He lost his parents when he was little in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan), but in 1346, being enthroned by Yoshisada NITTA, Yoshisuke WAKIYA and others, commanded the country using the name of the era of Hakushika, and became the Emperor in the Hokuriku Imperial Court (Tokue monjo, documents of Tokue).
南北朝時代(日本)の戦乱の中で幼くして両親を失ったが、新田義貞・脇屋義助らに奉戴され1346年、白鹿の年号を用いて天下に号令を掛けた北陸朝廷の天皇（得江文書）。