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Emperor Go-Toba
Go-Toba was emperor of Japan from 1183 to 1198 and then ruled as retired emperor. Seeking to restore imperial power, he raised forces against the Kamakura shogunate in the Jokyu War of 1221 but was defeated by the Hojo regents and exiled to the Oki Islands, where he died. He was a leading poet and commissioned the Shin Kokinshu anthology.
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