Northern Court

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The Northern Court was a rival imperial lineage in Japan’s Nanboku-chō period, backed by the Ashikaga shogunate in opposition to the Southern Court.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese imperial court
historical polity
rival imperial lineage
basisOfPower military support of Ashikaga shogunate
capital Kyoto NERFINISHED
claimsTo Chrysanthemum Throne NERFINISHED
conflict Nanboku-chō conflict NERFINISHED
conflictedWith loyalists of Emperor Go-Daigo
country Japan
dynasty Yamato dynasty NERFINISHED
endTime 1392
era Muromachi period NERFINISHED
firstEmperor Emperor Kōmyō NERFINISHED
foundedBy Ashikaga Takauji NERFINISHED
governmentForm monarchy
hasAlternativeName Hokuchō NERFINISHED
Kyoto Court NERFINISHED
historicalAssessment regarded as usurping line by later imperial decree
historicalPeriod 14th century
keySupporter Ashikaga Yoshiakira NERFINISHED
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu NERFINISHED
language Classical Japanese
lastEmperor Emperor Go-Komatsu NERFINISHED
legitimacyStatus initially recognized as legitimate by Ashikaga shogunate
later considered illegitimate by Meiji government
locatedIn Kyoto
mergedWith Southern Court NERFINISHED
mergerEvent unification of the courts in 1392
notRecognizedBy Southern Court NERFINISHED
opposedBy Southern Court NERFINISHED
opposedClaimant Southern Court in Yoshino NERFINISHED
partOf Nanboku-chō period NERFINISHED
politicalStructure court-centered aristocratic government
predecessor single Imperial Court of Japan
recognizedAsIllegitimateBy Meiji government decree of 1911
recognizedBy Ashikaga shogunate NERFINISHED
region central Honshu
religion Buddhism
Shinto
seatOfPower Kyoto Imperial Palace NERFINISHED
startTime 1336
successor unified Imperial Court
supportedBy Ashikaga shogunate NERFINISHED
typeOfConflictContext dynastic civil war GENERATED
usedCalendarEraNames Japanese nengō system

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Kenmu Restoration relatedTo Northern Court
Ashikaga clan supportedEmperor Northern Court