What is Emperor Toba?
[[File:Emperor Toba.jpg|thumb|right|180px|{{Center|Japanese Emperor Toba}}]] {{Nihongo|'''Emperor Toba'''|鳥羽天皇|Toba-[[tennō]]|February 24, 1103 – July 20, 1156}} was the 74th [[emperor]] of [[Japan]].<ref name=Rein231>J. J. Rein, ''Japan: Travels and Researches'' (Richmond, Surrey, UK: Curzon Press, 1998), p. 231</ref> Toba's reign spanned the years from 1107 through 1123.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.najapan.com/brown/The_Emperor_System_Japan_Royal_Family.htm |title=The Emperor System and Japan's Royal Family |author=Richard Rongstad |publisher= Network Answers Japan |access-date=23 December 2015}}</ref> He became Emperor when he was 5 years old.<ref name=Rein231/> He [[Abdication|abdicated]] the [[throne]] when he was 20 years old.<ref name=Rein231/> At this time the Emperors of Japan only filled a background role in [[politics]]. The elaborate court system of ''[[Insei]]'' was coming to an end as Japan had already turned to [[feudalism]] and [[Militarism]].<ref name=Rein231/> == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Toba, Emperor}} [[Category:Emperors of Japan]] [[Category:1100s births]] [[Category:1156 deaths]]