Genealogy

Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (his imina) was , also known as Tosihito-shinnō.

He was the first son of Emperor Go-Horikawa.

Consort: Kujō Genshi (九条 彦子; 1227–1262) later Nishinomon』in (宣仁門院), Kujō Norizane』s daughter

He had no children, due to his youth at the time of his death.

Events of Shijōs life

He reigned from October 26, 1232 to February 10, 1242.

• 1232 (Jōei 1, 11th month): In the 11th year of Emperor Go-Horikawa's reign (後堀河天皇十一年), he abdicated; and the succession (senso) was received by his oldest son. Shortly thereafter, Emperor Shijō is said to have acceded to the throne (sokui).

Emperor Shijō died from an accident in 1242. His Imperial tomb (misasagi) is at Sennyū-ji in the .

As the Emperor was very young, and the Retired Emperor Go-Horikawa died just two years later, most of the actual leadership was held by his maternal relatives Kujō Michiie and Saionji Kintsune.

Kugyō

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.

In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During Shijō's reign, this apex of the ''Daijō-kan included:

• Sesshō, Kujō Norizane, 1231–1232

• Sesshō, Kujō Norizane, 1232–1235

• Sesshō, Kujō Michiie, 1235–1237

• Sesshō, Konoe Kanetsune, 1237–1242

• Sadaijin

• Udaijin

• Nadaijin

• Dainagon

Eras of Shijōs reign

The years of Shijō's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō.

• Jōei (1232–1234)

• Tenpuku (1233–1234)

• Bunryaku (1234–1235)

• Katei (1235–1238)

• Ryakunin (1238–1239)

• En'ō (1239–1240)

• Ninji (1240–1243)

生平

四條天皇生於寬喜三年（1231年）二月十二日。同年四月十一日，後堀河天皇下詔封皇子為秀仁親王。十月二十八日，立為皇太子。翌年（貞永元年，1232年）十月四日，後堀河天皇遜位，僅僅兩歲的秀仁親王繼位為四條天皇。

仁治三年（1242年），10歲的四條天皇想看宮女滑倒的模樣，在皇宮走廊地板撒了許多滑石粉。結果反令自己摔倒，撞傷頭部。一月九日，不治而死。

在討論由繼承人時，朝廷官員主張由順德天皇的兒子忠成親王接替。但是遭到了當時的幕府執權北條泰時拒絕。北條泰時認為順德天皇參與了承久之亂，他的後代不配成為天皇。於是，與承久之亂無關的土御門天皇的兒子，邦仁親王登基，是為後嵯峨天皇。

家族

• 父：後堀河天皇

• 母：藤原竴子

• 女御：九條彥子

系譜

在位期間年號

• 貞永

• 天福

• 文曆

• 嘉禎

• 曆仁

• 延應

• 仁治

分類:幼君