Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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empress regnant of Japan
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Place of Birth: Kyoto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
About Empress Go-Sakuramachi
- Empress Go-Sakuramachi (?????, Go-Sakuramachi-tenno, 23 September 1740 – 24 December 1813) was the 117th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
- She was named after her father Emperor Sakuramachi, the word go- (?) before her name translates in this context as "later" or "second one".
- Her reign spanned the years from 1762 through to her abdication in 1771.
- The only significant event during her reign was an unsuccessful outside plot, that intended to displace the shogunate with restored Imperial powers. Go-Sakuramachi, and her brother Emperor Momozono were the last lineal descendants of Emperor Nakamikado.
- She had one nephew who became Emperor Go-Momozono upon her abdication in 1771.
- Her nephew's reign did not last long, as he died eight years later after a serious illness with no heir to the throne.
- A possible succession crisis was averted when Momozono hastily adopted an heir on his deathbed upon the insistence of his aunt.
- In her later years, Go-Sakuramachi became a "guardian" to the adopted heir (Emperor Kokaku) until her death in 1813.
- In the history of Japan, Go-Sakuramachi was the last of eight women to take on the role of empress regnant.
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