Emperor Shirakawa

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Emperor Shirakawa was a Japanese sovereign of the late 11th and early 12th centuries who is renowned for pioneering the system of cloistered rule that shaped Heian-period politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Emperor of Japan
Japanese monarch
human
associatedWith Heian-kyō imperial court
insei system
birthDate 1053-07-07
burialPlace Shirakawa no misasagi
child Emperor Horikawa NERFINISHED
Emperor Toba
countryOfCitizenship Japan
culture Japanese court culture of the late Heian period
deathDate 1129-07-24
dynasty Yamato dynasty NERFINISHED
era Heian period
eraNameUsedDuringReign Eihō
Enkyū
Shōhō NERFINISHED
Shōryaku NERFINISHED
Ōtoku NERFINISHED
father Emperor Go-Sanjō NERFINISHED
givenName Sadahito NERFINISHED
governanceStyle cloistered rule
house Yamato dynasty
influenced Emperor Horikawa NERFINISHED
Emperor Toba NERFINISHED
Heian-period political structure
language Classical Japanese
mother Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Akiko NERFINISHED
notableFor exerting political power as a retired emperor
pioneering cloistered rule (insei)
shaping late Heian-period court politics
ordinalInOffice 72nd Emperor of Japan
patronage Buddhist temples
religious institutions in Heian-kyō
personalName Sadahito NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Heian-kyō NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Heian-kyō NERFINISHED
positionHeld Emperor of Japan
posthumousName Shirakawa NERFINISHED
predecessor Emperor Go-Sanjō NERFINISHED
regnalName Shirakawa-tennō
reignEnd 1087
reignStart 1073
religion Buddhism
retirementFromThrone 1087
spouse Fujiwara no Kenshi NERFINISHED
successor Emperor Horikawa NERFINISHED
titleAfterAbdication Daijō Tennō NERFINISHED

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Heian period
Heian period ("Emperor Go-Shirakawa")
significantPerson
Insei
foundedBy
Insei
notablePractitioner

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