Emperor Go-Komatsu

Emperor Go-Komatsu

¶In the winter, the intercalary tenth month, of the third year of Meitoku (1392), on the fifth day, the day Mizunoe-uma, the emperor received the three sacred regalia at Tsuchimikado-dono (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Kōnendai Ryakuki, and the Zoku Jinnō Shōtōki). On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth month, the day Mizunoe-tora, the Sadaijin Fujiwara-no-Sanetoki resigned. The Seii Taishōgun and former Sadaijin, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, was made Sadaijin (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin and the Rekidai Kōki). In the fourth year, in summer, on the twenty-sixth day of the fourth month, the day Kanoto-ushi, the New Retired Emperor — that is, the Retired Emperor Go-En'yū — died (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin and the Chinyōki). On the last day, the day Kinoto-mi, Emperor Go-En'yū was buried (Note: following the Tōji Chōja Bunin. The Kōnendai Ryakuki gives the twenty-seventh day). In the autumn, the seventh month, no rain had fallen since the sixth month, and the drought continued through this month (Note: following the Nyoze-in Nendaiki). On the twenty-second day of the eighth month, the day Kinoto-hitsuji, Nanzenji temple burned down (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Kōnendai Ryakuki, the Wakan Gōfu, and the Nyoze-in Nendaiki). This month there was a flood (Note: following the Kōdai Ryakki). On the seventeenth day of the ninth month, the day Tsuchinoto-hitsuji, the Seii Taishōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu resigned as Sadaijin (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin).

¶In the first year of Ōei (1394), in spring, on the twenty-third day of the second month, the day Mizunoto-mi, Emperor Go-Kameyama was honored with the title Daijō Tennō, Retired Emperor (Note: following the Kōnendai Ryakuki). On the twenty-eighth day of the third month, the day Hinoto-u, the Udaijin Minamoto-no-Tomomichi resigned. The former Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Kinnao was made Udaijin. In summer, on the fifth day of the sixth month, the day Mizunoto-tori, the former Sadaijin Fujiwara-no-Sanetoki was made Daijō Daijin, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Tsunetsugu was made Sadaijin, and the Jun Daijin Minamoto-no-Yoshinari was made Naidaijin (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). In autumn, on the fifth day of the seventh month, the day Mizunoto-u, the era name was changed (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin, the Wakan Gōfu, and the Genpi Betsuroku). On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day Kanoto-tori, Shōkokuji temple burned down (Note: following the Kōnendai Ryakuki, the Nyoze-in Nendaiki, and the Wakan Gōfu). In winter, on the sixth day of the eleventh month, the day Mizunoe-tora, the Kanpaku Morotsugu resigned. The Sadaijin Fujiwara-no-Tsunetsugu was made Kanpaku (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin and the Rekidai Kōki). On the seventeenth day of the twelfth month, the day Mizunoe-uma, the former Sadaijin Ashikaga Yoshimitsu resigned as Seii Taishōgun. The Sakon'e Chūjō, Middle Captain of the Left Palace Guards, Ashikaga Yoshimochi, was made Seii Taishōgun (Note: following the Ashikaga Kaden). On the twenty-fifth day, the day Kanoe-tora, the Daijō Daijin Sanetoki, the Udaijin Fujiwara-no-Kinnao, and the Naidaijin Minamoto-no-Yoshinari resigned. The former Sadaijin Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was made Daijō Daijin, the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Sanenao was made Udaijin, and the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Michisada was made Naidaijin (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin).

