Emperor Tsuchimikado (1196-1231), eldest son of Emperor Go-Toba, abdicated at age 16 in favor of his more politically active brother Juntoku. Of mild temperament and politically cautious, he did not participate in the 1221 Jokyu War and was offered exemption from punishment by the Kamakura shogunate. But he refused to remain in Kyoto while his father and brother were exiled, voluntarily requesting his own banishment to Tosa. Soon transferred to Awa Province (modern Tokushima) due to its harshness, he lived quietly there for ten years and died at 35 in 1231 — earlier than either his father or younger brother. By historical irony, his son was later chosen by the shogunate as Emperor Go-Saga in 1242, restoring his line to imperial succession.