| For example, Emperor Gomizunoo in the Edo period was unable to endure the deeds of the Edo bakufu which eroded the authority of the emperor, like the Shie Incident (the great conflict between the shogunate and the Imperial Court), and abdicated the throne to an infant Princess Okiko (later Emperor Meisho). |
たとえば、江戸時代の後水尾天皇は、紫衣事件など、天皇の権威を失墜させる江戸幕府の行いに耐えかね、幼少の興子内親王（後の明正天皇）へ譲位を行った。 |