Emperor Go-Toba

Emperor of Japan

August 6, 1180 Gojō-machi no Tei, Heian-kyō

March 28, 1239(1239-03-28) (58) Karita Gosho (苅田御所), Oki Islands, Kamakura shogunate

Posthumous nameJapanese style: Yamato-neko-amatsumishirushi-toyosato no Mikoto (日本根子天璽豊聡慧尊 ), also Fukakusa no Mikado (深草帝 ) Chinese style: Emperor Ninmyō (天武天皇 )

Emperor of Japan Emperor Go-Toba (後鳥羽天皇 , Go-Toba-tennō, August 6, 1180 – March 28, 1239) was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1183 through 1198. This 12th-century sovereign was named after Emperor Toba, and go- (後), translates literally as "later"; and thus, he is sometimes called the "Later Emperor Toba". The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the "second one"; and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Toba the Second" or as "Toba II".