Editing Emperor Sutoku (section)

==Events of Sutoku's life==

* '''February 25, 1123''' (''[[Hōan]] 4, 28th day of the 1st month'')<!-- NengoCalc 保安四年一月二十八日 -->: In the 16th year of Emperor Toba's reign (鳥羽天皇二十五年), he abdicated; and the succession (‘‘senso’’) was received by his son, aged 3.<ref>Brown, p. 322; Varley, p. 44. [A distinct act of ''senso'' is unrecognized prior to [[Emperor Tenji]]; and all sovereigns except [[Empress Jitō|Jitō]], [[Emperor Yōzei|Yōzei]], [[Emperor Go-Toba|Go-Toba]], and [[Emperor Fushimi|Fushimi]] have ''senso'' and ''sokui'' in the same year until the reign of Go-Murakami.]</ref>
* '''''Hōan 4''''', in the 2nd month (1123): Emperor Sutoku is said to have acceded to the throne (‘‘sokui’’).<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 182]; Varley, p. 44.</ref>
* '''1124''' (''[[Tenji]] 1, 2nd month''): Former-Emperor Shirakawa and former-Emperor Toba went in carriages to outside the city where they could all together enjoy contemplating the flowers. [[Fujiwara no Tamako|Taiken-mon'in]] (? – August 26, 1145) (formerly Fujiwara no Shōshi), who was Toba's empress and Sutoku's mother, joined the procession along with many other women of the court.  Their cortege was brilliant and colorful.  A great many men of the court in hunting clothes followed the ladies in this parade.  [[Fujiwara no Tadamichi]] then followed in a carriage, accompanied by bands of musicians and women who were to sing for the emperors.<ref>Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 182]; Varley, p. 204.</ref>
* '''1124''' (''Tenji 1, 10th month''): Shirakawa visited [[Mount Kōya]].<ref name="t182">Titsingh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 182.]</ref>
* '''1125''' (''Tenji 2, 10th month''): The emperor visited [[Iwashimizu Shrine]] and the [[Kamo Shrines]]; and afterwards, he also visited the shrines [[Hirano Shrine|Hirano]], [[Ōharano Shrine|Ōharano]], [[Matsunoo Shrine|Mutsunoo]], [[Kitano Tenman-gū|Kitano]], [[Yasaka Shrine|Gion]] and several others.<ref name="t182"/>
* '''1128''' (''[[Daiji (era)|Daiji]] 3, 3rd month''): Taiken-mon'in ordered the construction of [[Enshō-ji (Antei)|Enshō-ji]] in fulfillment of a sacred vow.<ref name="t185">Titsigh, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&dq=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran&pg=PP9  p. 185.]</ref>  This was one in a series of "sacred vow temples" (''gogan-ji'') built by imperial command following a precedent established by Emperor Shirakawa's [[Hosshō-ji]].<ref>Varley, p. 200. (The six ''gogan-ji'') "superiority" temples were: 1. [[Hosshō-ji]] (Superiority of Buddhist Law); 2. [[Sonshō-ji]] (Superiority of Worship); 3. [[Saishō-ji]] (Most Superior); 4. [[Enshō-ji (Antei)|Enshō-ji]] (Superiority of Perfection); 5. [[Jōshō-ji]] (Superiority of Becoming); 6. [[Enshō-ji (Kenchō)|Enshō-ji]] (Superiority of Duration).]</ref>
* '''1128''' (''Daiji 3, 6th month''): Fujiwara no Tadamichi is relieved of his responsibilities and duties as ''sesshō'' (regent); and simultaneously, Tadamichi is named ''kampaku.''<ref name = "t185"/>
* '''August 17, 1135''' (''[[Hōen]] 1, 7th day of the 7th month'')<!-- NengoCalc 保延一年七月七日 -->: Former-Emperor Shirakawa died at the age of 77.<ref name="b323"/>
* '''1141''' (''[[Eiji]]  1, 3rd month''): The former emperor Toba accepted the tonsure in becoming a monk at the age of 39.<ref name = "t185"/>

In 1151, Sutoku ordered [[Waka (poetry)|Waka]] [[imperial anthology]] ''[[Shika Wakashū]]''.

In 1156, after being defeated by forces loyal to Emperor [[Go-Shirakawa]] in the [[Hōgen Rebellion]], he was [[exile]]d to [[Sanuki Province]] (modern-day [[Kagawa prefecture]] on the island of [[Shikoku]]).
Emperor Sutoku's reign lasted for 19 years: 2 years in the ''nengō'' ''Tenji'', 5 years in ''Daiji'', 1 year in '''Tenshō'', 3 years in ''Chōshō'', 6 years in Hōen, and 1 year in ''Eiji''.<ref name="t185"/>

[[File:Sutokutenno Shiraminegoryo 01.JPG|thumb|right|Memorial Shinto shrine and mausoleum honoring Emperor Sutoku.]]
The site of Sutoku's [[grave (burial)|grave]] is settled.<ref name="kunaicho"/>  This emperor is traditionally venerated at a [[memorial]] [[Shinto]] [[shrine]] (''misasagi'') in [[Sakaide, Kagawa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.city.sakaide.lg.jp/soshiki/bunkashinkou/sutokujyoukou.html |title=崇徳上皇|publisher=Sakaide city official|language=ja|access-date=25 July 2019}}</ref> He was also enshrined (or sealed away ...) in [[Shiramine Shrine]] in [[Kyoto]] and [[Kotohira-gū]] in Kagawa Prefecture. The former is also associated with the god of football, worshipped by Kuge clan Asukai in times of yore, while the latter enshrined Ō-mono-nushi-no-mikoto, a god known to have restored harmony in Yamato (or blackmailed [[Emperor Sujin]] ...) in exchange for worship and nepotism.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

The [[Imperial Household Agency]] designates this location as Sutoku's [[mausoleum]].  It is formally named ''Shiramine no misasagi''.<ref>Ponsonby-Fane, p. 419.</ref>

===''Kugyō''===
''Kugyō'' (公卿) is a collective term for the very few most powerful men attached to the court of the [[Emperor of Japan]] in pre-[[Meiji period|Meiji]] eras.
 
In general, this elite group included only three to four men at a time.  These were hereditary courtiers whose experience and background would have brought them to the pinnacle of a life's career.  During Sutoku's reign, this apex of the ''[[Daijō-kan]]'' included: 
* ''[[Sesshō]]'', [[Fujiwara no Tadamichi]], 1097–1164.<ref name="b323">Brown, p. 323.</ref>
* ''[[Daijō-daijin]]'', Fujiwara no Tadamichi.<ref name = "b323"/>
* ''[[Sadaijin]]''
* ''[[Udaijin]]''
* ''[[Nadaijin]]'', Fujiwara no Yorinaga, 1120–1156.<ref name="b323" />
* ''[[Dainagon]]''