Northern Court

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The Northern Court was a rival imperial lineage in Japan’s Nanboku-chō period, backed by the Ashikaga shogunate in opposition to the Southern Court.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Northern Court canonical 6
Northern and Southern Courts 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese imperial court
historical polity
rival imperial lineage
basisOfPower military support of Ashikaga shogunate
capital Kyoto
claimsTo Chrysanthemum Throne
conflict Nanboku-chō conflict
conflictedWith loyalists of Emperor Go-Daigo
country Japan
dynasty Yamato dynasty
endTime 1392
era Muromachi period
firstEmperor Emperor Kōmyō
foundedBy Ashikaga Takauji
governmentForm monarchy
hasAlternativeName Hokuchō
Kyoto Court
historicalAssessment regarded as usurping line by later imperial decree
historicalPeriod 14th century
keySupporter Ashikaga Yoshiakira
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
language Classical Japanese
lastEmperor Emperor Go-Komatsu
legitimacyStatus initially recognized as legitimate by Ashikaga shogunate
later considered illegitimate by Meiji government
locatedIn Kyoto
mergedWith Southern Court
mergerEvent unification of the courts in 1392
notRecognizedBy Southern Court
opposedBy Southern Court
opposedClaimant Southern Court in Yoshino
partOf Nanboku-chō period
politicalStructure court-centered aristocratic government
predecessor single Imperial Court of Japan
recognizedAsIllegitimateBy Meiji government decree of 1911
recognizedBy Ashikaga shogunate
linked to: Ashikaga clan
region central Honshu
religion Buddhism
Shinto
seatOfPower Kyoto Imperial Palace
startTime 1336
successor unified Imperial Court
supportedBy Ashikaga shogunate
linked to: Ashikaga clan
typeOfConflictContext dynastic civil war
usedCalendarEraNames Japanese nengō system

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Referenced by (7)

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Ashikaga clan supportedEmperor Northern Court
Kenmu Restoration relatedTo Northern Court
Ryakuō usedBy Northern Court
subject linked to: Ryakuō era
Nanboku-chō period hasPart Northern Court
Nanboku-chō period mainTopic Northern and Southern Courts
linked to: Northern Court