Emperor Go-Daigo

Emperor Go-Daigo 後醍醐天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign	29 March 1318 – 18 September 1339
Coronation	30 April 1318
Predecessor	Hanazono
Successor	Go-Murakami Kōgon (Pretender)
Shōgun	Prince Morikuni Prince Moriyoshi Prince Narinaga Ashikaga Takauji
Born	26 November 1288 Heian-kyō, Kamakura shogunate
Died	19 September 1339(1339-09-19) (aged 50) Yoshino no Angū (Nara), Ashikaga shogunate
Burial	Tō-no-o no misasagi (塔尾陵) (Nara)
Spouse	Saionji Kishi Junshi
Issue Among others...	Prince Moriyoshi Prince Takanaga Prince Munenaga Prince Tsunenaga Prince Narinaga Emperor Go-Murakami Prince Kaneyoshi
Posthumous name Tsuigō: Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐院 or 後醍醐天皇)
House	Yamato
Father	Emperor Go-Uda
Mother	Fujiwara no Chūshi
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Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 Go-Daigo-tennō) (26 November 1288 – 19 September 1339) was the 96th emperor of Japan,^[1] according to the traditional order of succession.^[2] He successfully overthrew the Kamakura shogunate in 1333 and established the short-lived Kenmu Restoration to bring the Imperial House back into power. This was to be the last time the emperor had real power until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.^[3] The Kenmu restoration was in turn overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji in 1336, ushering in the Ashikaga shogunate. The overthrow split the imperial family into two opposing factions between the Ashikaga backed Northern Court situated in Kyoto and the Southern Court based in Yoshino. The Southern Court was led by Go-Daigo and his later successors.

This 14th-century sovereign personally chose his posthumous name after the 9th-century Emperor Daigo and go- (後), translates as "later", and he is thus sometimes called the "Later Emperor Daigo", or, in some older sources, "Daigo, the second" or as "Daigo II".