Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (諱, imina)[11] was Takahito-shinnō (尊仁親王, たかひとしんのう).

Yorimichi's younger brother Norimichi became kampaku, but Go-Sanjō was determined to rule personally.

[18] These tombs reached their present state as a result of the 19th century restoration of imperial sepulchers (misasagi) which were ordered by Emperor Meiji.

[18] Kugyō (公卿) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras.

Even during those years in which the court's actual influence outside the palace walls was minimal, the hierarchic organization persisted.