Emperor Takakura

Emperor Takakura
高倉天皇
Emperor Takakura, Tenshi Sekkan Miei
Emperor of Japan
ReignApril 9, 1168 – March 18, 1180
EnthronementApril 29, 1168
PredecessorRokujō
SuccessorAntoku
BornSeptember 20, 1161
DiedJanuary 30, 1181(1181-01-30) (aged 19)
Burial
Nochi no Seikan-ji no Misasagi (後清閑寺陵) (Kyoto)
Spouse
(m. 1172)
Issue
Posthumous name
Tsuigō:
Emperor Takakura (高倉院 or 高倉天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Go-Shirakawa
MotherTaira no Shigeko [ja]

Emperor Takakura (高倉天皇, Takakura-tennō, September 20, 1161 – January 30, 1181) was the 80th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1168 through 1180.[1]

  1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 195–200; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 330–333; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 212–214.