In 1870, he changed his reigning name to Kitashirakawanomiya because it was hard to distinguish it from the former monzeki (temple formerly led by founder of sect, temple in which resided a member of nobility or the Imperial family). |
明治3年(1870年)宮号が旧門跡との区別が判然としないとの理由で北白川宮に改称する。 |