{"slug": "emperor-go-shirakawa", "label": "Emperor Go-Shirakawa", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Go-Shirakawa", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q317984", "qid": "Q317984", "description": "77th emperor of Japan (1155–58)", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [1127, 1192], "span_label": ["1127 CE", "1192 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "taira-no-kiyomori", "label": "Taira no Kiyomori", "shared": 2}], "items": [{"year": 1127, "year_label": "1127 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – Go-Shirakawa, Japanese emperor (d. 1192)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348045996#Births", "title": "1127", "revid": 1348045996, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1155, "year_label": "1155 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – The 16-year-old Emperor Konoe dies after a 14-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother Go-Shirakawa as the 77th emperor of Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359485841#Asia", "title": "1155", "revid": 1359485841, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1156, "year_label": "1156 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 28", "text": "July 28 – The Hōgen rebellion, a dispute between Emperor Go-Shirakawa and his half-brother retired-Emperor Sutoku, erupts in Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362168074#Asia", "title": "1156", "revid": 1362168074, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1158, "year_label": "1158 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 – Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan abdicates the throne after a 3-year reign. He is succeeded by his 15-year-old son Nijō as the 77th emperor. Go-Shirakawa retains power, and gives Kiyomori Taira a higher position to lead a samurai-dominated government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1301998061#Asia", "title": "1158", "revid": 1301998061, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1165, "year_label": "1165 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 30", "text": "January 30 – Closeted Emperor Go-Shirakawa holds an opening ceremony for the Sanjūsangen-dō, a temple built by Taira no Kiyomori in Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362483614#Asia", "title": "1165", "revid": 1362483614, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1168, "year_label": "1168 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – Emperor Rokujō of Japan is deposed by his grandfather, retired-Emperor Go-Shirakawa, after an 8-month reign. He is succeeded by his 6-year-old uncle, Takakura, as the 80th emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362165077#Asia", "title": "1168", "revid": 1362165077, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1179, "year_label": "1179 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Taira no Kiyomori, Japanese military leader, confines the former Emperor Go-Shirakawa to his quarters after discovering that he has tried to confiscate the estates of Kiyomori's deceased children.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363299926#Asia", "title": "1179", "revid": 1363299926, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1180, "year_label": "1180 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – Mochihito, Japanese prince and son of Go-Shirakawa", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649234#Deaths", "title": "1180", "revid": 1368649234, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1185, "year_label": "1185 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December", "text": "December – Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa grants Minamoto no Yoritomo the authority to form the first bakufu (shogunate) in Japan, ending the Genpei War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362484284#Asia", "title": "1185", "revid": 1362484284, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1192, "year_label": "1192 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan (b. 1127)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341214506#Deaths", "title": "1192", "revid": 1341214506, "section": "Deaths"}}]}