Although Takakura was formally enthroned, the reality was that government affairs were controlled by his father and his father-in-law.

He is said to have written: Ex-Emperor Go-Shirakawa exercised the powers attendant the well-settled patterns of cloistered rule.

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

He is portrayed as a young man with little real power, it being largely in the hands of his chancellor, "Lord Kiyomori".

Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD  * Imperial Consort and Regent Empress Jingū is not traditionally listed.