Emperor Fushimi


Emperor Fushimi was the 92nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1287 through 1298.

Name

Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name was Hirohito-shinnō.
Although the Roman-alphabet spelling of the name of this 13th-century emperor is the same as the personal name of the 20th century Emperor Shōwa, the kanji are different:
He was the second son of Emperor Go-Fukakusa. They were from the Jimyōin-tō line.
  • Empress: Saionji Shoshi later Eifukumon’In, Saionji Sanekane‘s daughter
  • Consort: Tōin Sueko later Kenshinmon-in, Tōin Saneo‘s daughter
  • *First daughter: Imperial Princess Jushi later Sakuheimon-in
  • *Third son: Imperial Prince Priest Kansho
  • *Third daughter: Imperial Princess Enshi later Enmeimon-in
  • *Fourth son: Imperial Prince Tomihito later Emperor Hanazono
  • Lady-in-waiting: Itsutsuji Tsuneko, Itsutsuji Tsuneuji‘s daughter
  • *First son: Imperial Prince Tanehito later Emperor Go-Fushimi
  • Court Lady: Toin Eiko, Tōin Kinmune’s daughter
  • *Second daughter: Imperial Princess Shigeko later Shogakumon’in
  • Court Lady: Ogimachi Moriko, Ogimachi Michiakira’s daughter
  • * Son: Imperial Prince Priest Kan’in
  • * Son: Imperial Prince Priest Doki
  • Lady-in-waiting: Gondainagon-no-Tsubone, Nakanoin Tomouji’s daughter
  • * Sixth Son: Imperial Prince Priest Son’go
  • Naishi: Miyoshi Hirako, Miyoshi Toshihira’s daughter
  • * Fifth son: Imperial Prince Priest Son'en
  • Fujiwara Shigemichi’s daughter
  • * Seventh Son: Imperial Prince Priest Sonki
  • Court Lady: Kasuga-no-Tsubone
  • * Second Son: Imperial Prince Priest E’jo
  • Court Lady: Nishi-no-Kata
  • * Eighth Son: Imperial Prince Priest Seijin
His name comes from the palace of the Jimyōin-tō.

Biography

Hirohito-shinnō was named Crown Prince and heir to his first cousin, the Daikakuji-tō Emperor Go-Uda. Political maneuvering by Fushimi's father, the Jimyōin-tō Emperor Go-Fukakusa, was a crucial factor in this choice.
In the year 1287, in the 13th year of Go-Uda-tennōs reign, the emperor abdicated; and the succession was received by his cousin. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Fushimi is said to have acceded to the throne.
After this, there was a short period of time in which the two lines alternated power. Two years later, the retired Emperor Go-Fukakusa ended his reign as Cloistered Emperor, and Fushimi took direct control.
In 1289, by making his own son Crown Prince, he increased the antagonism of the Daikakuji line. In 1290, the family of Asawara Tameyori made an assassination attempt on the Emperor.
During his reign, efforts were made by the noble families to defeat the government, but the power of the Bakufu increased. In 1298, Fushimi abdicated and began his reign as cloistered emperor. Three years later, in 1301, the Daikakuji Line rallied and forced Emperor Go-Fushimi to abdicate.
In 1308, his co-operation with the Bakufu succeeding, his fourth son's enthronement as Emperor Hanazono took place, and he again became cloistered Emperor.
During Fushimi's reign, the alternating plan for the Daikakuji and Jimyōin lines had not yet come into being, and the two lines fought each other for the throne.
  • 1313 : Retired Emperor Fushimi shaved his head and became a Buddhist monk; and the power to administer the court of reigning Emperor Hanazono shifted to his adopted son, former-Emperor Go-Fushimi.
In 1317, former-Emperor Fushimi died; but his son, Emperor Hanazono, did not participate in formal mourning rites for him. This was unprecedented; but this was rationalized with the explanation that Hanozono had become the adopted "son" of his older brother, former-Emperor Go-Fushimi. Fushimi is enshrined with other emperors at the imperial tomb called Fukakusa no kita no misasagi in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.

Kugyō

Kugyō is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. Even during those years in which the court's actual influence outside the palace walls was minimal, the hierarchic organization persisted.
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 Fushimi's reign, this apex of the Daijō-kan included:
The years of Fushimi's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.
  • Kōan
  • Shōō
  • ''Einin''

    Ancestry