Emperor Go-Yōzei
Emperor Go-Yōzei (後陽成天皇, Go-Yōzei-tennō, December 31, 1571 – September 25, 1617) was the 107th Emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]: 111 Go-Yōzei's reign spanned the years 1586 through to his abdication in 1611,[3] corresponding to the transition between the Azuchi–Momoyama period and the Edo period.
Emperor Go-Yōzei
後陽成天皇
December 17, 1586 – May 9, 1611
January 4, 1587
Katahito (周仁) or Kazuhito (和仁)
December 31, 1571
Azuchi–Momoyama period
September 25, 1617 (aged 45)
Heian Palace, Kyoto, Tokugawa shogunate
This 16th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Yōzei, and go- (後), translates as later, and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Yōzei". The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the second one, and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Yōzei, the second", or as "Yōzei II".
Before Go-Yōzei's ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (imina) was Katahito (周仁) or Kazuhito (和仁).[2]: 9 [3] He was the eldest son of Prince Masahito (誠仁親王, Masahito-shinnō, 1552–1586),[2]: 424 also known as Prince Sanehito and posthumously named Yōkwōin daijō-tennō, who was the eldest son of Emperor Ōgimachi.[2]: 10 His mother was a lady-in-waiting.
Go-Yōzei's Imperial family lived with him in the Dairi of the Heian Palace. The family included at least 35 children.[2]: 113
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