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    Emperor Antoku (安徳天皇, Antoku-tennō, December 22, 1178 – April 25, 1185) was the 81st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...
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    later Kenreimon-in First Son: Imperial Prince Tokihito (言仁親王) – later Emperor Antoku Lady-in-waiting: Bōmon Shokushi (坊門殖子; 1157–1228) later Shichijō-in...
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    In the twilight of the Heian period, the Taira controlled the boy emperor Antoku (himself the grandson of former daijō-daijin Taira no Kiyomori) and...
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    3rd year of Antoku-tennō's reign (安徳天皇三年), the emperor fled the capital rather than give in to pressures for his abdication. In Antoku's absence, the...
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    Taira, but turned to their disadvantage in the afternoon. The young Emperor Antoku was one of those who died among the Taira nobles. At the time of the...
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    Kiyomori put his grandson Antoku (then only 2 years of age) on the throne after the abdication of Emperor Takakura. Emperor Go-Shirakawa's son Mochihito...
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    imprisons Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa in the desolate Seinan palace (1179). Emperor Takakura is forced to retire and Emperor Antoku, Kiyomori's grandson...
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    of Taira no Kiyomori, mother of Taira no Tokuko, and grandmother of Emperor Antoku. Later she took the vows to become a nun, after which she was generally...
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    maintaining this position through the reigns of five emperors (Nijō, Rokujō, Takakura, Antoku, and Go-Toba) until his death in 1192. Go-Shirakawa was...
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    Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the child Emperor Antoku, who died in the Battle of Dan-no-ura (aka Dannoura), which occurred...
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