The 14th century is called the period of the Northern
and Southern Courts in Japan.
During this period, the Imperial Court was divided into
the Southern Court for Daikakuji-to (imperial lineage
starting with Emperor Kameyama) and the Northern
Court for Jimyoin-to (imperial lineage from Emperor
to Emperor Gokomatsu).
Defeating the Kamakura bakufu, Emperor Godaigo for
-to governed the nation autocratically in his so-called
Restoration.
However, with the increasing frustration of samurai,
Takauji ASHIKAGA left the new government, supported
the Jimyoin-to group, and chased the Daikakuji-to
group to Yoshino in the south.
Changes in the nature of shoen koryo sei made
confrontations in each social class of the nation
apparent, developing into nation-wide confrontations
with the confrontation between the Northern Court
and the Southern Court used as a legitimate reason.
In culture, there was the tendency to behave extravagant
ly thinking little of social classes or social order, as
typically seen in "Basara." In addition, renga (linked
verses) were popular, and there was a tendency for
the general public as well to have an interest in culture,
as seen in Nijo Kawara Rakusho (the lampoon at the
Nijo river beach).
Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 Go-Daigo-tennō)
(26 November 1288 – 19 September 1339) was the
96th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional
order of succession.
He successfully overthrew the Kamakura shogunate
in 1333 and established the short-lived Kenmu
Restoration to bring the era of conflict when two
dynasties divided Japan about half a century long.
Biography
Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne,
his personal name (imina) was Takaharu-shinnō (尊治親王).
