Emperor Go-Horikawa

Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina)Brown, pp. 264; n.b., up until the time of Emperor Jomei, the personal names of the emperors (their iminia) were very long and people did not generally use them. The number of characters in each name diminished after Jomei's reign. was {{Nihongo| Yutahito-shinnō |茂仁親王}},Brown, p. 344; Varley, p. 226. also known as Motsihito-shinnō.Titsingh, p. 238.

The third son of Imperial Prince Morisada (守貞親王) (Go-Takakura-in, 後高倉院), the second son of Emperor Takakura.

• Empress (Jingū): Sanjō (Fujiwara) Ariuko (三条（藤原）有子) later Ankimon’in (安喜門院), Sanjo Kinfusa's daughter
• Empress (Chūgū): Konoe (Fujiwara) Nagako (近衛（藤原）長子)Titsingh, p. 240. Later Takatsukasa’in (鷹司院), Konoe Iezane’s daughter.
• Empress (Chūgū): Kujō (Fujiwara) Shunshi (九条（藤原）竴子)A History of Japan to 1334, George Sansom, p406 Later Sōhekimon’in (藻璧門院), Kujo Michiie’s daughter
• First son: Imperial Prince Mitsuhito (秀仁親王) later Emperor Shijō
• Fourth daughter: Imperial Princess Hoshi (暤子内親王; 1232-1237)
• Second Son: (1233)
• Lady-in-waiting: Betto-Naishi (別当典侍), Jimyōin Ieyuki’s daughterThe Emergence of Japanese Kingship, p5
• First daughter: Imperial Princess Kishi (暉子内親王; 1228-1300) later Muromachi-in (室町院)
• Second daughter: Imperial Princess Taishi (体子内親王; 1231-1302) later Shinsenmon’in (神仙門院)
• Lady-in-waiting: Dainagon-no-Tsubone (大納言局), Fujiwara Kaneyoshi’s daughter
• Third daughter: Imperial Princess Akiko (昱子内親王; 1231-1246)

In 1221, because of the Jōkyū Incident, an unsuccessful attempt by Emperor Go-Toba to seize real power, the Kamakura shogunate completely excluded those of the imperial family descended from Emperor Go-Toba from the Chrysanthemum throne, thus forcing Emperor Chūkyō to abdicate. After the Genpei War, he, as the grandson of the late Emperor Takakura, who was also a nephew of the then-exiled Retired Emperor Go-Toba, and Chūkyō's first cousin, was enthroned as Go-Horikawa. He ruled from July 29, 1221 to October 26 (?), 1232.

• 29 July 1221 (Jōkyū 3, 9th day of the 7th month): In the 1st year of what is now considered to have been Chūkyō-tennō{{'}}s reign (仲恭天皇一年), he abruptly abdicated without designating an heir; and contemporary scholars then construed that the succession (‘‘senso’’)Varley, p. 44; n.b., a distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. was received by a grandson of former Emperor Go-Toba.Brown, p. 344; Titsingh, p. 238.
• 14 January 1222 (Jōkyū 3, 1st day of the 12th month): Emperor Go-Horikawa acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).Titsingh, p. 95; Brown, p. 344; Varley, p. 44.

As Go-Horikawa was only ten-years-old at this time, his father Imperial Prince Morisada acted as cloistered emperor under the name Go-Takakura-in.Titsingh, p. 238; Brown, pp. 344–345; Varley, p. 226.

In 1232, he began his own cloistered rule, abdicating to his 1-year-old son, Emperor Shijō. However, he had a weak constitution, and his cloistered rule lasted just under two years before he died.

Emperor Go-Horikawa's Imperial tomb (misasagi) is at Sennyū-ji in the {{Nihongo|Nochi no Tsukinowa no Higashiyama no misasagi|後月輪東山陵|}}.Sennyū-ji: [http://www.taleofgenji.org/sennyuji.html images of front of Imperial mausoleum enclosure]

Kugyō (公卿) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras.

In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During Go-Horikawa's reign, this apex of the Daijō-kan included:

• Sesshō, Konoe Iezane, d. 1242.Brown, p. 345.
• Sadaijin, Konoe Iemichi, 1204–1224.
• Udaijin, Fujiwara Kintsugu, 1117–1227.
• Naidaijin, Saionji Kintsune, 1171–1224.
• Dainagon

The years of Go-Horikawa's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.

• Jōkyū (1219–1222 CE)
• Jōō (1222–1224 CE)
• Gennin (1224–1225 CE)
• Karoku (1225–1227 CE)
• Antei (1227–1229 CE)
• Kangi (1229–1232 CE)

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