Prince Morisada

Prince Morisada (1179–1223), a son of Emperor Takakura, was carried west by the fleeing Taira in 1183 with the young Emperor Antoku and returned to Kyoto after their fall in 1185. He married and in 1212 took Buddhist vows as Gyōjo.

After the Jōkyū War of 1221, the Kamakura shogunate exiled Go-Toba and put Morisada's son Toyohito on the throne as Go-Horikawa. Morisada was exceptionally made retired emperor, ruled in cloister until his death, and was posthumously called Go-Takakura-in.