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    Emperor Go-Shirakawa (後白河天皇, Go-Shirakawa-tennō, October 18, 1127 – April 26, 1192) was the 77th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order...
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    Shirakawa (白川村, Shirakawa-mura) is a village located in Ōno District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is best known for being the site of Shirakawa-, a small...
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    The Historic Villages of Shirakawa- and Gokayama are one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The cultural property consists of three historic mountain...
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    and Go-Shirakawa's forces, Sutoku's samurai fled, leaving Go-Shirakawa's allies victorious on the battlefield. The forces of the reigning Emperor Go-Shirakawa...
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    seized power in Kyoto by forging an alliance with the retired emperors Go-Shirakawa and Toba and infiltrating the kuge. He sent Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199)...
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    Emperor Shirakawa (白河天皇, Shirakawa-tennō, 7 July 1053 – 24 July 1129) was the 72nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession....
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  • and retired emperors remained considerable. However, when Go-Toba, a grandson of Go-Shirakawa, sought to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate, his forces were...
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    was the fourth son of Emperor Takakura, and thus grandson of Emperor Go-Shirakawa. His mother was Bōmon Shokushi (坊門殖子) (Empress Dowager Shichijō-in, 七条院)...
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    (father of Yoritomo), sided with Toba and Go-Shirakawa, as well as Kiyomori. In the end, the supporters of Go-Shirakawa won the civil war, thus ensuring victory...
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    Emperor Go-Shirakawa returns to the capital from Enryaku-ji together with Minamoto no Yoshinaka's armies. He installs a new emperor, Emperor Go-Toba, and...
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    Imperial regalia, to the west. The cloistered emperor Go-Shirakawa defected to Yoshinaka. Go-Shirakawa then issued a mandate for Yoshinaka to "join with Yukiie...
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    imina) was Morihito-shinnō (守仁親王). He was the eldest son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa. He was the father of Emperor Rokujō. Empress: Imperial Princess Yoshiko...
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  • Munemori (平宗盛) Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama Shigemori's half-brother. Emperor Go-Shirakawa (後白河法皇) Voiced by: Shigeru Chiba (Japanese); Garrett Schneck (English)...
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    was founded in 1164 by Taira no Kiyomori for the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa. It is officially known as Rengeō-in (蓮華王院, hall of the Lotus King) and...
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    Sutoku and Emperor Go-Shirakawa, each with his samurai class on his side, fought the Hōgen rebellion, which was won by Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who had Taira...
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    Sutoku and Emperor Go-Shirakawa, each with his samurai class on his side, fought the Hōgen rebellion, which was won by Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who had Taira...
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    imina) was Norihito-shinnō (憲仁親王). Takakura was the fourth son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa, and thus uncle to his predecessor, Emperor Rokujō. His mother was Empress...
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    father was Emperor Takakura, and thus a grandson of retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa. His mother, Taira no Tokuko (平徳子), second daughter of Taira no Kiyomori...
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    was a short civil war between rival subjects of the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan in 1160 fought in order to resolve a dispute about political...
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    Kamo Shrine. Fourth Son: Imperial Prince Masahito (雅仁親王) later Emperor Go-Shirakawa Fifth Son: Imperial Prince Motohito? (本仁親王; 1129–1169) later Imperial...
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    brother, the 14th son of former-Emperor Toba. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Shirakawa is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui). During Konoe's reign,...
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    Shirakawa-go Bus Terminal (白川郷バスターミナル, Shirakawa- Bus Terminal) is a bus station in the village of Shirakawa, Gifu in Japan. Bus services are provided...
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    Yoshitomo and Taira no Kiyomori both threw their support behind Emperor Go-Shirakawa and Fujiwara no Tadamichi, while Yoshitomo's father, Minamoto no Tameyoshi...
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  • offerings for the shrines and economic support for the asobi. Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127–1192) was absorbed with the art of imayō since he was a young child...
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    Yukiie besieging the capital city. Following the defection of Emperor Go-Shirakawa to the Minamoto side, Munemori led his forces in capturing the capital...
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    disputes between the Cloistered Emperor Toba, his son Cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa, and Emperor Sutoku--who would be deposed in the fallout of the Hogen...
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    Kiyomori, defeated the Minamoto clan with the support of Cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa. Minamoto no Yoshitomo, leader of the Minamoto clan, was executed while...
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    (‘‘senso’’) was received by his uncle, the seventh son of the retired-Emperor Go-Shirakawa. 1168 (Nin'an 3, 19th day of the 2nd month): Emperor Takakura is said...
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    appears to Go-Shirakawa and gives a detailed account of tengu ghosts. He says that they fall onto the tengu road because, as Buddhists, they cannot go to Hell...
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  • visited his mother.[citation needed] Go-Shirakawa 1155 1158 1169 1192 In 1169 (Kaō 1, 6th month) Emperor Go-Shirakawa entered the Buddhist priesthood at...
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