Editing Cloistered rule (section)

==End of the Heian period==
Separate imperial courts (''In no Chō'' (院庁) evolved around the retired emperors,<ref>Nussbaum, "''In''" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 385.|page=385}}</ref> and their will was put into effect through offices known as ''Inzen'' (院宣) and ''In no Chō Kudashi Bumi'' (院庁下文). Cloistered emperors also had their own troops, the ''Hokumen no Bushi'' (北面の武士). The creation of these military units led eventually to the rise to power of the [[Taira]] clan, who used their membership of these units to gather political and economic power to themselves.

The end of the [[Heian period]] was marked by a rapid succession of cloistered emperors, to the point that there were several [[Daijō Tennō|retired emperors]] living at the same time.<ref name="nussbaum391"/> The [[Hōgen rebellion|Hōgen Rebellion]], following the death of the [[Emperor Toba]], was an example of direct opposition between an emperor and an emperor emeritus. Finally, the end of the reign of [[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]] was marked by the [[Genpei War]] and the rise of [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] as the first Kamakura ''[[shōgun]]''.

=== Table ===
The succession of power in the ''Insei'' system was complex.<ref name="sansom200">[[George Sansom|Sansom, George Bailey]]. (1958). [https://books.google.com/books?id=t2c4t4yw21gC&pg=PA200 ''History of Japan to 1334,'' p. 200].</ref>

{|  border=1 style="border-collapse: collapse"
|-
|+ ''Insei'' System of Imperial Rule
|- 
!  width="10" scope="col" | &nbsp;Emperor's<br>&nbsp;Ordinal<br>&nbsp;Number&nbsp;
!  width="15" scope="col" | &nbsp;Reign&nbsp;dates
!  width="15" scope="col" | &nbsp;[[Emperor of Japan|Emperor&nbsp;of&nbsp;Japan]]&nbsp;
!  width="15" scope="col" | &nbsp;Senior<br>&nbsp;''Insei''&nbsp;Emperor&nbsp;
!  width="15" scope="col" | &nbsp;Other<br>&nbsp;''Insei''&nbsp;Emperors&nbsp;
|-
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 71
| &nbsp;1067—1072&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Emperor Go-Sanjō]]<ref name="sansom200"/>
| 
| 
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 72
| &nbsp;1072—1073&nbsp;
| &nbsp;[[Emperor Shirakawa]]<ref name="nussbaum391"/>
| &nbsp;Go-Sanjō&nbsp;
| 
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 
| &nbsp;1073—1086&nbsp;
| &nbsp;Shirakawa<ref name="sansom200"/>
| 
| 
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 73
| &nbsp;1086—1107
| &nbsp;[[Emperor Horikawa]]<ref name="sansom200"/>
| &nbsp;Shirakawa
| 
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 74 
| &nbsp;1107—1123
| &nbsp;[[Emperor Toba]]<ref name="nussbaum391"/>
| &nbsp;Shirakawa
| 
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 75
| &nbsp;1123—1129
| &nbsp;[[Emperor Sutoku]]<ref name="sansom200"/>
| &nbsp;Shirakawa
| &nbsp;Toba
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 
| &nbsp;1129—1141
| &nbsp;Sutoku<ref name="sansom200"/>
| &nbsp;Toba
|  
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 76
| &nbsp;1141—1155
| &nbsp;[[Emperor Konoe]]<ref name="sansom200"/>
| &nbsp;Toba
| &nbsp;Sutoku
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 77
| &nbsp;1155—1156
| &nbsp;[[Emperor Go-Shirakawa]]<ref name="nussbaum391"/>&nbsp;
| &nbsp;Toba
| &nbsp;Sutoku 
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 
| &nbsp;1156—1158
| &nbsp;Go-Shirakawa<ref name="sansom200"/>
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;Sutoku 
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 78
| &nbsp;1158—1165
| &nbsp;[[Emperor Nijō]]<ref name="sansom200"/>
| &nbsp;Go-Shirakawa
| &nbsp; 
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 79
| &nbsp;1165—1168
| &nbsp;[[Emperor Rokujō]]<ref name="sansom200"/>
| &nbsp;Go-Shirakawa
| &nbsp; 
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 80
| &nbsp;1168—1180
| &nbsp;[[Emperor Takakura]]<ref name="sansom200"/>
| &nbsp;Go-Shirakawa
| &nbsp;Rokujō (until 1176) 
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 81
| &nbsp;1180—1185
| &nbsp;[[Emperor Antoku]]<ref name="sansom200"/>
| &nbsp;Go-Shirakawa
| &nbsp;Takakura&nbsp;(until&nbsp;1181)&nbsp; 
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 82
| &nbsp;1184—1192
| &nbsp;[[Emperor Go-Toba]]<ref name="sansom200"/>
| &nbsp;Go-Shirakawa
| &nbsp; 
|-
| &nbsp;&nbsp; 
| &nbsp;1192—1198
| &nbsp;Go-Toba<ref name="sansom200"/>
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp; 
|-
|}