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    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...
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    Emperor Shirakawa (白河天皇, Shirakawa-tennō, 7 July 1053 – 24 July 1129) was the 72nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession....
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    Toba. Shortly after that, Emperor Go-Shirakawa is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui). When Go-Shirakawa ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne, a new...
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    imina) was Morihito-shinnō (守仁親王). He was the eldest son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa. He was the father of Emperor Rokujō. Empress: Imperial Princess Yoshiko...
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    後小松天皇 (100); retrieved 2013-8-28. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 317–327. Brown, Delmer M. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 289; excerpt...
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    a short civil war between rival subjects of the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan in 1160 fought in order to resolve a dispute about political...
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    Shrine. Fourth Son: Imperial Prince Masahito (雅仁親王) later Emperor Go-Shirakawa Fifth Son: Imperial Prince Motohito? (本仁親王; 1129–1169) later Imperial...
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    Some old texts say he was instead the son of Toba's grandfather, Emperor Shirakawa. Chūgū: Fujiwara no Kiyoko (藤原 聖子) later Kōkamon'in (皇嘉門院), Fujiwara no...
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    was Norihito-shinnō (憲仁親王). Takakura was the fourth son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa, and thus uncle to his predecessor, Emperor Rokujō. His mother was Empress...
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    Yoshifusa (藤原 良房, 804 – October 7, 872), also known as Somedono no Daijin or Shirakawa-dono, was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian...
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