¶In the second year, in spring, on the twenty-eighth day of the first month, the day Mizunoto-i, the Udaijin Fujiwara-no-Sanenao resigned as Captain of the Left Palace Guards, and the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Michisada resigned as Captain of the Right Palace Guards. The Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Kimisada took up the post of Captain of the Left Palace Guards concurrently, and the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Sanefuyu took up the post of Captain of the Right Palace Guards concurrently. On the twenty-fourth day of the third month, the day Tsuchinoe-uma, the Udaijin Fujiwara-no-Sanenao resigned. The Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Michisada was made Udaijin, and the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Kimisada was made Naidaijin (Note: the present work gives the twenty-seventh day for Michisada's appointment as Udaijin, but the Rekidai Kōki is followed here instead). In summer, in the fourth month, the Kanpaku Fujiwara-no-Tsunetsugu resigned as Sadaijin. On the seventh day, the day Kanoe-uma, the former Udaijin Fujiwara-no-Kinnao was made Sadaijin (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). On the twenty-ninth day, the day Mizunoe-tatsu, the capital burned down (Note: following the Wakan Gōfu). This month, the emperor made a progress to the Daijō Daijin Yoshimitsu's residence (Note: following the Ashikaga Kaden). On the third day of the sixth month, the day Kinoto-ushi, the Daijō Daijin Yoshimitsu resigned. The former Udaijin Minamoto-no-Tomomichi was made Daijō Daijin. On the sixth day, the day Tsuchinoe-tatsu, the Sadaijin Fujiwara-no-Kinnao resigned. On the twentieth day, the day Mizunoe-uma, the former Naidaijin Minamoto-no-Yoshinari was made Sadaijin (Note: the Rekidai Kōki gives the third day for Yoshinari's appointment as Sadaijin). On the twenty-first day, the day Mizunoto-hitsuji, the Udaijin Fujiwara-no-Michisada resigned. In autumn, on the second day of the seventh month, the day Kinoe-uma, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Kimisada resigned as Captain of the Left Palace Guards. On the twenty-ninth day of the eighth month, the day Kanoe-tora, the Sadaijin Minamoto-no-Yoshinari resigned. On the twelfth day of the ninth month, the day Mizunoto-u, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Kimisada was made Udaijin, and the former Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Kintoyo was made Naidaijin. In winter, on the twenty-eighth day of the eleventh month, the day Tsuchinoe-ne, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Kintoyo resigned. On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, the day Hinoto-mi (Note: the source text reads "the twentieth, the seventh day," which does not accord with the cyclical sign Hinoto-mi; this is taken to be a slip for the twenty-seventh day, and is so translated), the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Sanefuyu was made Naidaijin and transferred to Captain of the Left Palace Guards (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin).

¶In the third year, in spring, on the third day of the second month, the day Kanoto-u, the Daijō Daijin Tomomichi resigned. In summer, on the twentieth day of the fourth month, the day Hinoto-hitsuji, the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Noritsugu took up the post of Captain of the Right Palace Guards concurrently. On the fifteenth day of the fifth month, the day Kanoto-hitsuji, the former Udaijin Fujiwara-no-Sanenao died (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin. The Rekidai Kōki gives Sanenao's death as occurring in the sixth month). In autumn, on the twenty-fourth day of the seventh month, the day Tsuchinoto-u, the Jun Sangū Fujiwara-no-Itsuko, who had borne the emperor, was given the title Tsūyōmon-in (Note: following the Ingō Sadame Burui no Ki, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Kōnendai Ryakuki). The Udaijin Fujiwara-no-Kimisada was made Sadaijin, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Sanefuyu was made Udaijin, and the former Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Tsugufusa was made Naidaijin. In winter, on the fifth day of the tenth month, the day Kanoe-tora, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Tsugufusa resigned. On the twenty-first day, the day Hinoe-uma, the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Noritsugu was made Naidaijin. In the twelfth month, the Udaijin Fujiwara-no-Sanefuyu resigned as Captain of the Left Palace Guards (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin).

¶In the fourth year, in spring, on the twenty-ninth day of the third month, the day Kanoto-mi, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Noritsugu moved to Captain of the Left Palace Guards, and the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Yoshitsugu took up the post of Captain of the Right Palace Guards concurrently (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). In winter, on the eighteenth day of the eleventh month, the day Hinoe-tora, Kenninji temple burned down (Note: following the Nyoze-in Nendaiki). On the sixth day of the twelfth month, the day Kinoe-saru, a guest star, resembling a comet, appeared in the northwest (Note: following the Tōji Chōja Bunin). On the twentieth day, the day Tsuchinoe-inu, the former Kanpaku and Sadaijin, Tadamoto, died (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin).

