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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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