Emperor Go-Murakami

Emperor Go-Murakami
後村上天皇
Emperor of Japan
ReignSeptember 18, 1339 – March 29, 1368
EnthronementNovember 6, 1339
PredecessorGo-Daigo
SuccessorChōkei
ShōgunAshikaga Takauji
Ashikaga Yoshiakira
BornNoriyoshi (義良)
1328
DiedMarch 29, 1368(1368-03-29) (aged 39–40)
Burial
Hinoo no Misasagi (檜尾陵) (Osaka)
Issue
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Emperor Chōkei
Emperor Go-Kameyama
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Go-Murakami (後村上院 or 後村上天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Go-Daigo
MotherFujiwara no Renshi
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Emperor Go-Murakami (後村上天皇, Go-Murakami-tennō) (1328 – March 29, 1368) was the 97th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and a member of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period of rival courts. He reigned from September 18, 1339, until March 29, 1368 (Shōhei 23, 11th day of the 3rd month). His personal name was Noriyoshi (義良). He reigned from Sumiyoshi, Ōsaka, Yoshino, Nara, and other temporary locations.

This 14th-century sovereign was named after the 10th-century Emperor Murakami and go- (後), translates as "later"; and thus, he is sometimes called the "Later Emperor Murakami". The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the "second one"; and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Murakami, the second", or as "Murakami II".