Emperor Tsuchimikado


Emperor Tsuchimikado was the 83rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Tsuchimikado's reign spanned the years from 1198 through 1210.

Genealogy

Before Tsuchimikado's accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name was Tamehito-shinnō. He was the firstborn son of Emperor Go-Toba. His mother was Ariko , daughter of Minamoto no Michichika.
Tsuchimikado's Imperial family lived with him in the Dairi of the Heian Palace. His family included three sons by three different consorts:
In 1198, he became emperor upon the abdication of Emperor Go-Toba, who continued to exercise Imperial powers as cloistered emperor.
In Kyōto, Minamoto no Michichika took power as steward, and in Kamakura, in 1199, upon the death of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Hōjō Tokimasa began to rule as Gokenin.
Tsuchimikado removed himself from Kyoto, traveling first to Tosa Province ; and later, he moved to Awa province, where he died in exile.
Tsuchimikado's official Imperial tomb is in Kyoto. The emperor is venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine. This mausoleum shrine is formally named Kanegahara no misasagi.

''Kugyō''

Kugyō is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-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 Tsuchimikado's reign, this apex of the Daijō-kan included:
The years of Tschuimikado's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.