Emperor Go-Yōzei

Emperor Go-Yōzei

Emperor Go-Yōzei (後陽成天皇, Go-Yōzei-tennō; December 31, 1571 – September 25, 1617) was the 107th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Yōzei's reign spanned the years 1586 through to his abdication in 1611, corresponding to the transition between the Azuchi–Momoyama period and the Edo period. This 16th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Yōzei, and go- (後), translates as later, and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Yōzei". The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the second one, and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Yōzei, the second", or as "Yōzei II". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emperor Go-Yōzei is the 2,799th most popular politician (up from 2,994th in 2019). (up from 353rd in 2019)

Emperor Go-yōzei is most famous for his edict forbidding the construction of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines in Kyoto.