Like Go-Toba, this commander of Kusunoki Masashige and Nitta Yoshisada was once exiled to the Oki Islands after his plans for a coup were discovered in the Genko incident.
One of this man's generals died during a Siege of the Black Fort when his dead horse fell on him and he decapitated himself, and another of his generals was saddened that he didn't have seven lives to give to this figure before dying at the Battle of Minato River. Like Go-Toba, this commander of Kusunoki Masashige and Nitta Yoshisada was once exiled to the Oki Islands after his plans for a coup were discovered in the Genko incident. This man appointed one of his sons as head abbot of Enryaku-Ji temple and alienated the warrior class by appointing his children, Morinaga and Norinaga, to the post of seii taishogun. This man, who along with his descendants ruled over the Southern Court during the (*) Nanboku-Cho period, was unable to solve the tax-exempt status of jito and shugo landowners after coming to power in the Kemmu restoration, and was eventually overthrown by the brothers Tadayoshi and Takauji. For 10 points, name this emperor whose overthrow signaled the beginning of the Ashikaga Shogunate.
One of this man's generals died during a Siege of the Black Fort when his dead horse fell on him and he decapitated himself, and another of his generals was saddened that he didn't have seven lives to give to this figure before dying at the Battle of Minato River.
Emperor {Go-Daigo} [or {Go-Daigo} tenno, do NOT accept just “Daigo”]