Emperor Go-Mizunoo

Go Mizunoo (Japanese后 水 尾 天皇, go- Mizunoo - tennō; * June 29, 1596, † September 11, 1680 ) was from 1611 to 1629 Tenno of Japan. He reigned as the successor of Go - Yozei. His wife was Tokugawa Kazuko, a daughter of the Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada. She was also the mother of his daughter and later meisho - tennō.

The marriage between Go- Mizunoo and Kazuko was created under the aspect of the shogunate. Since no male heir was born, the Shogun Kazukos daughter meisho made ​​his successor. Go Mizunoo had several children. According to his dethronement, among other things, he was the father of Emperor Go - Komyo, Go- Sai and dance These ascended the throne after the Empress meisho, the Japanese imperial family is descended from one of the sons Meishōs.

Empress Dowager Sakiko, the daughter of Konoe Sakihisas 1629 played in the background when abrupt abdication of her son a certain role, they should have supported the establishment of the minor meisho.

Kazuko was very different from Go- Mizunoo and their marriage was problematic. After Go- Mizunoo handed over the throne to meisho, the couple moved away. Go Mizunoo built the Villa Shugakuin Rikyu in a suburb of Kyoto, which today is owned by the imperial family. He lived there with his ladies, with whom he had several children. His daughter 15 Shinanomiya Tsuneko (常 子 内 亲王, Tsuneko - naishinnō ) was married to the regent Konoe Motohiro.