was the 106th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from November 17, 1557, to his abdication on December 17, 1586, corresponding to the transition between the Sengoku period of the Muromachi bakufu and the dawn of the new AzuchiâÂÂMomoyama period. His personal name was Michihito (æ¹ä»Â).
à Âgimachi was the first son of Emperor Go-Nara.
à Âgimachi became Emperor upon the death of Emperor Go-Nara.
The finances of the emperor and his court were greatly strained. The authority of the Imperial Court also began to fall, but this trend reversed after Oda Nobunaga entered Kyoto in a show of allegiance but which also indicated that the Emperor had the Oda clan's support. Frequently using the Emperor as a mediator when fighting enemies, Nobunaga worked to unify the disparate elements to Japan. However, by around 1573, Nobunaga began demanding the Emperor's abdication, but the Emperor refused.
Before political power was transferred to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in order to take advantage of à Âgimachi's authority, the power of the Imperial Family was increased. In this way, Hideyoshi and the Imperial Family entered into a mutually beneficial relationship.
In January of the year Tenshà  14 (1586), the regent had the Golden Tea Room brought to Kyoto Imperial Palace to host the emperor there.
In 1586, Emperor à Âgimachi abdicated in favor of his grandson, Imperial Prince Katahito (å¨ä»Â親çÂÂ), who became the Emperor Go-Yà Âzei. à Âgimachi retired to the Sentà  Palace. On February 6, 1593, he died.
During à Âgimachi's reign, with the assistance of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the imperial family was able to halt the political, financial, and cultural decline it had been in since the à Ânin War, and began a time of recovery.
à Âgimachi is enshrined with other emperors at the imperial tomb called Fukakusa no kita no misasagi (æ·±èÂÂÃ¥ÂÂéµ) in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.
Kugyà  (å ¬å¿) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the Emperor of Japan in pre-Meiji eras. Even during those years in which the court's actual influence outside the palace walls was minimal, the hierarchic organization persisted.
In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time. These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career. During à Âgimachi's reign, this apex of the Daijà Â-kan included:
The years of à Âgimachi's reign are more specifically identified by more than one era name or nengà Â.