Toba (emperor)

See also: Toba

The emperor Toba (鳥羽天皇, Toba Tennō , February 24th 1103 - July 20th 1156) was the sixty-fourteenth emperor Japan, according to the traditional order of the succession, and reigned nominally of 1107 with 1123, the capacity in the facts being exerted by his grandfather, the emperor withdrawn Shirakawa. With died of this last in 1129, Toba becomes also withdrawn emperor. Its personal name was prince Munehito (宗仁).

Genealogy

Toba was the son of the emperor Horikawa. It had many children, among whom the future emperors Sutoku, Konoe and Go-Shirakawa.

Empresses and descent

  • Fujiwara No Sho¯shi (Tamako), born in 1101, girl of Fujiwara No Kinzane and Fujiwara No Koshi (Mitsuko), girl of Fujiwara No Takakata; ; adopted girl of the emperor Shirakawa; married 1117; empress ( Chu¯gu¯ ) 1118; titrated Taikemmon' In 1124; died in 1145; it had:
    • First wire: Prince Akihito, born in 1119 (emperor Sutoku).
    • first girl: Princess Kishi (1122 - 1133)
    • second wire: Prince Michihito (1124 - 1129)
    • third wire: Prince Kimihito (1125 - 1143)
    • second girl: Princess Toshi (1126 - 2 IX 1189); created imperial princess 5 IX 1126; princess vestal of Kamo of 1127 to 1132; titrated honorary empress (kogo) 5 III 1158; titrated Josaimon In 4 III 1159; nun Shinnyori 26 III 1160
    • fourth wire: Prince Masahito, born in 1129 (emperor Go-Shirakawa)
    • fifth wire: Prince Motohito (1129 - 1169); buddhist monk; imperial prince monk (Ho shinno) Kakusho; chief of the temple Ninnaji

  • Fujiwara No Taishi (Yasuko), born in 1095; girl of Fujiwara No Tadazane and Minamoto No Shishi; entry with palate 1 VIII 1133; comparable with the empresses 28 III 1134; empress ( Ko¯go¯ ) 15 IV 1134; titrated Kayano-in 24 VIII; nun Shojori 10 VI 1141; titrated Kayano' in; died 10 I 1156.

  • Fujiwara No Tokushi (Tokuko), born in 1117, girl of Fujiwara No Nagazane; entry with the palate 1134; raised with the 3rd rank 21 V 1136; imperial wife (nyogo) 21 IX 1139; empress ( ko¯go¯ ) 25 I 1142; titrated Bifukumon In 6 IX 1149; empress dowager in 1156; died 12 XII 1160; it had:

    • fourth girl: Princess Eishi ° 8 I (1136 - 19 I 114ç)
    • fifth girl: Princess Shoshi ° 29 IV (1137 - 6 VIII 1211); imperial princess the 19 IV 1138; titrated Hachijo-In 3 I 1162
    • eighth wire: Prince Narihito, born in 1139 (emperor Konoe)

  • a girl of Fujiwara No Iemasa and a girl of Fujiwara Akitaka, ° 1105; lady-in-waiting of Taikenmon-In; called Sanjo No Tsubone; killed 12 XII 1138; mother of

    • Third girl: Princess Kenshi ° (1130); princess vestal of Ise 1142-1151; + 1160

  • a girl of the Kosho bonze and a girl of the hogen Kakushin, ° (1105) called Mino No tsubone; ram palate; + after 1141; mother of:

    • sixth wire: Prince Michie ° 1132 + 1168; buddhist monk Doe
    • seventh wire: Prince Kakukai ° 1134 + 1181; buddhist monk
    • sixth girl: Princess, called Aya Gozen, nun in Sorinji
    • seventh girl: Princess Shushi (1141 - 1176); called initially Jushi; created imperial princess 27 IX 1154 under the name of Shushi; adopted by Bifukumon-In; entry with the palate March 27th, 1156; empress ( chu¯gu¯ ) of the emperor Nijo¯ 12 III 1159; nun Jissokaku 20 IX 1160; titrated Takamatsu-In 20 II 1162

  • an adopted girl of Fujiwara No Saneyoshi, called Kasuga No kimi, lady-in-waiting; mother of

    • eighth girl: Princess Shoshi (1145 - 1208); princess vestal of Kamo; called Itsutsuji No Sai-In

Biography

With died of his/her mother, Toba is dealt with and raised by his/her grandfather the emperor withdrawn Shirakawa. At the four years age, there are crowned emperor with died of his father Horikawa, the businesses of the government remaining controlled by his grandfather. In 1123, this one forces it to abdicate in favor of his/her son Sutoku.

With died of Shirakawa in 1129, Toba becomes itself withdrawn emperor, exerting the capacity through the reign of three successive emperors, Sutoku, Konoe and Go-Shirakawa. In 1142, Toba becomes monk with the temple of the Tōdai-ji under the name of Kūkaku . The same year, it forces Sutoku to withdraw throne with the profit of Konoe, then two years old only, which will be later one of the causes of the Rébellion of Hōgen which bursts with its death in 1156.

Eras of its reign

  • Kajō
  • Tennin
  • Ten' I.E.(internal excitation)
  • Eikyū
  • Gen' I.E.(internal excitation)
  • Hōan

References

Sources

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