Editing Emperor Toba (section)

== Genealogy ==
Before his ascension to the [[Chrysanthemum Throne]], his personal name (his ''imina'')<ref>Brown, pp. 264. [Up until the time of [[Emperor Jomei]], the personal names of the emperors (their ''imina'') were very long and people did not generally use them.  The number of characters in each name diminished after Jomei's reign.]</ref> was Munehito''-shinnō'' (宗仁親王).<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 178]; Brown, p. 320; Varley, p. 203.</ref>

He was the son of [[Emperor Horikawa]].  His mother was Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Ishi (藤原苡子)

Toba had three Empresses, some consort ladies and 14 imperial sons and daughters.<ref name="b321">Brown, p. 321.</ref>

* ''chūgū'' : [[Fujiwara no Tamako]] (藤原璋子) later Taikenmon’in (待賢門院), Fujiwara no Kinzane‘s daughter
** First Son: Imperial Prince Akihito (顕仁親王) later [[Emperor Sutoku]]
** First Daughter: Imperial Princess ''Yoshiko/Kishi'' (禧子内親王; 1122–1133) – [[Saiin (priestess)|Saiin]] at [[Kamo Shrine]]
** Second Son: Imperial Prince Michihito (通仁親王; 1124–1129)
** Third Son: Imperial Prince Kimihito (君仁親王; 1125–1143)
** Second Daughter: Imperial [[Princess Muneko]] (統子内親王) later Jōsaimon-in (上西門院), – Saiin at Kamo 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 Prince priest Kakushō (覚性法親王)

* ''kōgō'': [[Fujiwara no Yasuko]]/''Taishi'' (藤原泰子) later Kōyō-in (高陽院), Fujiwara no Tadazane’s daughter

* ''kōgō'': [[Fujiwara no Nariko]] (藤原得子) later Bifukumon’in (美福門院), Fujiwara no Nagazane’s daughter.<ref>Kitagawa, Hiroshi. (1975). ''The Tale of the Heike,'' p. 240.</ref>
** Daughter: Imperial Princess Toshiko/''Eishi'' (叡子内親王; 1135–1148)
** Daughter: Imperial Princess Akiko (暲子内親王; 1137–1211) later Hachijo’in (八条院)
** Ninth Son: Imperial Prince Narihito (体仁親王), later [[Emperor Konoe]]
** Daughter: Imperial [[Princess Yoshiko (Nijō)|Imperial Princess Yoshiko]]/''Shushi'' (姝子内親王) later Takamatsu’in (高松院), ''chūgū'' (Empress) to [[Emperor Nijo|Emperor Nijō]])

* Court Lady Ki Ieko (紀家子), Mino-no-Tsubone (美濃局), Ki no Mitsukiyo’s daughter
** Sixth Son: Imperial Prince Priest Dōkei (道恵法親王; 1132–1168)
** Seventh Son: Imperial Prince Priest Kakukai (覚快法親王; 1134–1181)
** Daughter: Aya Gozen (阿夜御前; d.1195)

* Sanjō-no-Tsubone (三条局; d.1138), Fujiwara no Iemasa’s daughter
** Daughter: Imperial Princess Kenshi (妍子内親王; d.1161) Yoshida ''saigū'' (Imperial Princess serving at [[Grand Shrine of Ise|Ise Shrine]])

* Kasuga-no-Tsubone (春日局), Tokudaiji Saneyosi‘s daughter
** Seventh Daughter: Imperial Princess Shōshi/Nobuko (頌子内親王; 1145–1208)

* Fujitsubo-Nyogo (藤壺女御), Tachibana Toshitsuna‘s daughter
** Shin-yo? (真誉) – Buddhist nun

* Tosa-no-Tsubone (土佐局), Minamoto no Mitsuyasu‘s daughter

* Fujiwara no Sanehira‘s Daughter
** Daughter: Princess Takamatsu (高松宮) (apparently no connection with [[Arisugawa-no-miya]], which was originally named Takamatsu-no-miya)

* Unknown
** Imperial Prince Priest Saichū (最忠法親王)
** Imperial Prince Dōka? (道果親王)