Emperor Go-Horikawa

Emperor of Japan

March 22, 1212

August 31, 1234(1234-08-31) (22)

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-Horikawa (後堀河天皇 , Go-Horikawa-tennō) (March 22, 1212 – August 31, 1234) was the 86th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1221 CE through 1232 CE. This 13th-century sovereign was named after the 10th-century Emperor Horikawa and go- (後), translates literally as "later"; and thus, he is sometimes called the "Later Emperor Horikawa". The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the "second one;" and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Horikawa, the second," or as "Horikawa II."