¶In the fifth year, in spring, on the thirteenth day of the first month, the day Kanoto-tori, Emperor Sukō died (Note: following the Chinyōki, the Rekidai Kōki, the Kōnendai Ryakuki, and the Kōdai Ryakki. None of the sources record his funeral). On the ninth day of the third month, the day Hinoe-tatsu, the Kanpaku Tsunetsugu resigned. The former Kanpaku Morotsugu was made Kanpaku (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). In summer, in the fifth month, Imperial Prince Naohito died (Note: following the Chinyōki). In winter, in the twelfth month, the Sadaijin Fujiwara-no-Kimisada died (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin).

¶In the sixth year, in spring, in the first month, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Noritsugu resigned as Captain of the Left Palace Guards (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). On the twenty-second day of the second month, the day Mizunoto-i, the Udaijin Fujiwara-no-Sanefuyu was made Sadaijin, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Noritsugu was made Udaijin, and the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Yoshitsugu was made Naidaijin and transferred to Captain of the Left Palace Guards. The Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Mitsumoto took up the post of Captain of the Right Palace Guards concurrently. In summer, on the seventeenth day of the fourth month, the day Hinoto-mi, the Kanpaku Morotsugu resigned. On the nineteenth day, the day Tsuchinoto-hitsuji, the former Kanpaku Tsunetsugu was made Kanpaku (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin and the Rekidai Kōki). On the twenty-second day, the day Mizunoe-inu, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Yoshitsugu resigned as Captain of the Left Palace Guards; the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Mitsumoto moved to Captain of the Left Palace Guards, and the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Kinyuki took up the post of Captain of the Right Palace Guards concurrently (Note: the present work gives no date for Yoshitsugu's resignation as Captain; it is provisionally placed here). On the fifteenth day of the sixth month, the day Kinoe-tora, the former Sadaijin Fujiwara-no-Kimisada died (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin. The Rekidai Kōki gives the twenty-fifth day). In autumn, in the ninth month, a guest star appeared in the south. In winter, on the thirteenth day of the tenth month, the day Kanoe-inu, Ōuchi Yoshihiro rose in rebellion and led his troops to Sakai no Ura. The former Daijō Daijin Yoshimitsu sent Hosokawa Yorimoto, Kyōgoku Takanori, Akamatsu Yoshinori, and others to hold him off. On the eighth day of the eleventh month, the day Kinoe-inu, Yoshimitsu led his troops to Tōji and then advanced his army to Otokoyama. On the twenty-ninth day, the day Kinoto-hitsuji, Yoshimitsu sent his generals to attack Ōuchi Yoshihiro and defeated him (Note: following the Ōei-ki). On the twenty-first day of the twelfth month, the day Hinoto-mi, Yoshimitsu's forces attacked and defeated Ōuchi Yoshihiro at Sakai no Ura, and Yoshihiro took his own life (Note: following the Kōdai Ryakki, the Kitsuregawa Keizu, the Ōei-ki, and the Shinmeikyō).

¶In the seventh year, in summer, in the fourth month, there was a drought in Yamato province (Note: following the Daigo Shiyōshō). On the twenty-first day of the fifth month, the day Kinoto-tori, the former Kanpaku and Sadaijin, Tsunenori, died. In winter, on the twenty-second day of the eleventh month, the day Mizunoto-hitsuji (Note: the source text gives an invalid character for the stem here; taken to be a slip for Mizunoto-hitsuji, and so translated), the former Kanpaku and Sadaijin, Morotsugu, died (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin).

