Emperor Hanazono

Hanazono (1297–1348), personal name Tomihito, was the 95th emperor of Japan, reigning from 1308 to 1318. A son of Emperor Fushimi of the Jimyōin line, he succeeded his cousin Emperor Go-Nijō. The Bumpō Agreement arranged rotation between the two rival imperial lines, and in 1318 he abdicated to Go-Daigo of the Daikakuji line.

He raised his nephew Emperor Kōgon, took Zen vows in 1335 and turned his palace into Myōshin-ji temple. A waka poet of the Kyōgoku school, he left the diary Hanazono-in Minki.