Emperor Go-Suzaku

Emperor Go-Suzaku
後朱雀天皇
Emperor of Japan
ReignMay 15, 1036 – February 5, 1045
EnthronementAugust 4, 1036
PredecessorGo-Ichijō
SuccessorGo-Reizei
Born14 December 1009
Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
Died7 February 1045(1045-02-07) (aged 35)
Higashi-sanjō Tei (東三条第), Heian Kyō (Kyōto)
Burial
Enjō-ji no misasagi (円乗寺陵) (Kyōto)
Spouse
(m. 1027)
(m. 1037; died 1039)
Issue
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Go-Suzaku (後朱雀院 or 後朱雀天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherIchijō
MotherFujiwara no Shōshi

Emperor Go-Suzaku (後朱雀天皇, Go-Suzaku-tennō, December 14, 1009 – February 7, 1045) was the 69th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]

Go-Suzaku's reign spanned the years from 1036 through 1045.[3]

This 11th-century sovereign was named after the 10th-century Emperor Suzaku and go- (後), translates literally as "later;" and thus, he is sometimes called the "Later Emperor Suzaku". The Japanese word "go" has also been translated to mean the "second one;" and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Suzaku, the second" or as "Suzaku II."

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 後朱雀天皇 (69)
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 75.
  3. ^ Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 310–311; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 195-196; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 160–162., p. 160, at Google Books