¶In the eighth year, in spring, on the twenty-ninth day of the second month, the day Tsuchinoe-ne, Tsuchimikado-dono burned down (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Jisha Zōjiki. The Wakan Gōfu gives the twenty-eighth day). To avoid this, the emperor moved to the former Daijō Daijin Yoshimitsu's Muromachi residence (Note: following the Kōnendai Ryakuki and the Zoku Jinnō Shōtōki). In autumn, on the fourth day of the seventh month, the day Kanoto-u, the Fushimi Palace burned down, and the successive reigns' diaries, documents, and musical instruments kept there were all lost (Note: following the Chinyōki). On the third day of the eighth month, the day Tsuchinoto-hitsuji, Tsuchimikado-dono was rebuilt (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Wakan Gōfu).

¶In the ninth year, in spring, on the nineteenth day of the first month, the day Mizunoto-u, a comet appeared in the west (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Wakan Gōfu). In summer, in the sixth month, there was a great drought (Note: following the Wakan Gōun). On the fourth day, the day Hinoe-tatsu, prayers for rain were offered (Note: following the Ninnaji Goden). In autumn, on the twenty-second day of the eighth month, the day Mizunoto-tori, the Sadaijin Fujiwara-no-Sanefuyu was made Daijō Daijin, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Yoshitsugu was made Sadaijin, and the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Kinyuki was made Naidaijin (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin and the Rekidai Kōki). On the fourth day of the ninth month, the day Kinoe-saru, the former Sadaijin Minamoto-no-Yoshinari died (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki). On the seventeenth day, the day Hinoto-tori, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Kinyuki resigned as Captain of the Right Palace Guards, and the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Kintoshi took up the post of Captain of the Right Palace Guards concurrently (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). In winter, on the nineteenth day of the eleventh month, the day Tsuchinoe-inu, the rebuilding of Tsuchimikado-dono was completed, and the emperor moved there (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Jisha Zōjiki).

¶In the tenth year, in autumn, on the nineteenth day of the eighth month, the day Kinoe-ne, the Udaijin Fujiwara-no-Noritsugu resigned, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Kinyuki was made Udaijin, and the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Mitsumoto was made Naidaijin (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin. On consideration, Noritsugu's resignation took place in this year, but none of the sources give the month and day, and it is accordingly placed here).

¶In the eleventh year, in spring, on the twenty-seventh day of the second month, the day Tsuchinoto-i, the former Daijō Daijin Sanetoki died. In autumn, on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, the day Kinoe-saru, the former Udaijin Fujiwara-no-Noritsugu died (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin).

¶In the twelfth year, in spring, on the thirteenth day of the second month, the day Tsuchinoto-u, a great windstorm struck Wakasa province, and the tower gate of the Nigū Shrine of Onyū and the torii of the Hachiman Shrine were blown down (Note: compiled from the Jakushū Shugo Shidai and the Jakushū Imatomi-na Ryōshu Shidai). In summer, on the twenty-second day of the fifth month, the day Hinoe-tatsu, more than six thousand trees withered on Mount Kasuga. On the ninth day of the sixth month, the day Mizunoto-tori, there was a flood (Note: following the Wakan Gōun and the Wakan Gōfu). The torii of the Gion Shrine was blown down, and more than twenty people were crushed to death (Note: following the Wakan Gōfu).

