Kan'in-no-miya

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Imperial Prince Sukehito, second head of the house andfather of Emperor Kōkaku

The Template:Nihongo was the youngest of the four shinnōke, branches of the Imperial Family of Japan which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne in the event that the main line should die out. It was founded by Prince Naohito, the son of Emperor Higashiyama.

Fearing extinction of the imperial house, Arai Hakuseki proposed that a new branch of the Imperial Family be created. In 1718, Emperor Emeritus Reigen bestowed upon his grandson the title of Kan'in-no-miya and land worth 1000 koku. This was the first new shinnōke formed since the Arisugawa-no-miya lineage in 1625.

The name Kan'in-no-miya is thought to have come from the title of Prince Sadamoto, a son of the Heian-era Emperor Seiwa.

Arai Hakusei's wisdom was soon proved with the second head of the house, Imperial Prince Sukehito. When Emperor Go-Momozono died, he had only a daughter. Sukehito's younger son was chosen to become Emperor Kōkaku.

The Kan'in House became extinct upon the death of its 5th head, Prince Kan'in Naruhito, in 1842, but was revived by Emperor Meiji, who assigned the name to Prince Kotohito, 16th son of Prince Fushimi Kuniie (one of the other shinnoke houses).

The line became extinct again with the death of his son, Kan'in Sumihito (formerly Kan'in-no-miya Haruhito shinnō) in 1988.

	Name	Born	Succeeded	Resigned	Died
1	Template:Nihongo	1704	1718	.	1753
2	Template:Nihongo	1733	1753	.	1794
3	Template:Nihongo	1768	1794	.	1818
4	Template:Nihongo	1792	1818	.	1824
5	Template:Nihongo	1818	1828	.	1842
6	Template:Nihongo	1865	1872	.	1945
7	Template:Nihongo	1902	1945	1947	1988

References

• Keane, Donald. Emperor Of Japan: Meiji And His World, 1852-1912. Columbia University Press (2005). Template:ISBN
• Lebra, Sugiyama Takie. Above the Clouds: Status Culture of the Modern Japanese Nobility. University of California Press (1995). Template:ISBN