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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Label Occurrences
Emperor Shirakawa canonical 3
Emperor Go-Shirakawa 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Emperor of Japan
Japanese monarch
human
associatedWith Heian Palace
surface form: Heian-kyō imperial court

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

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Heian period significantPerson Emperor Shirakawa
Heian period significantPerson Emperor Shirakawa
this entity surface form: Emperor Go-Shirakawa
insei (cloistered rule) foundedBy Emperor Shirakawa
subject surface form: Insei
insei (cloistered rule) notablePractitioner Emperor Shirakawa
subject surface form: Insei