Background
Gosai Tenno was born in 1638. His name was Nagahito. The seventh son of Emperor Gomino-o. His mother was Hoshun-mon-in, or Takako Fujiwara.
Gosai Tenno was born in 1638. His name was Nagahito. The seventh son of Emperor Gomino-o. His mother was Hoshun-mon-in, or Takako Fujiwara.
Ascended the Throne in 1654. He reigned for eight years and two months. During his reign, because of great fires at the Grand Ise Shrine, Osaka Castle, and the Imperial Palace, among others, the Great Meireki Fire, earthquakes in the region, and because of repeated floods, many people blamed the Emperor, saying he lacked moral virtue.
At the at Kitano Shrine, a tablet over the Chu-mon entryway reads tenmangu in the calligraphy of Emperor Go-sai.
Emperor Go-Sai's Imperial family lived with him in the Dairi of the Heian Palace. This family included at least 11 sons and 17 daughters, none of whom would ascend to the throne.
