Prince Masahito

Prince Masahito, also known as Yōkōin ''daijō-tennō'' <!--This image is posted on the Japanese wiki at 誠仁親王 --> , also known as Prince Sanehito and posthumously named Yōkōin ''daijō-tennō'', was the eldest son of Emperor Ōgimachi. He predeceased his father.

Masahito's eldest son was , who acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne on the abdication of Emperor Ōgimachi. Kazuhito would become known as Emperor Go-Yōzei.

Later, Go-Yōzei elevated the rank of his father, even though his father's untimely death made this impossible in life. In this manner, Go-Yōzei himself could enjoy the polite fiction of being the son of an emperor.

* 21–25 August 1598 (''Keichō 3, 20-24th day of the 7th month''): Buddhist rituals were performed in the Seriyoden of the Imperial Palace to celebrate the 13th anniversary of the death of the emperor's father.

The actual site of Prince Masahito's grave is known. This posthumously elevated emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine (''misasagi'') at Kyoto.

The Imperial Household Agency designates this location as Yōkōin's mausoleum. It is formally named ''Tsuki no wa no misasagi'' at Sennyū-ji. Provided by Wikipedia
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