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Emperor Sukō 崇光天皇
3rd Northern Emperor
Reign	November 18, 1348 – November 26, 1351
Enthronement	February 3, 1350
Predecessor	Kōmyō
Successor	Go-Kōgon
Born	May 25, 1334
Died	January 31, 1398(1398-01-31) (aged 63)
Burial	Daikōmyō-ji no Misasagi (大光明寺陵)
Issue	See list
Posthumous name Tsuigō: Emperor Sukō (崇光院 or 崇光天皇)
House	Imperial House of Japan
Father	Emperor Kōgon
Mother	Sanjō Shūshi

Emperor Sukō (崇光天皇, Sukō Tennō) (May 25, 1334 – January 31, 1398) was the third of the Emperors of Northern Court during the Period of the Northern and Southern Courts in Japan. According to pre-Meiji scholars, his reign spanned the years from 1348 through 1351.

Genealogy

His personal name was originally Masuhito (益仁), but was later changed to Okihito (興仁).

His father was Emperor Kōgon. His predecessor, Emperor Kōmyō was his uncle, the younger brother of Emperor Kōgon.

• Lady-in-waiting: Niwata (Minamoto) Motoko (庭田（源）資子; d.1394), Niwata Shigemoto's daughter
  • First son: Imperial Prince Fushimi-no-miya Yoshihito (1351–1416; 伏見宮栄仁親王) (Founder of Fushimi-no-miya house, collateral branch of the Imperial Family and included in the Succession to the Japanese throne until 1947)
  • Second son: Imperial Prince Priest Koshin (1358–1391; 興信法親王)
• Court Lady: Anfuku-dono-Naishi (安福殿女御)
• Consort: Sanjō-no-Tsubone (三条局)
  • First daughter: Princess Suiho (瑞宝女王)
  • Third son: Imperial Prince Priest Kojo (弘助法親王)

Events of Sukō's life

Sukō occupied the Chrysanthemum Throne from 18 November 1348 until 22 November 1351.

In 1348, he became Crown Prince. In the same year, he became Northern Emperor upon the abdication of Emperor Kōmyō. Although Emperor Kōgon ruled as a cloistered Emperor, the rivalry between Ashikaga Takauji and Ashikaga Tadayoshi began, and in 1351, Takauji returned to the allegiance of the Southern Court, forcing Emperor Sukō to abdicate. This was intended to reunify the Imperial Line.

However, the peace soon fell apart, and in April 1352, the Southern Dynasty evacuated Kyoto, abducting with them Retired (Northern) Emperors Emperor Kōgon and Emperor Kōmyō as well as Emperor Sukō and the Crown Prince Tadahito. Because of this, Takauji made Emperor Kōgon's second son Imperial Prince Iyahito emperor (First Fushimi-no-miya).

Returning to Kyoto in 1357, Emperor Sukō's son Imperial Prince Yoshihito began to work with the Bakufu to be named Crown Prince, but the Bakufu instead decided to make Emperor Go-Kōgon's son (the future Emperor Go-En'yū) Crown Prince instead.

In 1398, Emperor Sukō died. But, 30 years after his death, in 1428, his great-grandson Hikohito (彦仁), as the adopted son of Emperor Shōkō, became Emperor Go-Hanazono, fulfilling Sukō's dearest wish. Sukō is enshrined at the Daikōmyōji no misasagi (大光明寺陵) in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto.

Eras during his reign

Nanboku-chō Southern court

• Eras as reckoned by legitimate Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
  • Shōhei

Nanboku-chō Northern court

• Eras as reckoned by pretender Court (as determined by Meiji rescript)
  • Jōwa
  • Kan'ō

Southern Court rivals

• Emperor Go-Murakami

Ancestry

See also

• Emperor of Japan
• List of Emperors of Japan
• Imperial cult

Notes

1. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 296–301.
2. ^ Sansom, George (1961). A History of Japan, 1334-1615. Stanford University Press. p. 82,86. ISBN 0804705259.
3. "Genealogy". Reichsarchiv (in Japanese). 30 April 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2020.

References

• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
• Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). , Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.

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