Sukō

The emperor Sukō (崇光天皇, Sukō Tennō , (May 25th 1334 - January 31st 1398) was the third of the applicants of the Cour of North of the Japan. He reigned of the November 18th 1348 with the November 26th 1351. Its personal name was in the beginning Masuhito (益仁), but changed later for Okihito (興仁).

Genealogy

Sukō was the son of the first applicant of North, Kōgon, and thus the nephew of its predecessor Kōmyō. His/her oldest son was prince Yoshihito, first member of the branch Fushimi-No-miya of the imperial line.

Biography

The Sukō future becomes crown prince in 1348, then emperor the same year, with the abdication of the Kōmyō emperor. Whereas Kōgon becomes emperor withdrawn, a competition bursts between Takauji Ashikaga and Tadayoshi Ashikaga, and in 1351, Takauji turns over to the service of the Court of the South, forcing the Sukō emperor to abdicate, with an aim of reunifying the imperial line. However, peace hardly lasts, and in 1352, the dynasty of the South evacuates Kyōto, removing with them the withdrawn emperors of North Kōgon and Kōmyō, like Sukō and the crown prince Naohito, wire of the Kōgon emperor. Because of that, made Takauji of the second wire of Kōgon, imperial prince Iyahito, the new emperor of North Go-Kōgon.

Ghost with Kyōto in 1357, the son of Sukō, imperial prince Yoshihito starts to work with the Bakufu to be appointed crown prince, but the bakufu finally chooses to give this title to the son of Go-Kōgon, the future Go ' yū.

Sukō dies in 1398, but 30 years after its death, in 1428, its back small son Hikohito (彦仁), as wire adoptive of the emperor Go-Komatsu, becomes the emperor Go-Hanazono, achieving the greatest wish of Sukō.

Eras of its reign

(Court of North)

Jōwa
Kan' ō or Kannō

(Court of the South)

Shōhei

Rival of the Court of the South

Go-Murakami

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