Editing Emperor Go-Horikawa (section)

==Events of Go-Horikawa's life==
In 1221, because of the [[Jōkyū War|Jōkyū Incident]], an unsuccessful attempt by [[Emperor Go-Toba]] to seize real power, the [[Kamakura shogunate]] completely excluded those of the imperial family descended from [[Emperor Go-Toba]] from the [[Chrysanthemum throne]],  thus forcing [[Emperor Chūkyō]] to abdicate.  After the [[Genpei War]], he, as the grandson of the late [[Emperor Takakura]], who was also a nephew of the then-exiled Retired Emperor Go-Toba, and Chūkyō's first cousin, was enthroned as Go-Horikawa.  He ruled from July 29, 1221 to October 26 (?), 1232.

* '''29 July 1221''' (''[[Jōkyū]] 3, 9th day of the 7th month''): In the 1st year of what is now considered to have been Chūkyō''-tennō''{{'}}s reign (仲恭天皇一年), he abruptly abdicated without designating an heir; and contemporary scholars then construed that the succession (‘‘senso’’)<ref>Varley, p. 44; n.b., a distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to [[Emperor Tenji]]; and all sovereigns except [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]], [[Emperor Go-Toba|Go-Toba]], and [[Emperor Fushimi|Fushimi]] have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of [[Emperor Go-Murakami]].</ref>  was received by a grandson of former Emperor Go-Toba.<ref>Brown, p. 344; Titsingh, p. 238.</ref>
* '''14 January 1222''' (''[[Jōkyū]] 3, 1st day of the 12th month''): Emperor Go-Horikawa acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).<ref>Titsingh, p. 95; Brown, p. 344; Varley,  p. 44.</ref>

As Go-Horikawa was only ten-years-old at this time, his father Imperial Prince Morisada acted as [[cloistered rule|cloistered emperor]] under the name Go-Takakura-in.<ref>Titsingh, p. 238; Brown, pp. 344–345; Varley, p. 226.</ref>

In 1232, he began his own [[cloistered rule]], abdicating to his 1-year-old son, [[Emperor Shijō]].  However, he had a weak constitution, and his cloistered rule lasted just under two years before he died.

Emperor Go-Horikawa's Imperial tomb (''misasagi'') is at Sennyū-ji in the {{Nihongo|''Nochi no Tsukinowa no Higashiyama no misasagi''|後月輪東山陵|}}.<ref>Sennyū-ji: [http://www.taleofgenji.org/sennyuji.html images of front of Imperial mausoleum enclosure]</ref>

===''Kugyō''===
''Kugyō'' (公卿) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the [[Emperor of Japan]] in pre-[[Meiji period|Meiji]] eras.

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 Go-Horikawa's reign, this apex of the  ''[[Daijō-kan]]'' included:
* ''[[Sesshō]]'', [[Konoe Iezane]], d. 1242.<ref name="b345">Brown, p. 345.</ref>
* ''[[Sadaijin]]'', [[Konoe Iemichi]], 1204–1224.<ref name = "b345"/>
* ''[[Udaijin]]'',  Fujiwara Kintsugu, 1117–1227.<ref name = "b345"/>
* ''[[Naidaijin]]'', Saionji Kintsune, 1171–1224.<ref name="b345"/>
* ''[[Dainagon]]''