Emperor Kōmyō
Emperor Kōmyō 光明天皇 | |||||
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2nd Northern Emperor | |||||
Reign | September 20, 1336 – November 18, 1348 | ||||
Coronation | January 19, 1338 | ||||
Predecessor | Kōgon | ||||
Successor | Sukō | ||||
Born | January 11, 1322 | ||||
Died | July 26, 1380 | (aged 58)||||
Burial | Daikōmyō-ji no Misasagi (大光明寺) | ||||
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Father | Emperor Go-Fushimi | ||||
Mother | Saionji (Fujiwara) Neishi |
Emperor Kōmyō (光明天皇, Kōmyō Tennō) (January 11, 1322 – July 26, 1380) was the second of the
Genealogy
His personal name was Yutahito (豊仁), second son of Emperor Go-Fushimi. His mother was Neishi (寧子), the daughter of Saionji Kinhira (西園寺公衡)
- Naishi: Ogimachi Sanjo Sanemi’s daughter
- daughter: Jogakuin-dono (長照院; d.1422)
- daughter
- Naishi: Mikawa-no-kami’s daughter
- son: Shuson (周尊)
Events of Kōmyō's life
In his own lifetime, Kōmyō and those around him believed that he occupied the Chrysanthemum Throne from September 20, 1336 to November 18, 1348.
When
On November 18, 1348, he abdicated in favor of the eldest son of his older brother, the former claimant to the throne Emperor Kōgon, who became Emperor Sukō.
In April 1352, taking advantage of the Kan'ō Disturbance, a family feud in the Ashikaga clan, the Southern Emperor Emperor Go-Murakami entered Kyoto, capturing it and carrying away Kōmyō along with Emperor Kōgon, Emperor Sukō, and the Crown Prince Tadahito. They all ended up finally in Anau, the location of the Southern Court.[2]
In the Shōhei Reunification, Kōmyō and his companions were placed under house arrest in Yamato Province, in what is today the village of Nishiyoshino, Yoshino District, Nara. In 1355, returning to Kyōto, he entered a monastery.
Eras of Kōmyō's reign
The years of Kōmyō's reign are more specifically identified by more than one
- Nanboku-chō Northern court
- Eras as reckoned by pretender Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
- Kenmu (continued)
- Ryakuō
- Kōei
- Jōwa
- Nanboku-chō Southern court
Southern Court Rivals
Notes
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 294–295.
- ISBN 0804705259.
- ^ Titsingh, p. 315.
- ^ Titsingh, p. 294.
References
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
- Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
See also
- Emperor of Japan
- List of Emperors of Japan
- Imperial cult
- Emperor Go-Kōmyō