Emperor Go-Yōzei
| Emperor Go-Yōzei 後陽成天皇 | |||||
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| Reign | December 17, 1586 – May 9, 1611 | ||||
| Enthronement | January 4, 1587 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ōgimachi | ||||
| Successor | Go-Mizunoo | ||||
| Regent | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | ||||
| Shōguns | See list | ||||
| Born | Katahito (周仁) or Kazuhito (和仁) December 31, 1571 Azuchi–Momoyama period | ||||
| Died | September 25, 1617 (aged 45) Heian Palace, Kyoto, Tokugawa shogunate | ||||
| Burial | Fukakusa no kita no Misasagi (深草北陵) Kyoto | ||||
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| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Prince Masahito | ||||
| Mother | Fujiwara no (Kajūji) Haruko | ||||
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Emperor Go-Yōzei (後陽成天皇, Go-Yōzei-tennō; December 31, 1571 – September 25, 1617) was the 107th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.: 111 Go-Yōzei's reign spanned the years 1586 through to his abdication in 1611, corresponding to the transition between the Azuchi–Momoyama period and the Edo period.
This 16th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Yōzei, and go- (後), translates as later, and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Yōzei". The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the second one, and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Yōzei, the second", or as "Yōzei II".