Editing Emperor Go-Kameyama (section)

==Life==
Go-Kameyama acceded to the throne during the turbulent ''[[Nanboku-chō]]'' period during which rival claimants to the [[Chrysanthemum Throne]] gathered supporters around them in what were known as the [[Northern Court (Japan)|Northern court]] and the Southern Court. Go-Kameyama became Emperor in what was called the Southern court when [[Emperor Chokei|Emperor Chōkei]] abdicated in 1383. On October 15, 1392, at the insistence of the peace faction amongst his own courtiers, he applied to [[Ashikaga Yoshimitsu]] for peace; and he subsequently returned to the capital where he did hand over the [[Japanese imperial regalia|Sacred Treasures]] to his Northern Court rival. In doing so, Go-Kameyama was understood to have abdicated.<ref name=Sansom2>{{Cite book |last=Sansom |first=George |title=A History of Japan, 1334–1615 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan00sans |url-access=registration |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1961 |isbn=0804705259 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofjapan00sans/page/117 117]–118}}</ref>

By the conditions of the peace treaty, the Northern Court and the Southern Court were supposed to alternate control of the throne. However, this was thrown out in 1412 as [[Emperor Go-Komatsu]] reneged on the treaty by abdicating in favour of his own son. Henceforth, no Southern Court claimant ever sat on the Chrysthansemum Throne again. Still, since 1911, the Japanese government has declared the southern claimants were actually the rightful emperors despite the fact that all subsequent emperors including the then-Emperor Meiji were descended from the Northern Court, reasoning the Southern Court retained possession of the three sacred treasures, thus converting the emperors of the former Northern court into mere pretenders.

Following his abdication, he went into seclusion; but, in 1410, he returned to Yoshino.

The [[Imperial Household Agency]] recognizes ''Saga no ogura no misasagi'' (嵯峨小倉陵) in [[Ukyō-ku, Kyoto]] as his tomb.<ref>Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' p. 423.</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. 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 Go-Kameyama's reign, this apex of the ''[[Daijō-kan]]'' included:
* ''[[Sadaijin]]''
* ''[[Udaijin]]''
* ''[[Nadaijin]]''
* ''[[Dainagon]]''