Kotohito (; ; 29 June 1596 – 11 September 1680, posthumously honored as , was the 108th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Mizunoo's reign spanned the years from 1611 through 1629, and he was the first emperor to reign entirely during the Edo period.
This 17th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Seiwa, sometimes posthumously referred to as because this is the location of his tomb, while go translates as "later", and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Mizunoo". The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the "second one", and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as "Mizunoo, the second" or "Mizunoo II".
Genealogy
Before Go-Mizunoo's accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina) was daughter of Tokugawa Hidetata and Lady Oeyo A distinct act of senso is unrecognized prior to Emperor Tenji; and all sovereigns except Jitō, Yōzei, Go-Toba, and Fushimi have senso and sokui in the same year until the reign of Emperor Go-Murakami. The events during Go-Mizunoo's lifetime shed some light on his reign. The years correspond with a period in which Tokugawa Hidetada and Tokugawa Iemitsu were leaders at the pinnacle of the Tokugawa shogunate.
On 29 June 1596, Masahito, who would be known posthumously as Go-Mizunoo, was born. Toyotomi Hideyori came to Miyako to visit the former Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu on 20 May 1610 (Keichō 15, 27th day of the 3rd month)<!-- NengoCalc 慶長十五年三月二十七日 -->; the same day, Go-Yōzei announced his intention to renounce the throne. and Kampaku Ichijō Akiyoshi (1629).
Eras
The years of Go-Mizunoo's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō: Keichō (1596–1615), Genna (1615–1624), and Kan'ei (1624–1644).