During the turbulence at the end of the Edo period, the Emperor Komei commanded the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) to relocate to Kyoto the divine spirit of Retired Emperor Sutoku which had been enshrined in a distant land, but he passed away soon after. 幕末の動乱期、孝明天皇は異郷に祀られている崇徳上皇の霊を慰めるため、その神霊を京都に移すよう幕府に命じたが、その後間もなく崩御した。 |