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*''Reign: [[884]]-[[887]]''
*''Japanese'': 光孝天皇 ''(Koukou tennou)''
Emperor Kôkô was a briefly reigning [[emperor]] of the early [[Heian period]].
The son of one of [[Emperor Yozei|Emperor Yôzei's]] great-grandfathers, Kôkô was placed on the throne in [[884]], upon Yôzei's abdication. [[Fujiwara no Mototsune]], who served as ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' (regent during an emperor's minority) for Yôzei, continued to serve as regent under Kôkô, and became the first to be officially named ''[[kampaku]]'' (regent for an adult emperor).
Kôkô was succeeded by his son, who took the throne as [[Emperor Uda]] in [[887]].
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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Yozei|Emperor Yôzei]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[884]]-[[887]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Uda]]'''
|}
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==References==
*Joan Piggott, ed. ''Capital and Countryside in Japan, 300-1180'', University of Cornell, NY, 2006.
*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 155.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
*''Japanese'': 光孝天皇 ''(Koukou tennou)''
Emperor Kôkô was a briefly reigning [[emperor]] of the early [[Heian period]].
The son of one of [[Emperor Yozei|Emperor Yôzei's]] great-grandfathers, Kôkô was placed on the throne in [[884]], upon Yôzei's abdication. [[Fujiwara no Mototsune]], who served as ''[[sessho|sesshô]]'' (regent during an emperor's minority) for Yôzei, continued to serve as regent under Kôkô, and became the first to be officially named ''[[kampaku]]'' (regent for an adult emperor).
Kôkô was succeeded by his son, who took the throne as [[Emperor Uda]] in [[887]].
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Yozei|Emperor Yôzei]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of Japan<br>[[884]]-[[887]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Uda]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
*Joan Piggott, ed. ''Capital and Countryside in Japan, 300-1180'', University of Cornell, NY, 2006.
*Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 155.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]