Emperor Toba (鳥羽天皇 Toba Tennō) (February 24, 1103 – July 20, 1156) was the 74th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from 1107 to 1123, but actual power was held by the "retired" Emperor Shirakawa in a process known as cloistered rule. After Shirakawa died in 1129, Toba also became a cloistered emperor. His personal name was Munehito (宗仁) February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events April 27 - Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, goes into exile after falling out with Henry I of England Amadeus III becomes Count of Savoy Bohemund I of Antioch is released from imprisonment among the Turks The Scandinavian city of Lund becomes a see within the Roman Catholic Church Births February... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... Events Prince Yuriy Dolgorukiy fortifies Moscow, regarded as the date of the founding of the city Establishment of the Carmelite Order Hogen Rebellion in Japan January 20 - According to legend, freeholder Lalli slays English crusader Bishop Henry with an axe on the ice of the lake Köyliönjärvi... His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Akihito. ... Events William Warelwast becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... Events First Council of the Lateran confirms Concordat of Worms and demands that priests remain celibate End of the reign of Emperor Toba of Japan. ... Cloistered Rule, also known as the Insei system, was a process used by some Emperors of Japan by which they would ostensibly retire to a monastery and hand over power to a successor, but continue to exert power and influence from behind the scenes. ... Events Emperor Toba of Japan begins his cloistered rule sharing power with Sutuku, ex-emperor Shirakawas son. ...

Genealogy

He was the son of Emperor Horikawa. His mother was Empress Dowager Fujiwara ?? (藤原苡子) Emperor Horikawa (堀河天皇 Horikawa Tennō) (August 8, 1079 – August 9, 1107) was the 73rd imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ...

• 1119-1164 Imperial Prince Akihito (顕仁親王), later Emperor Sutoku, note: There is an old theory that Akihito's father was actually Emperor Shirakawa, Toba's grandfather
• 1122-1133 Imperial Princess ?? (禧子内親王) - Western Palace
• 1124-1129 Imperial Prince Michihito (通仁親王)
• 1125-1143 Imperial Prince Kimihito (君仁親王)
• 1126-1189 Imperial Princess ?? (統子内親王) - Empress Dowager ?? (上西門院)
• 1127-1192 Imperial Prince Masahito (雅仁親王) - later Emperor Go-Shirakawa
• 1129-1169 Imperial Prince ?? (本仁親王), later became a priest under the name ?? (覚性法親王)
• 1132-1168 Prince Michie (道恵法親王) - Buddhist Priest
• 1134-1181 Prince ?? (覚快法親王) - Buddhist Priest
• 1135-1148 Imperial Princess ?? (叡子内親王)
• 1137-1211 Imperial Princess ?? (暲子内親王)
• 1139-1155 Imperial Prince Narihito (体仁親王), later Emperor Konoe
• 1141-1176 Imperial Princess ?? ((女朱)子内親王), empress (chūgū to Emperor Nijō)
• 1145-1208 Imperial Princess ?? (頌子内親王)
• 11??-1161 Imperial Princess ?? (幵子内親王) - Yoshida saigō (Imperial Princess serving at Ise Shrine)
• 11??-1195 阿夜御前
•  ?? (真誉)
• Takamatsunomiya (高松宮) (apparently no connection with Arisugawa-no-miya, which was originally named Takamatsu-no-miya)
• Prince ?? (最忠法親王) - Buddhist Priest
• Imperial Prince ?? (道果親王)

