Emperor Horikawa

  • Emperor Horikawa
  • 堀河天皇
Emperor of Japan
ReignJanuary 3, 1087 – August 9, 1107
EnthronementJanuary 16, 1087
PredecessorShirakawa
SuccessorToba
Born(1079-08-08)August 8, 1079
DiedAugust 9, 1107(1107-08-09) (aged 28)
Burial
Nochi no Enkyō-ji no misasagi (後円教寺陵) (Kyoto)
Spouse
(m. 1093)
Issue
among others...
Posthumous name
Tsuigō: Emperor Horikawa (堀河院 or 堀河天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Shirakawa
MotherFujiwara no Kenshi

Emperor Horikawa (堀河天皇, Horikawa-tennō, August 8, 1079 – August 9, 1107) was the 73rd emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]

Horikawa's reign spanned the years from 1087 through 1107.[3]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 堀河天皇 (73)
  2. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 78.
  3. ^ Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 317–320; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. p. 202; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 171–178., p. 171, at Google Books