Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado

Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado (1442 – 1500) was the 103rd emperor of Japan. His reign spanned the years from 1464 through 1500. His personal name was Fusahito-shinnō.

He was the eldest son of Emperor Go-Hanazono. His mother was Ōinomikado (Fujiwara) Nobuko, daughter of Fujiwara Takanaga. He was the father of Imperial Prince Katsuhito later Emperor Go-Kashiwabara.

He is remembered for reigning during the Ōnin War, supporting the Yoshida Kanetomo family’s policy of establishing a new kind of State Shinto which could add social and political cohesion in the country devastated by civil war, and having the longest lasting reign (36 years, two months) prior to the Emperor Meiji.

He is remembered also because after his death his successor Go-Kashiwabara lacked the funds to pay for the funeral ceremony, and his body lay in a palace storeroom for over a month before a donation was made to the court, and the funeral could be observed.