Emperor Go-Momozono
| 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 (aged 21) Kyoto, Tokugawa shogunate | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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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. 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, during the Edo period, and died eight years into his reign in 1779. 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.