Emperor Go-Toba was installed by the Minamoto. Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Minamoto no Noriyori...

Prefecture), the same place to which Emperor Go-Toba had been exiled after the Jōkyū War of 1221. In 1333, Emperor Go-Daigo escaped from Oki with the help of...

1179–1223) – later Go-Takakura In (後高倉院) – father of Emperor Go-Horikawa Fourth son: Imperial Prince Takahira (尊成親王) – later Emperor Go-Toba Consort: Konoe...

sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. The events during his...

death in 1199, Yoritomo expelled the teenaged emperor Go-Toba from the throne. Two of Go-Toba's sons succeeded him, but they would also be removed by...

Masahito. Also known as Emperor Go-Minoo or Emperor Go-Seiwa. Also known as Yoshihito. Also known as Emperor Go-Saiin or Emperor Go-Junna. Also known as Tomohito...

known as Go-Shirakawa. July 20, 1156 (Hōgen 1, 2nd day of the 7th month): The former-Emperor Toba died at the age of 54. After the death of the Toba, forces...

all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.] Brown, p. 306. Brown, p...

sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. Titsingh, p. 373. Titsingh...

last a total of 135 years, 9 shōguns and 16 regents. In 1221, Emperor Go-Toba tried to regain power in what would be called the Jōkyū War (承久の乱, Jōkyū...

sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. Meyer, Eva-Maria. (1999)...

through March 1184. The reigning emperors were Antoku-tennō (安徳天皇) and Go-Toba-tennō (後鳥羽天皇). 1182 Juei gannen (寿永元年): The new era name was created to...

he was given the ancient high military title Sei-i Taishōgun by Emperor Go-Toba, the government is often referred to in Western literature as the Shogunate...

Yoshitsune in the name of Yoritomo. The Minamoto quickly enthroned Emperor Go-Toba. In 1185, the Genpei War ended when the Minamoto defeated the Taira at...

sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. Titsingh, p. 262; Varley...

shogunate, and the clan disliked Emperor Go-Toba. and in 1221 the Jōkyū War broke out between retired Emperor Go-Toba and the second regent Hōjō Yoshitoki...