¶In the thirteenth year, in spring, on the twelfth day of the first month, the day Mizunoto-u, Venus encroached upon Jupiter (Note: following the reverse of the Daigoji calendar for the thirteenth year of Ōei). On the fifteenth day, the day Hinoe-uma, the Jūzenji Shrine of the Second Palace of Hie burned down (Note: following the reverse of the Daigoji calendar for the thirteenth year of Ōei and the Wakan Gōfu). On the twenty-eighth day, the day Tsuchinoto-hitsuji, there was thunder. On the twenty-ninth day, the day Kanoe-saru, a seven-day rite of repentance, senbō, was performed within the palace to pray for the repose of the Retired Emperor Go-Kōgon (Note: following the reverse of the Daigoji calendar for the thirteenth year of Ōei and the Gosūkōin Gyoki). In autumn, in the eighth month, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Mitsumoto resigned as Captain of the Left Palace Guards. On the seventeenth day, the day Kinoe-tatsu, the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Kintoshi moved to Captain of the Left Palace Guards, and the Gon Dainagon Ashikaga Yoshimochi took up the post of Captain of the Right Palace Guards concurrently (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). On the twenty-fourth day, the day Kanoto-i, a great windstorm struck, blowing down the trees at the Kitano Shrine and toppling the Kyōhokurō hall (Note: following the Wakan Gōfu. The Tōji Chōja Bunin places this in the fourteenth year). On the second day of the ninth month, the day Tsuchinoe-uma, prayers were offered for clear weather (Note: following the Ninnaji Goden).

¶In the fourteenth year, in spring, on the fifth day of the first month, the day Kanoe-saru, there was an earthquake (Note: following the Wakan Gōun). On the sixth day of the second month, the day Kanoto-u, the Daijō Daijin Sanefuyu resigned (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). On the fifth day of the third month, the day Tsuchinoto-hitsuji, the Jun Sangū Fujiwara-no-Yasuko was given the title Kitayama-in (Note: following the Kijoshō, the Ingō Sadame Burui no Ki, the Rekidai Kōki, and the Sonpi Bunmyaku). In winter, on the eighteenth day of the eleventh month, the day Tsuchinoe-tatsu, the Hiraoka Hachiman Shrine burned down (Note: following the Wakan Gōfu).

¶In the fifteenth year, in spring, on the sixth day of the second month, the day Kinoto-tori, an ominous portent occurred at the residence of the Gon Dainagon Ashikaga Yoshimochi, in which toads were seen fighting one another (Note: following the Wakan Gōun and the Wakan Gōfu). On the eighth day of the third month, the day Hinoto-mi, the emperor made a progress to the former Daijō Daijin Yoshimitsu's Kitayama residence (Note: following the Kitayama Gyōkōki, the Tōji Chōja Bunin, the Wakan Gōun, and the Wakan Gōfu). On the twenty-eighth day (Note: the source text's cyclical notation for this day is illegible, and is left untranslated), he returned to the palace (Note: following Fujiwara-no-Masayori's "Lament for the Rokuon-in, Yoshimitsu" and the Tōji Chōja Bunin). In summer, on the twentieth day of the fourth month, the day Tsuchinoe-inu, the Kanpaku Tsunetsugu resigned, and the Sadaijin Fujiwara-no-Tadatsugu was made Kanpaku (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). On the sixth day of the fifth month, the day Kinoe-tora, the former Daijō Daijin Yoshimitsu died (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin, the Chinyōki, Fujiwara-no-Masayori's "Lament for the Rokuon-in, Yoshimitsu," and the Kitsuregawa Keizu). On the twenty-second day of the sixth month, the day Tsuchinoto-i, the Nanban, the Southern Barbarians, presented tribute of a black elephant, a peacock, and a parrot (Note: following the Jakushū Imatomi-na Ryōshu Shidai). In autumn, on the second day of the seventh month, the day Tsuchinoe-saru, the Kumano Hongū shrine burned down (Note: following the Wakan Gōfu).

¶In the sixteenth year, in spring, on the nineteenth day of the first month, the day Mizunoto-i, the Kanpaku Tadatsugu resigned as Sadaijin. On the twenty-first day of the second month, the day Kinoe-uma, the Kanpaku Tadatsugu resigned (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). On the fourth day of the third month, the day Hinoto-hitsuji, the Naidaijin Fujiwara-no-Mitsumoto was made Kanpaku. On the twenty-first day, the day Kinoe-ne, the Kanpaku Mitsumoto was made Sadaijin. In autumn, on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, the day Mizunoto-mi, the Gon Dainagon Ashikaga Yoshimochi was made Naidaijin (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin and the Rekidai Kōki).

