Emperor Go-Murakami of Japan
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Emperor Go-Murakami (後村上天皇) (1328 - March 29, 1368) was the 97th imperial ruler of Japan, a member of the Southern Court during the Era of Northern and Southern Courts. He reigned from September 18, 1339 until March 29, 1368. His personal name was Noriyoshi (義良). He reigned from Sumiyoshi, Ōsaka, Yoshino, Nara, and other temporary lodgings.
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Genealogy
He was the seventh son of Emperor Go-Daigo
- Empress Consort (kōgō): Fujiwara (Unknown name)
- Court Lady: Fujiwara Katsuko ? (藤原勝子)
- First son: Imperial Prince Yutanari (寛成親王) (Emperor Chōkei)
- Second son: Imperial Prince Hironari (熙成親王 (Emperor Go-Kameyama)
- Fifth son: Imperial Prince Yasunari (?) (泰成親王)
- Court Lady: Minamoto Akiko? (源顕子)
- First daughter: Imperial Princess Keiko? (憲子内親王) (Empress Dowager ?? (新宣陽門院))
- Consort: Daughter of ?? (中原師治)
- Third son: Imperial Prince ?? (惟成親王)
- Consort: Daughter of ?? (越智家栄)
- Fourth son: Imperial Prince Shinari? (師成親王)
- Sixth son: Imperial Prince Yoshinari (良成親王)
- Seventh son: Imperial Prince Setsunari? (説成親王)
- Consort: Unknown
- Eighth son: Imperial Prince ?? (長成親王)
Life
He lived during the conflict between the Northern and Southern Courts. When Emperor Go-Daigo began his Kemmu Restoration, the still very young prince, along with Kitabatake Akiie, in 1333 went to Tagajō in what is now Miyagi Prefecture, at the time Mutsu Province to return the eastern samurai to their allegiance and destroy the remnants of the Hojo clan. However, in 1335, because Ashikaga Takauji had raised a rebellion, the Emperor returned to the west along with Kitabatake Chikafusa, the father of Akiie, in order to defeat Takauji. When Takauji defeated them in Kyōto in 1336, they again returned to Mutsu Province. In 1337, because Tagajō; was attacked, they returned yet again to the west, returning to Yoshino while constantly fighting battles.
Again, in 1338, they headed to Tagajō, but returned to Yoshino because of a storm. In 1339, he became Crown Prince.
On September 18 of that same year, he became Emperor upon the abdication of Go-Daigo.
In 1348, Kō no Moronao attacked Yoshino, and the Emperor left for modern-day Nishiyoshino Village in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, which was then the Yamato Province.
In 1352, entering Otokoyama in Yamashiro Province, in the Battle of Shichijō Ōmiya, Kusunoki Masanori recovered Kyōto from Ashikaga Yoshiakira. At this time, the Retired Northern Emperors Kōgon, Kōmyō and Sukō were captured and imprisoned at Otokoyama. However, a month later, they had to abandon Kyōto after a counter-attack by Ashikaga.
They were confined to Otokoyama, but escaped to Kawachi Province during an attack by Yoshiakira, and a few months later returned to Yoshino.
In the twelth month, eighth day of 1361, Hosokawa Kiyōji and Kusunoki Masanori, who had returned to the Southern Court's allegiance, attacked Kyōto, temprorarily recovering it. But, Yoshiakira quickly responded, and they evacuated Kyōto 18 days later.
They continued trying to recover Kyōto, but the Southern Court's power was already weaking, and by the Emperor's death in 1368, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was in power and the throne had been moved to Sumiyoshi.
Eras during his reign
Southern
Northern
Northern Court Rivals
| Preceded by: Go-Daigo | Emperor of Japan (Southern Court) 1339-1368 | Succeeded by: Chōkei |