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GENEALOGY

He was the first son of Emperor Go-Horikawa . He had no children, due to his youth at the time of his death.


LIFE

In 1232 , he became emperor upon the abdication of Emperor Go-Horikawa

In 1242 he died of an accident.

The Emperor being very young, and the Retired Emperor Go-Horikawa dying just two years later, the actual governing was done by his maternal relatives Kujō Michiie and Saionji Kintsune.


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