Parents: Go-Murakami, emperor of Japan, and Fujiwara Katsuko
Date of Birth: circa 1347
House: Japan
Predecessor: Chokei
Reign: 1383 – 1392
Summary: Japan was in the midst of a continuous civil war when Go-Kameyama took the throne in 1383. The empire was divided between north and south, and Go-Kameyama was the emperor of the Southern Court as his brother and father were before him. Go-Kameyama ended that division. He succeeded his brother, Chokei, in 1383 when the latter abdicated the throne. The Southern Court was had been in decline for the past few decades and influence was strongly moving to the Northern Court. His brother abdicated because Go-Kameyama supported peace in Japan between the two courts, and Chokei was done fighting. Chokei lived until 1394. Meanwhile, Go-Kameyama called together a peace conference on October 15, 1392 with the Northern Court. He agreed to abdicate and end the civil war, and he handed over the Sacred Treasures of Japan to his rival, Go-Komatsu. According to the peace treaty, the leadership of Japan would alternate between a member of the former Northern Court's dynasty and a member of the Southern Court's, but this agreement was ignored in 1412 and all future emperors descended from Go-Komatsu. Go-Kameyama retired and went into seclusion, only appearing briefly once in 1410 in Yoshino. Although the Northern Court became the legitimate rulers of Japan after 1392, later histories decided against the claims of the Northern Court and today the line is considered pretentious until Go-Kameyama's abdication. The former emperor was thought to have had one son, Tsuneatsu, though the fate of the son is unknown.
Date of Death: 10 May 1424
Successor: Go-Komatsu
Other Monarch Deaths:
Mieszko II, king of Poland (1034)
Rudolph II, duke of Austria (1290)
Nakamikado, emperor of Japan (1737)
Louis XV, king of France (1774)
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