Jōkyū War , also known as the Jōkyū Disturbance or the Jōkyū Rebellion, was fought in Japan between the forces of Retired Emperor Go-Toba and those of the Hōjō clan, regents of the Kamakura shogunate, whom the retired emperor was trying to overthrow.
Retired Emperor Go-Toba, leader of the Jōkyū War.
Emperor Go-Toba was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1183 through 1198.
Portrait by Fujiwara no Nobuzane, 1221
Tomb of Emperor Go-Toba and Emperor Juntoku, Kyoto