Emperor Go-Daigo (1288-1339), of the Daikakuji branch of the imperial family, repeatedly attempted to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate. After two failed plots (Shochu Incident 1324, Genko Incident 1331), he was captured and exiled to Oki Island in 1332 — the same island where his ancestor Go-Toba had died. But Go-Daigo refused to share that fate. With local supporter Nawa Nagatoshi, he escaped within a year, fortified Mt. Senjo in Hoki, and called all warriors to rise. Within just three months — May 1333 — Kusunoki Masashige, Nitta Yoshisada, and Ashikaga Takauji had toppled the Kamakura shogunate. Go-Daigo’s subsequent Kenmu Restoration was unpopular among warriors and overthrown by Takauji in 1336. He fled to Yoshino, founding the Southern Court, and died there in 1339 at age 52, vowing his soul would gaze forever toward Kyoto.