He was adopted by Emperor Komei in 1860 to become a disciple of the head priest who is a member of nobility or Imperial family of Shogo-in Temple, the Cloistered Imperial Prince Katsuhito (雄仁) (later Imperial Prince Shogoinnomiya Yoshikoto). 万延元年(1860年)孝明天皇の養子となり、聖護院門跡雄仁法親王(後の聖護院宮嘉言親王)附弟となる。 |