One honorific - Songo Ikken

In the late Edo period, Emperor Kokaku tried to bestow the title of Retired Emperor on his father, Prince Kan'in no Miya Norihito, but was refused by the shogunate. In 1789 (Kansei 1), the Imperial Court asked the shogunate for approval of the proclamation of the title, but Matsudaira Sadanobu, a senior councilor, opposed it, saying that the title of Retired Emperor was originally given to an emperor who abdicated, and that bestowing it on Prince Norihito, who had not ascended to the throne, was a self-serving honor. However, the Imperial Court did not give in, and negotiations were held repeatedly thereafter, but due to the shogunate's firm refusal, it never came to fruition. In 1793, two nobles, Masagimachi Kinakira, a samurai messenger, and Nakayama Naruchika, a councilor, were summoned to Edo for questioning, and the case was settled after Kinakira was confined to his home and Kinaki was confined to seclusion.

At the time, the 11th shogun, Tokugawa Ienari, was also planning to invite his father, Hitotsubashi Harusada, to the Nishinomaru of Edo Castle and bestow upon him the title of Ogosho (Great Lord); Matsudaira Sadanobu was opposed to this and is said to have strongly opposed the granting of the title, which would have set a precedent.

[Makoto Takeuchi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

江戸後期、光格(こうかく)天皇が生父の閑院宮典仁(すけひと)親王に太上(だいじょう)天皇の尊号を贈ろうとして幕府に拒否された事件。1789年（寛政1）朝廷は尊号宣下の承認を幕府に求めたが、老中松平定信(さだのぶ)は、本来太上天皇は天皇退位者に贈られる尊号であるのに、皇位を踏まぬ典仁親王に贈ろうとするのは、名誉を私するものだとして反対した。しかし、朝廷側も譲らず、その後繰り返し交渉が行われたが、幕府の断固たる拒絶にあってついに実現せず、93年に武家伝奏の正親町公明(おおぎまちきんあきら)、議奏の中山愛親(なるちか)の二卿(きょう)が江戸に喚問され、愛親は閉門、公明は逼塞(ひっそく)の処罰を受けて一件は落着した。

　当時、11代将軍徳川家斉(いえなり)も生父の一橋治済(ひとつばしはるさだ)を江戸城西の丸に迎えて、大御所(おおごしょ)の称号を贈ろうと計画しており、これに反対の松平定信は、その先例的事実となる尊号宣下に強硬に反対したともいわれている。

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