Emperor Go-Momozono 後桃園天皇 | |||||
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Emperor of Japan | |||||
Reign | 9 January 1771 – 16 December 1779 | ||||
Predecessor | Go-Sakuramachi | ||||
Successor | Kōkaku | ||||
Shōgun | Tokugawa Ieharu (1771-1779) | ||||
Born | Hidehito (英仁) 5 August 1758 Heian-Kyo, Kyoto, Tokugawa shogunate | ||||
Died | 16 December 1779 Kyoto, Tokugawa shogunate | (aged 21)||||
Burial | Tsuki no wa no misasagi, Kyoto | ||||
Spouse | Konoe Koreko | ||||
Issue | Princess Yoshiko | ||||
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House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
Father | Emperor Momozono | ||||
Mother | Ichijō Tomiko [ja] | ||||
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Hidehito (Japanese: 英仁, 5 August 1758 – 16 December 1779), posthumously honored as Emperor Go-Momozono (後桃園天皇, Go-Momozono-tennō), was the 118th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.[1][2] He was named after his father Emperor Momozono. The wording of go- (後) in the name translates as "later", so he has also been referred to as "Later Emperor Momozono", "Momozono, the second", or "Momozono II".
Go-Momozono became Emperor in 1771, but had a short reign that lasted to his death in 1779.[3] Events during his reign were confined to a series of natural calamities that occurred in 1772, aside from that the political situation with the Shōgun was quiet. Things came to a head towards the end of Go-Momozono's life in the form of a succession issue as the Emperor had no eligible successor. As a result, he hastily adopted a son on his deathbed who later became the next Emperor.