, also known as Prince Sanehito and posthumously named
Yōkōin ''daijō-tennō'', was the eldest son of
Emperor Ōgimachi
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 and the Azuchi–Momoyama p ...
. He predeceased his father.
Masahito's eldest son was , who acceded to the
Chrysanthemum Throne
The is the throne of the Emperor of Japan. The term also can refer to very specific seating, such as the throne in the Shishin-den at Kyoto Imperial Palace.
Various other thrones or seats that are used by the Emperor during official functions ...
on the abdication of Emperor Ōgimachi. Kazuhito would become known as
Emperor Go-Yōzei
was the 107th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Go-Yōzei's reign spanned the years 1586 through to his abdication in 1611, corresponding to the transition between the Azuchi–Momoyama period and the Edo period ...
.
[Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''Imperial House'', p. 424.]
Later, Go-Yōzei elevated the rank of his father, even though his father's untimely death made this impossible in life. In this manner, Go-Yōzei himself could enjoy the
polite fiction
A polite fiction is a social scenario in which all participants are aware of a truth, but pretend to believe in some alternative version of events to avoid conflict or embarrassment. Polite fictions are closely related to euphemism, in which a word ...
of being the son of an emperor.
* 21–25 August 1598 (''
Keichō 3, 20-24th day of the 7th month''): Buddhist rituals were performed in the Seriyoden of the Imperial Palace to celebrate the 13th anniversary of the death of the emperor's father.
[de Visser, Willem Marinus. (1935). ]
The actual site of Prince Masahito's grave is known. This posthumously elevated emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial
Shinto
Shinto () is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners ''Shint ...
shrine (''misasagi'') at Kyoto.
The
Imperial Household Agency
The (IHA) is an agency of the government of Japan in charge of state matters concerning the Imperial Family, and also the keeping of the Privy Seal and State Seal of Japan. From around the 8th century AD, up until the Second World War, it ...
designates this location as Yōkōin's
mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be cons ...
. It is formally named ''
Tsuki no wa no misasagi'' at
Sennyū-ji.
Genealogy
Parents
*Father:
Emperor Ogimachi (正親町天皇, 18 June 1517 – 6 February 1593)
*Mother: Fujiwara Fusako (万里小路 房子; d.1580)
Consort and issue(s):
*Wife (''Nyobō''): Fujiwara no (Kajūji) Haruko (藤原勧修寺 晴子, 1553 – 21 March 1660), later Jōtōmon'in (上東門院)
**Daughter: Princess Eichu (永卲女王, 1569 – 1580)
**First Son:
Imperial Prince Kazuhito (和仁親王, 31 December 1571 – 25 September 1617)
**Second Son: Imperial Prince Kusei (空性法親王, 1573 – 1650)
**Third Son: Imperial Prince Priest Ryōjo (良恕法親王, 1574 – 1643)
**Fourth Son: ''Unnamed Prince'' (b.1575)
**Fifth Son: Imperial Prince Priest Kyo-i (興意法親王, 1576 – 1620)
**Daughter: ''Unnamed Princess'' (b. 1577)
**Sixth Son:
Prince Hachijō Toshihito
was a court noble of Japan during the Sengoku period. Toshihito was the younger brother of Emperor Go-Yōzei. After 1588 Toyotomi Hideyoshi adopted Toshihito in an effort to greatly strengthen the Toyotomi and the Imperial ties. In 1590, Hideyo ...
(八条宮 智仁親王, 3 February 1579 – 29 May 1629)
**Daughter: ''Unnamed Princess'' (b. 1580)
**Daughter: ''Unnamed Princess'' (1581 – 1584)
**Daughter: ''Unnamed Princess'' (b. 1583)
**Daughter: ''Unnamed Princess'' (b.1584)
**Daughter: ''Unnamed Princess''
*Wife (''Nyobō''): Naishi No Tsubone (典侍局, 1565 – 9 March 1616), daughter of Tamematsu Reizei (冷泉為益)
**Daughter: Unnamed Princess (d. 1579)
**Third Daughter: Princess Shigetsu (心月女王, 1580 – 1590)
Ancestry
Notes
References
*
Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959)
''The Imperial House of Japan.''Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society
OCLC 194887* de Visser, Willem Marinus. (1935)
''Ancient Buddhism in Japan.''Paris: P. Geuthner
OCLC 213821183
Japanese princes
1552 births
1586 deaths
Sons of emperors
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