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Tsuki no wa no misasagi

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Kamakura period

  • 86 Emperor Go-Horikawa
  • 87 Emperor Shijō

Edo period

The Imperial Household Agency maintains Tsuki no wa no misasagi as the place of enshrinement and the venue for veneration of several Edo period emperors.

  • 108 Emperor Go-Mizunoo
  • 109 Empress Meishō
  • 110 Emperor Go-Kōmyō
  • 111 Emperor Go-Sai
  • 112 Emperor Reigen and Takatsukasa Fusako
  • 113 Emperor Higashiyama
  • 114 Emperor Nakamikado
  • 115 Emperor Sakuramachi
  • 116 Emperor Momozono
  • 117 Empress Go-Sakuramachi
  • 118 Emperor Go-Momozono

In addition, this is the official misasagi for Prince Masahito, posthumously named Yōkwōin daijō-tennō, who was the eldest son of Emperor Ōgimachi and the father of Emperor Go-Yōzei.

Two other Edo Period emperors are also enshrined at Nochi no tsukinowa no misasagi (後月輪陵) and the last Edo Period emperor is enshrined at Nochi no tsuki no wa no Higashiyama no misasagi (後月輪東山陵) in form of kofun. The final resting places of two Empress Dowagers are also found in this Imperial tomb complex.

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