for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. Even during those years in which the court's actual influence outside the palace walls was minimal, the hierarchic organization persisted. In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During Go-Daigo's reign, this apex of the Daijō-kan included: Kampaku, Nijō Michihira, 1316–1318 Kampaku, Ichijō Uchitsune, 1318–1323 Kampaku, Kujō Fusazane, 1323–1324 Kampaku, Takatsukasa Fuyuhira, 1324–1327 Kampaku, Nijō Michihira, 1327–1330 Kampaku, Konoe Tsunetada, 1330 Kampaku, Takatsukasa Fuyunori, 1330–1333 Sadaijin Udaijin Naidaijin DainagonEras of Go-Daigo's reign The years of Go-Daigo's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengō. Emperor Go-Daigo's eight era name changes are mirrored in number only in the reign of Emperor Go-Hanazono, who also reigned through eight era name changes. Pre-Nanboku-chō court Bunpō (1317–1319) Gen'ō (1319–1321) Genkō (1321–1324) Shōchū (1324–1326) Karyaku (1326–1329) Gentoku (1329–1331) Genkō (1331–1334) Kenmu (1334–1336)'Nanboku-chō southern court Eras as reckoned by legitimate sovereign's Court (as determined by Meiji rescript) Engen (1336–1340)Nanboku-chō northern Court' Eras as reckoned by pretender sovereign's Court (as determined by Meiji rescript) Shōkei (1332–1338) Ryakuō (1338–1342) In popular culture Emperor Go-Daigo appears in the alternate history novel Romanitas by Sophia McDougall. See also Emperor of Japan List of Emperors of Japan Imperial cult Yoshimizu Shrine Yoshino Shrine Notes References Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887 Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran''; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691 Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns. New York: Columbia University Press. ; OCLC 59145842 External links Kansai Digital Archives: Go-Daigo mausoleum enclosure, image Japanese emperors 1288 births 1339 deaths Emperor Go-Daigo Emperor Go-Daigo Emperor Go-Daigo Emperor Go-Daigo 13th-century Japanese people 14th-century Japanese monarchs Deified Japanese people