Emperor Go-Toba

Emperor of Japan

Japanese civil war (1221) between Retired Emperor Go-Toba and the Hōjō clan, regents of the Kamakura shogunate

group of Japanese poets of the Asuka, Nara, and Heian periods selected by Fujiwara no Kintō as exemplars of Japanese poetic ability.

8th imperial waka anthology commissioned in 1201 by the Retired Emperor Go-Toba and compiled in 1205 by Fujiwara no Yoshitsune

Empress consort of Japan

Shinto shrine in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Fujiwara no Shokushi (藤原殖子; 1157–1228) was a Japanese noblewoman in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. She may have been known in life as Taneko or Masuko, but today is primarily known by her in title Shichijō-in. After entering Buddhist orders she took the name Shinnyochi. She was the mother of Emperor Go-Toba.