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Emperor Go-Shirakawa (後白河天皇 Go-Shirakawa Tennō) (October 18, 1127 – April 26, 1192) was the 77th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Events Emperor Toba of Japan begins his cloistered rule sharing power with Sutuku, ex-emperor Shirakawas son. ... Events Nur ad-Din invades Egypt, and his nephew Saladin becomes the sultan over the territory conquered by Nur ad-Din. ... Events Diarmaid Mac Murrough has the abbey of Kildare in Ireland burned and the abbess raped. ... // Events December 22 - Afraid that Old Cairo would be captured by the Crusaders, its Caliph orders the city set afire. ... Events Baalbeck taken by Genghis Khan House of Brandenburg begins when Albrecht the Bear is made head of the Nordmark St. ... Events Jayavarman VII assumes control of the Khmer kingdom. ... Events January - Byland Abbey founded Stephen of Blois succeeds King Henry I. Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I and widow of Henry V opposed Stephen and claims the throne as her own Owain Gwynedd of Wales defeats the Normans at Crug Mawr. ... Events Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona conquered Tortosa in posetion of the moors. ... // Groups BL1137 is the (now defunct) Unix group at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ where Unix and C were invented. ... // Events The oldest extant double entry bookkeeping record dates from 1211 Canons regular of the Order of the Holy Cross founded September 14 1211 Troops led by Estonian resistance fighter Lembitu of Lehola destroy a garrison of missionaries in the historical Estonian region of Sakala and raid the Russian town... Events July 26, Independence of Portugal from the Kingdom of León and Castile declared after the Battle of Ourique against the Almoravides lead by Ali ibn Yusuf: Prince Afonso Henriques becomes Afonso I, King of Portugal, after assembling the first assembly of the estates-general of Portugal at Lamego... Events Frederick I Barbarossa crowned Holy Roman Emperor. ... Emperor Konoe (近衛天皇 Konoe Tennō) (June 16, 1139 – August 22, 1155) was the 76th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Lincoln. ... Events May 22 - Murder attempt by the Hashshashin on Saladin near Aleppo Raynald of Chatillon released from prison in Aleppo May 29 - Frederick Barbarossa is defeated in the Battle of Legnano by the Lombard League leading to the pactum Anagninum (the Agreement of Anagni) September 17 - Seljuk Turks defeat Manuel... Emperor Nijō (二条天皇 Nijō Tennō) (July 31, 1143 – September 5, 1165) was the 78th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Events Pope Lucius II is succeeded by Pope Eugene III Nur ad-Din ascends to power in Syria Construction begins on Notre-Dame dChartres in Chartres, France Korean historian Kim Pusik compiled the historical text Samguk Sagi. ... Events Philip of Swabia King of Germany and rival Holy Roman Emperor to Otto IV, assassinated June 21 in Bamberg by German Count Otto of Wittelsbach because Philip had refused to give him his daughter in marriage. ... Events Bartholomew Iscanus becomes Bishop of Exeter. ... Ise Shrine (Ise-jingÅ« 伊勢神宮; alternately Grand Shrines of Ise or Ise DaijingÅ« 伊勢大神宮) is a shrine to Shinto goddess Amaterasu ōmikami, located in the city of Ise in Mie prefecture, Japan. ... Events Priory of St Marys, Bushmead, founded. ... The Arisugawa-no-miya house (有栖川宮家) is one of the shinnōke, branches of the Imperial Family which are eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the event that the main line should die out. ...

Empresses

• 1101-1145 Second Empress (chūgū): Fujiwara Tamako (藤原璋子), Empress Dowager ?? (待賢門院), eldest daughter of Fujiwara Kinzane (藤原公実)
• 1095-1155 Empress (kōgō) Fujiwara Yasuko? (藤原泰子), Kōyō-in (高陽院), eldest daughter of Fujiwara no Tadazane
• 1117-1160 Empress (kōgō) Fujiwara Tokuko (藤原得子), Empress Dowager Yoshitomi (美福門院), daughter of Fujiwara no Nagami (藤原長実)

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Life

When his mother died, his grandfather, Retired Emperor Shirakawa, took him under his care and raised him. He became emperor at the age of four upon the death of his father, Emperor Horikawa. Government affairs were controlled by his grandfather as cloistered emperor. Emperor Shirakawa (白河天皇 Shirakawa Tennō) (July 7, 1053 – July 24, 1129) was the 72nd imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Emperor Horikawa (堀河天皇 Horikawa Tennō) (August 8, 1079 – August 9, 1107) was the 73rd imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Cloistered Rule, also known as the Insei system, was a process used by some Emperors of Japan by which they would ostensibly retire to a monastery and hand over power to a successor, but continue to exert power and influence from behind the scenes. ...

He abdicated in 1123. In 1129, after the death of Retired Emperor Shirakawa, he began to rule as cloistered emperor. He continued to hold power through the reigns of three emperors, Emperor Sutoku, Emperor Konoe, and Emperor Go-Shirakawa. In 1142, he became a monk, entereing the Tōdaiji Temple. Events First Council of the Lateran confirms Concordat of Worms and demands that priests remain celibate End of the reign of Emperor Toba of Japan. ... Events Emperor Toba of Japan begins his cloistered rule sharing power with Sutuku, ex-emperor Shirakawas son. ... Emperor Shirakawa (白河天皇 Shirakawa Tennō) (July 7, 1053 – July 24, 1129) was the 72nd imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Emperor Sutoku (崇徳天皇 Sutoku Tennō) (7 July 1119 – 14 September 1164) was the 75th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Emperor Konoe (近衛天皇 Konoe Tennō) (June 16, 1139 – August 22, 1155) was the 76th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Emperor Go-Shirakawa (後白河天皇 Go-Shirakawa Tennō) (October 18, 1127 – April 26, 1192) was the 77th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Sutoku, emperor of Japan Emperor Konoe ascends to the throne of Japan Henry the Lion becomes Duke of Saxony Births Farid od-Din Mohammad ebn Ebrahim Attar, Persian mystical poet (died 1220) Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (died 1192) Bornin1142, a GameFAQs user...

Eras of his reign

• Kajō
• Tennin
• Ten'ei
• Eikyū
• Gen'ei
• Hōan