[Emperor's question] What does it mean to have "after" in the name? Is "virtue" a grudge?

When I look at the emperor of Japanese history, I sometimes see "Emperor XX" . You are here, right?

In famous places, " Go-Daigo ( " Godaigo ) Emperor " You are here.

Is it simply adding "after" to the next emperor?

It's easy to think, but it doesn't seem to be the case.

Certainly, when that happens, after Emperor Go-Daigo, " Emperor Go-Daigo ( " Gogodaigo ) It will be "the emperor".

It is full of "go".

So this time, everyone tends to be a little strange, but it is also easy to pass through the "after" of the emperor . I will introduce about.

The name of the emperor will be given after his death!

It's a strange story that I'm not used to, but when I call the emperor, I say " Mikado ( ". Mikado ) I didn't call it "Emperor XX!"

The name of this "Emperor XX" is given after his death It is in the form of.

There are "posthumous name" and "additional number" in the name.

" Posthumous name ( Shigou ) Is a name given in honor of the achievements of the former emperor.

The first Kamitake ( Jinmu ) The emperor is "the emperor with god-like martial arts" It feels like.

" Posthumous name ( Tsugou ) Is taken from the names of the land, temples and tombs where the emperor lived.

The posthumous name is a little lighter than the posthumous name.

In an easy-to-understand place, 51s, Hirajo ( At best ) Emperor Let's hide what " Heijokyo ( " Heijokyo ) The name was given to him because he was attached to it. As it is.

There are a total of 28 emperors with "after"!

Adding "after" means " Kago issue ( " Basket ) It's called.

68s, Emperor Goichijo The Kago issue started to be attached.

66s, Emperor Ichijo Was given a posthumous name from the name of the Imperial Palace, but the same name was not given to Emperor Go-Ichijo. I started to attach.

When you think about it, it feels pretty easy. Was it an era when the existence of the emperor became smaller?

The emperor who decides his own name before he is alive also begins to appear.

Minamoto no Yoritomo ( , famous for Genji and Taira Tomo Minamoto ) , Taira no Kiyomori ( Taira no Kiyomori ) Go-Shirakawa ( Goshirakawa ) Emperor ..

Takauji Ashikaga ( Ashikaga Takauji ) Emperor Go-Daigo in conflict with ..

The emperor is the ideal, and after as a successor to the will. It came to be attached.

It seems that many of the emperors with "after" were bloody, and it seemed like they were fighting against famous samurai such as Yoritomo and Kiyomori.

I think they were the ones who ignored the traditions and decided their own names.

Is the character "Toku" to calm the grudge?

75s ・ Sōtoku ( Sutoku ) Emperor And 81s ・ Antoku ( Antoku ) Emperor The character of "virtue" such as.

At that time, most of the emperors gave the name "additional number", but rarely, there are emperors who give the name "posthumous name".

"Posthumous name" was a name given to the emperor's achievements and some meaning.
This character of "virtue" is the name given to the emperor who died unfortunately so as not to leave a grudge. It is.

In this era, grudges were also believed, and when people got sick, they were blamed for someone's grudges, and they were trying to get rid of them by paying. It won't heal.

Emperor Sutoku's grudge

Emperor Sutoku is Hogen ( with Emperor Go-Shirakawa. Hogen ) Ran Will be defeated and exiled to Sanuki Province (Kagawa Prefecture).

And "I will be the Great Demon King of Japan and curse the Emperor" It is full of grudges and is called the Three Great Onryō of Japan.

Emperor Antoku, who died at the age of 6

Emperor Antoku is the daughter of Taira no Tōryō, Taira no Kiyomori, Tokuko ( Tokuko ) 1 year and 4 months for the prosperity of the Heike I was young or too young, and I became an emperor while I was a baby.

Of course, Emperor Antoku couldn't move politics, and Heike took control of politics . It's an excuse for that.

After that, when Kiyomori died and Genji's power gained momentum, Taira was ousted from the capital and fled with Emperor Antoku.

Then, in Dannoura (Yamaguchi Prefecture), the land of the Taira clan's destruction, he and Mr. Taira entered the sea at the young age of 6 . I did.

Emperor Juntoku lost trying to defeat the Kamakura Shogunate

84s ・ Shunde ( Juntoku ) Emperor Is said to have a fierce temperament, and his father, the 82s, Emperor Go-Toba I liked it.

And with his father Jōkyu ( Jyokyu ) Let's make a turbulence and defeat the Kamakura Shogunate However, it failed and was exiled to Sado . Will be.

He realized that he would not be able to return to Kyo, and is said to have cut off his food and died.

His father, Emperor Go-Toba, was also exiled to the Oki Islands He died there.

" Kentoku ( Kentoku ) The name of "Emperor" was given, but it was changed to the name of "Emperor Go-Toba".

Summary

This time, I introduced the "after" of the emperor's name.

I could have imagined that the emperor was the ideal, but I didn't know that he would be given a name after his death.

It's difficult to decide on a name right after you're born and live without being ashamed of that name, but it's also nice to be given a name in the sense of what you've accomplished in your lifetime since you died. ..

Let's do our best to get a good name!