Daikakuji

The Daikakuji line of Japan's imperial house established the Southern Court at Yoshino in opposition to the Northern Court at Kyoto. Its name came from Daikakuji, the residence of the retired Emperor Go-Uda.

Go-Uda's son Go-Daigo helped overthrow the Kamakura shogunate in 1333 and began the Kenmu Restoration. Driven from Kyoto by Ashikaga Takauji in 1336, he established a rival court at Yoshino; the southern line gave up its claim in 1392.