¶In the seventeenth year, in spring, on the thirteenth day of the third month, the day Kanoe-tatsu, a deer wandered into the palace grounds (Note: following the Wakan Gōfu). In winter, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, the day Tsuchinoto-hitsuji, the Kanpaku and Sadaijin, Mitsumoto, died (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin). On the last day, the day Mizunoe-inu, the former Kanpaku Tsunetsugu was made Kanpaku (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin and the Rekidai Kōki).

¶In the eighteenth year, in summer, on the eleventh day of the fourth month, the day Kanoto-ushi, the Udaijin Fujiwara-no-Kinyuki was made Sadaijin, and the former Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Fuyuie was made Udaijin (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin and the Rekidai Kōki). On the sixth day of the fifth month, the day Hinoe-tora, there was a great earthquake (Note: following the Wakan Gōfu). In autumn, on the twenty-eighth day of the seventh month, the day Hinoto-i, the Seii Taishōgun Ashikaga Yoshimochi sent troops to subdue a certain provincial governor of Hida (Note: following the Wakan Gōun). In winter, on the first day of the eleventh month, the day Tsuchinoe-uma, the winter solstice fell (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki). On the twenty-fifth day, the day Mizunoe-uma, the emperor's son, Mihito, was made an imperial prince (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Kōnendai Ryakuki).

¶In the nineteenth year, in summer, on the last day of the fifth month, the day Mizunoto-ushi, the Naidaijin Ashikaga Yoshimochi resigned as Captain of the Right Palace Guards (Note: compiled from the Ashikaga Keizu and the Kugyō Bunin). On the twenty-first day of the sixth month, the day Kinoe-inu, the Nanban sent an envoy to pay tribute (Note: following the Jakushū Imatomi-na Ryōshu Shidai). In autumn, on the twenty-ninth day of the seventh month, the day Mizunoe-ne, the Gon Dainagon Fujiwara-no-Mitsunori took up the post of Captain of the Right Palace Guards concurrently (Note: following the Kugyō Bunin and the Rekidai Kōki). On the last day of the eighth month, the day Mizunoe-uma, the emperor abdicated in favor of Imperial Prince Mihito (Note: following the Chinyōki, the Kugyō Bunin, the Rekidai Kōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, and the Kōnendai Ryakuki). In the ninth month, he was honored with a title and called Daijō Tennō, Retired Emperor (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki and the Kōdai Ryakki). From within the cloistered government he continued to oversee the business of state (Note: following the Go-Komatsutei Shōkaki, the Chinyōki, and the Zoku Jinnō Shōtōki). He took the tonsure, chihatsu, and his Buddhist name was Sogyōchi (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku and the Kōnendai Ryakuki).

¶On the twentieth day of the tenth month of the fifth year of Eikyō (1433), the day Tsuchinoto-hitsuji, he died (Note: following the Go-Komatsutei Shōkaki, the Chinyōki, the Rekidai Kōki, the Kōnendai Ryakuki, and the Kōdai Ryakki). He was fifty-seven years of age (Note: following the Rekidai Kōki, the Kōnendai Ryakuki, the Kōdai Ryakki, and the Kōin Shōunroku). He was buried at Sennyūji temple (Note: following the Go-Komatsutei Shōkaki, the Chinyōki, and the Kōdai Ryakki). By his final edict he was called Go-Komatsu-in (Note: following the afterword to the Chinyōki, the Rekidai Kōki, the Kōin Shōunroku, the Kōnendai Ryakuki, and the Kōdai Ryakki).

¶From the time Emperor Go-Daigo removed himself to the south, down to the third year of Meitoku, a period of some fifty-seven years, the imperial line was divided in two, and even the lands of the capital region lay apart. It was only when Emperor Go-Komatsu received the three sacred regalia that the realm at last became one again: carriages ran on a single track and writing followed a single standard, the succession passed on unbroken from reign to reign, and the imperial throne continued without limit (Note: following the Zoku Jinnō Shōtōki).