Emperor Go-Momozono

Emperor Go-Momozono 後桃園天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign	9 January 1771 – 16 December 1779
Predecessor	Go-Sakuramachi
Successor	Kōkaku
Shōgun	Tokugawa Ieharu (1771-1779)
Born	Hidehito (英仁) (1758-08-05)5 August 1758 Heian-Kyo, Kyoto, Tokugawa shogunate
Died	16 December 1779(1779-12-16) (aged 21) Kyoto, Tokugawa shogunate
Burial	Tsuki no wa no misasagi, Kyoto
Spouse	Konoe Koreko
Issue	Princess Yoshiko
Posthumous name Tsuigō: Emperor Go-Momozono (後桃園院 or 後桃園天皇)
House	Imperial House of Japan
Father	Emperor Momozono
Mother	Ichijō Tomiko [ja]
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Hidehito (Japanese: 英仁, 5 August 1758 – 16 December 1779), posthumously honored as Emperor Go-Momozono (後桃園天皇, Go-Momozono-tennō), was the 118th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.^[1][2] He was named after his father Emperor Momozono. The wording of go- (後) in the name translates as "later", so he has also been referred to as "Later Emperor Momozono", "Momozono, the second", or "Momozono II".

Go-Momozono became Emperor in 1771, during the Edo period, and died eight years into his reign in 1779.^[3] Events during his reign were confined to a series of natural calamities that occurred in 1772, aside from that the political situation with the Shōgun was quiet. Things came to a head towards the end of Go-Momozono's life in the form of a succession issue as the Emperor had no eligible successor. As a result, he hastily adopted a son on his deathbed who later became the next Emperor.