Go saga

Go-Saga ( Japanese 後 嵯峨 天皇 , Go-Saga-tennō ; * April 1, 1220 ; † March 17, 1272 ) was the 88th Tennō of Japan (February 21, 1242– February 16, 1246). He was a son of Tsuchimikado -tennō and his proper name was Kunihito ( 邦 仁 ).

After his father Tsuchimikado was banished from Kyoto , the future Tenno grew up in his mother's house.

After his predecessor, the Shijō- tennō, died in 1242 without leaving a crown prince, there was a dispute over the successor. The throne was orphaned for eleven days. Then Go-Saga ascended the throne on the recommendation of the Kamakura shogunate , because his father had been relatively neutral in the Jokyu war . He was known as a strong politician against the shogunate. His power was limited, however, because the shogunate practically formed the government, especially in the military and financial fields. However, the imperial court retained its traditional authority. After four years of reign he voluntarily surrendered the throne to two of his sons, first to Go-Fukakusa in 1246 and to Kameyama in 1260 , while from the monastery he practically held and ruled the imperial power at court.

He was also able to use his son Munetaka in Kamakura as a Shogun in 1252 - the first so-called Prince Shogun . The background was that the actual Shogun family, the house of Minamoto , ended because the third Shogun Minamoto no Sanetomo had been murdered. Thereupon the highest noblewoman should become Shogun. Go-Saga put his son through as a shogun and thus also had a certain political influence on the shogunate in Kamakura. Munetaka, however, was politically a puppet, controlled by the Hojo rulers.

The two opposing imperial lines of the north and the south also descend from Go-Saga's two sons.

Web links

• Family table of Japanese emperors (The Imperial Household Agency )

predecessor	Office	successor
Shijō	Tennō 1242-1246	Go-Fukakusa