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GENEALOGY He was the seventh son of Emperor Go-Daigo
LIFE He lived during the Conflict Between The Northern And Southern Courts . When Emperor Go-Daigo began his Kemmu Restoration , the still very young prince, along with Kitabatake Akiie, in 1333 went to Tagajō in what is now Miyagi Prefecture , at the time Mutsu Province , to return the eastern Samurai to their allegiance and destroy the remnants of the Hōjō Clan . However, in 1335 , because Ashikaga Takauji had raised a rebellion, the Emperor returned to the west along with Kitabatake Chikafusa, the father of Akiie, in order to defeat Takauji. When Takauji defeated them in Kyōto in 1336 , they again returned to Mutsu Province . In 1337 , because Tagajō; was attacked, they returned yet again to the west, returning to Yoshino while constantly fighting battles. Again, in 1338 , they headed to Tagajō, but returned to Yoshino because of a storm. In 1339 , he became Crown Prince . On September 18 of that same year, he became emperor upon the abdication of Emperor Go-Daigo . In 1348 , Kō no Moronao attacked Yoshino, and the Emperor left for modern-day Nishiyoshino Village in Yoshino District , Nara Prefecture , which was then the Yamato Province . In 1352 , entering Otokoyama in Yamashiro Province , in the Battle of Shichijō Ōmiya, Kusunoki Masanori recovered Kyōto from Ashikaga Yoshiakira . At this time, the Retired Northern Emperors Emperor Kōgon , Emperor Kōmyō and Emperor Sukō were captured and imprisoned at Otokoyama. However, a month later, they had to abandon Kyōto after a counter-attack by Ashikaga. They were confined to Otokoyama, but escaped to Kawachi Province during an attack by Yoshiakira, and a few months later returned to Yoshino. In the twelth month, eighth day of 1361 , Hosokawa Kiyōji and Kusunoki Masanori, who had returned to the Southern Court's allegiance, attacked Kyōto , temprorarily recovering it. But, Yoshiakira quickly responded, and they evacuated Kyōto 18 days later. They continued trying to recover Kyōto, but the Southern Court's power was already weaking, and by the Emperor's death in 1368 , Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was in power and the throne had been moved to Sumiyoshi. ERAS DURING HIS REIGN Southern NORTHERN COURT RIVALS |
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