Emperor Go-Reizei

  • Emperor Go-Reizei
  • 後冷泉天皇
Emperor of Japan
ReignFebruary 5, 1045 – May 22, 1068
CoronationApril 27, 1045
PredecessorGo-Suzaku
SuccessorGo-Sanjō
BornAugust 28, 1025
Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
DiedMay 22, 1068(1068-05-22) (aged 42)
Kaya no In (高陽院), Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
Burial
Enkyo-ji no misasagi (円教寺陵) (Kyoto)
Spouse
(m. 1037)
(m. 1047)
(m. 1050)
Posthumous name
Tsuigō: Emperor Go-Reizei (後冷泉院 or 後冷泉天皇)
HouseYamato
FatherEmperor Go-Suzaku
MotherFujiwara no Kishi

Emperor Go-Reizei (後冷泉天皇, Go-Reizei-tennō, August 28, 1025[1] – May 22, 1068) was the 70th emperor of Japan,[2] according to the traditional order of succession.[3]

Go-Reizei's reign spanned the years 1045–1068.[4]

This 11th century sovereign was named after the 10th century Emperor Reizei and go- (後), translates literally as "later"; and thus, he is sometimes called the "Later Emperor Reizei". The Japanese word "go" has also been translated to mean the "second one"; and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Reizei, the second", or as "Reizei II".

  1. ^ Reischauer, Robert Karl (1967). Early Japanese History. Vol. A. Peter Smith. p. 330 – via OpenLibrary.
  2. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 後冷泉天皇 (70)
  3. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 76.
  4. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 162–166; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 311–314; ; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 197-198.

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