Prince Yoshihito

Japanese: 栄仁親王 - よしひとしんのう

Year of death: November 20, 1416 (December 9, 1416)
Year of birth: Kan'o 2/Shohei 6 (1351)
The first son of Emperor Suko of the Northern Court. The first Fushiminomiya. His mother was Sukeko, the daughter of Gon Dainagon Niwada Shigesuke. There is also a theory that his name can be read as "Nakahito." He was proclaimed prince in 1368, and had his coming-of-age ceremony at Fushimi Palace in 1375. As he was the legitimate heir to the Jimyoin Imperial line, his father the Emperor wanted him to succeed Emperor Go-Kogon, but the aftermath of the Kan'o Disturbance (1350-1352) prevented this from happening. On the other hand, after the death of Suko in 1398, his estate was confiscated by Emperor Go-Komatsu, so he became a nun in Fushimi on May 26 of the same year and took the posthumous Buddhist name Michichi. In October of the same year, part of his estate was returned to him, but in his despair he travelled from place to place, and in his later years he lived in the Fushimi Imperial Palace, where he tried to preserve the secret biwa tunes that had been passed down to him by his father. He died in Fushimi, and was given the posthumous title of Daizuin.

(Harutake Iikura)

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Japanese:

没年：応永23.11.20(1416.12.9)
生年：観応2/正平6(1351)
北朝崇光天皇の第1皇子。伏見宮初代。母は権大納言庭田重資の娘資子。名は「なかひと」と読む説もある。応安1/正平23(1368)年親王宣下を受け,永和1/天授1(1375)年伏見殿で元服した。父天皇は親王が持明院統皇統の正嫡であることから,後光厳天皇のあと即位することを望んだが,観応の擾乱(1350～52)の余波がおよんでいて成就しなかった。反対に応永5(1398)年崇光没後,後小松天皇に所領を召し上げられたため,同年5月26日伏見で落飾し,法名を通智とした。同年10月所領の一部を返還されたが,失意の中で各所を巡り,晩年は伏見御所に住み,父から伝授された琵琶の秘曲を守るべく努め,その伏見で没し追号を大通院と贈られた。

(飯倉晴武)

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