Emperor Shirakawa (白河天皇, Shirakawa-tennō; 7 July 1053 – 24 July 1129) was the 72nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Shirakawa's reign lasted from 1073 to 1087.
Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name (imina) was Sadahito-shinnō (貞仁親王).
He was the eldest son of Emperor Go-Sanjō and Fujiwara Shigeko (藤原茂子).
Shirakawa had one Empress and one Imperial Consort and nine Imperial sons and daughters.
Empress (chūgū): Fujiwara no Kenshi (藤原賢子)—Minamoto Akifusa‘s daughter, adopted by Fujiwara Morozane
First Son: Imperial Prince Atsufumi (敦文親王; 1075–1077)
First Daughter: Imperial Princess Yasuko (媞子内親王) later Ikuhomon’in (郁芳門院)
Third Daughter: Imperial Princess Reishi (令子内親王) saigū
Third Son: Imperial Prince Taruhito (善仁親王) later Emperor Horikawa
Fourth Daughter: Imperial Princess Shinshi (禛子内親王; 1081–1156)—Tsuchimikado Saiin (土御門斎院)
Consort (Nyogo): Fujiwara Michiko (藤原道子; 1042–1132), Fujiwara no Yoshinaga‘s daughter
Second Daughter: Imperial Princess Yoshiko (善子内親王; 1076–1131) Rokkaku >saigū at the Grand Shrine of Ise
Lady-in-Waiting: Fujiwara Tsuneko (藤原経子), Fujiwara no Tsunehira's daughter
Second Son: Imperial Prince Priest Kakugyō (覚行法親王; 1075–1105)
Court Lady: Minamoto Raishi (源師子; 1070–1148), Minamoto Akifusa's daughter
Fourth Son: Imperial Prince Priest Kakuhō (覚法法親王; 1092–1153)
Minamoto Yoriko (源頼子), Minamoto Yoritsune's daughter