Kan'in-no-miya Sukehito-shinnō

Sukehito, Prince Kan'in (, 1 April 1733 – 1 August 1794), posthumously named Emperor Kyōkō , was the second head of the Kan'in House, a branch of the imperial family. He was the grandson of Emperor Higashiyama and father of Emperor Kōkaku.

Biography Sukehito, also named Hisanomiya in his childhood, was the third son of Naohito, Prince Kan'in . He was appointed as a yuushi of, or one of the heirs to, his cousin Emperor Sakuramachi on 12 March 1742, and was proclaimed prince on 4 September 1743. Five years after coming of age, Sukehito married Fusako, Princess Kazu , fifth daughter of Emperor Nakamikado in 1749. He succeeded as Prince Kan'in and as the head of the house in 1753 after his father died.

As a result of the death of heirless Emperor Go-Momozono, Morohito, son of Sukehito with his concubine Ōe Iwashiro, ascended the throne as Emperor Kōkaku in 1779. A year later, the new monarch promoted his father as the first amongst the princes, and continued in seeking to elevate him. In 1789, Kōkaku attempted to bestow the title of retired emperor, or Daijō Tennō, on him, but the chief senior councillor Matsudaira Sadanobu objected. As a concession, Kōkaku raised the Kokudaka of Sukehito after abandoning the idea in 1792. The row between the nobleman and the emperor, however, was one of the factors that contributed the downfall of Sadanobu. before formally bestowing the imperial title of Daijō Tennō by Meiji. He was therefore also recognised as Keikoin .

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