Emperor Horikawa (堀河天皇, Horikawa-tennō, August 8, 1079 – August 9, 1107) was the 73rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...

Emperor Go-Horikawa (後堀河天皇, Go-Horikawa-tennō) (March 22, 1212 – August 31, 1234) was the 86th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of...

Horikawa may refer to: Horikawa (surname), a Japanese surname Emperor Horikawa, emperor of Japan Horikawa, Kyoto, one of main streets in Kyoto, whereupon...

Reishi (令子内親王) saigū Third Son: Imperial Prince Taruhito (善仁親王) later Emperor Horikawa Fourth Daughter: Imperial Princess Shinshi (禛子内親王; 1081–1156)—Tsuchimikado...

personal name (his imina) was Munehito-shinnō (宗仁親王). He was the son of Emperor Horikawa. His mother was Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Ishi (藤原苡子) Toba had three...

consort of Japan. She was the consort of her nephew, Emperor Horikawa. She was the fourth daughter of Emperor Go-Sanjō and his cousin Imperial Princess Kaoruko...

Japan has been ruled by emperors since antiquity. The sequence, order and dates of the early emperors are almost entirely based on the 8th-century Nihon...

1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019. The era of his rule was...

honorary mother of the emperor. After maiden Princess Yasuko became empress as the honorary or adoptive mother of Emperor Horikawa, maiden princesses could...

no Higashiyama no misasagi (後月輪東山陵). As the Emperor was very young, and the Retired Emperor Go-Horikawa died just two years later, most of the actual...

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 Michiko (近衛通子;...

practice of cloistered rule. In 1086, Emperor Shirakawa in his turn abdicated in favor of his son, Emperor Horikawa, who was four years old at the time...

Emperor Go-Shirakawa (後白河天皇, Go-Shirakawa-tennō, October 18, 1127 – April 26, 1192) was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of...

Emperor Sutoku (崇徳天皇, Sutoku-tennō, July 7, 1119 – September 14, 1164) was the 75th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...

a child emperor before his coming of age, or an empress regnant. The Kampaku (関白) was theoretically a sort of chief advisor for the Emperor, but was...

not as a participant. In addition, from the late Heian period (after Emperor Horikawa) onward, the regent was in the middle or lower tier of the high palace...

brother Emperor Horikawa. She was the first daughter of Emperor Shirakawa and Fujiwara no Kenshi (1057–1084), and the sister of Emperor Horikawa. She served...

Fourth Daughter: Imperial Princess Tokushi (篤子内親王; 1060–1114) married Emperor Horikawa Consort: Minamoto Motoko (源基子; 1047-1134), Minamoto Motohira‘s daughter...

Emperor Konoe (近衛天皇, Konoe-tennō, June 16, 1139 – August 22, 1155) was the 76th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Konoe's...

Emperor Nijō (二条天皇, Nijō-tennō, July 31, 1143 – September 5, 1165) was the 78th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His...

(22 July 1831 – 30 January 1867), posthumously honored as Emperor Kōmei, was the 121st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...

Daijō Tennō or Dajō Tennō (太上天皇) is a title for an Emperor of Japan who abdicates the Chrysanthemum Throne in favour of a successor. As defined in the...

Takahito, Prince Mikasa and Yuriko, Princess Mikasa. He was a first cousin of Emperor Akihito, and was seventh in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne at the time...

Fujiwara no Yoshiko Emperor Go-Suzaku and his niece Fujiwara no Genshi Emperor Horikawa and his half aunt Princess Tokushi Emperor Nijō and his half aunt...

of Emperor Shirakawa and from 1094 to 1099 during the reign of Emperor Horikawa, and kampaku from 1086 to 1094 during the reign of Emperor Horikawa. He...

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...

names originated in 140 BCE in Imperial China, during the reign of the Emperor Wu of Han. As elsewhere in the Sinosphere, the use of era names was originally...

younger brother of Emperor emeritus Akihito and the paternal uncle of Emperor Naruhito. He is the second son and sixth born child of Emperor Shōwa and Empress...

to emperors, current and future. The Fujiwara clan held on to power until 1086, when Emperor Shirakawa ceded the throne to his son Emperor Horikawa but...

1073–1087) Emperor Horikawa, 73rd Emperor (1078–1107; r. 1087–1107) Emperor Toba, 74th Emperor (1103–1156; r. 1107–1123) Emperor Go-Shirakawa, 77th Emperor (1127–1192;...