After the Meiji period, with the restoration of Tenno go, he was called 'Emperor Gosaiin,' but the suffix "in" was abolished in 1925 and he was subsequently called 'Emperor Gosai.'
明治以後、天皇号の復活にともない「後西院天皇」と呼ばれたが、大正14年（1925年）院号が廃され「後西天皇」となった。