, according to the traditional order of succession. This reign spanned the years 1246 through 1260.
Name
Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina) was .
Although the Roman-alphabet spelling of the name of this 13th-century emperor is the same as that of the personal name of a current member of the Imperial family, the kanji are different:
• Emperor Go-Fukakusa, formerly Prince Hisahito (久仁)
• Prince Hisahito of Akishino (悠仁)
He was the second son of Emperor Go-Saga.
Issue
• Empress: Saionji (Fujiwara) Kimiko (西园寺（藤原）公子) later Higashinijō『in (东二条院), Saionji Saneuji's daughter
• Second daughter: Imperial Princess Takako (贵子内亲王; 1262–1273)
• Daughter (1265-1266）
• Third daughter: Imperial Princess Reishi (姈子内亲王; 1270–1307）later Yūgimon'in (游义门院), married Emperor Go-Uda
• Consort: Tōin (Fujiwara) Inshi (洞院（藤原）愔子) later Genkimon-in (玄辉门院; 1246–1329), Tōin Saneo's daughter
• Fourth daughter: Imperial Princess Hisako (久子内亲王; 1272–1346) later Eiyōmon'in (永阳门院)
• Second son: Imperial Prince Hirohito (熈仁亲王) later Emperor Fushimi
• Third son: Imperial Prince Mitsuhito（満仁亲王) later Imperial Prince Priest Shonnin (性仁法亲王; 1267–1304）
• Court Lady: Saionji (Fujiwara) Aiko (西园寺（藤原）相子), Saionji Kinsuke's daughter
• Fifth daughter: Imperial Princess Hanako/Eiko/Akiko (瑛子内亲王; 1288–1352）later Yōtokumon'in (阳徳门院)
• Court Lady: Saionji (Fujiwara) Moriko (西园寺（藤原）成子), Saionji Kintsune's daughter
• First Son: Imperial Prince Tsunehito (常仁亲王; d. 1264)
• Fourth Son: Imperial Prince Yukihito (幸仁亲王; 1269–1272）
• Court Lady: Sanjō (Fujiwara) Fusako (三条（藤原）房子), Sanjō Kinchika's daughter
• Fifth son: Imperial Prince Priest Gyōkaku (行覚法亲王; 1274–1293）
• Seventh son: Imperial Prince Hisaaki (久明亲王)
• Ninth son: Imperial Prince Priest Sokaku (増覚法亲王)
• Sixth Daughter: Imperial Princess Eiko (永子内亲王) later Shozenmon』in (章善门院; d. 1338）
• Court Lady: Miyoshi Tadako (三善忠子; d. 1299), Miyoshi Yasuhira's daughter
• Sixth Son: Imperial Prince Priest Shinsho (深性法亲王; 1275–1299）
• Court Lady: Bettō-Naishi (别当典侍), Takakura Shigemichi's daughter
• Eighth Son: Imperial Prince Priest Kojo (恒助法亲王; 1288–1310）
• Court Lady: Lady Nijō, Minamoto no Masatada's daughter
• Prince (1273–1274)
• unknown
• Prince (1263–1266)
Political significance
When GoFukakusa ascended to the throne in 1246 at the age of four, his father GoSaga continued to rule from his position of Retired Emperor. In 1260 GoSaga forced GoFukakusa to abdicate in favor of Kaneyama. Kaneyama's son was named Crown Prince (later known as Emperor GoUda). GoFukakusa appealed to the shogunal administration in the city of Kamakura and had his own son (later known as Emperor Fushimi) named next in line after GoUda. During the reign of GoUda, GoFukakusa excerted power from the office of Retired Emperor. An agreement was reached by which the next emperors would alternate between descendents of GoFukakusa and descendents of Kameyama.
Events of Go-Fukakusas life
formally became at the age of 2; and Go-Saga began to exercise power as cloistered Emperor.
• 16 February 1246 (Kangen 4, 29th day of the 1st month): In the 4th year of Go-Saga-tennō 's reign (后嵯峨天皇四年), he abdicated; and the succession (senso) was received by his 4-year-old son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Go-Fukakusa is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui).
In 1259, at the insistence of Retired Emperor Go-Saga, he abdicated at the age of 15 to his younger brother, who would become Emperor Kameyama.
After Emperor Go-Uda's ascension in 1260, Saionji Sanekane negotiated with the Bakufu, and succeeded in getting Emperor Go-Fukakusa's son Hirohito named as Crown Prince. In 1287, with his ascension as Emperor Fushimi, Go-Fukakusa's cloistered rule began.
In 1290, he entered the priesthood, retiring from the position of cloistered Emperor. But, with his seventh son, Imperial Prince Hisaaki becoming the 8th Kamakura shōgun among other things, the position of his Jimyōin-tō became strengthened.
In 1304, he died. He is enshrined with other emperors at the imperial tomb called Fukakusa no kita no misasagi (深草北陵) in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.
Kugyō
is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. Even during those years in which the court's actual influence outside the palace walls was minimal, the hierarchic organization persisted.
In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During Go-Fukakusa's reign, this apex of the Daijō-kan included:
• Sesshō, Ichijō Sanetsune, 1246–1247
• Sesshō, Konoe Kanetsune, 1247–1252
• Sesshō, Takatsukasa Kanehira, 1252–1254
• Kampaku, Takatsukasa Kanehira, 1254–1261
• Sadaijin
• Udaijin
• Nadaijin
• Dainagon
Eras of Go-Fukakusas reign
The years of Go-Fukakusa's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.
• Kangen (1243–1247)
• Hōji (1247–1249)
• Kenchō (1249–1257)
• Kōgen (1256–1257)
• Shōka (1257–1259)
• Shōgen (1259–1260)
was the 89th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. This reign spanned the years 1246 through 1260.