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Place of Birth: Kyoto, Kyōto Prefecture, Japan
About Emperor Ninkō
- Emperor Ninko (????, Ninko-tenno, 16 March 1800 – 21 February 1846) was the 120th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
- Ninko's reign spanned the years from 1817 until his death in 1846, and saw further deterioration of the ruling Shogun's power.
- Disasters which included famine, combined with corruption and increasing Western interference helped to erode public trust in the bakufu government.
- Emperor Ninko attempted to revive certain court rituals and practices upon the wishes of his father.
- However, it is unknown what role, if any, the Emperor had in the turmoil which occurred during his reign.
- His family included fifteen children from various concubines, but only three of them lived to adulthood.
- His fourth son, Imperial Prince Osahito became the next Emperor upon his death in 1846.
- While political power at the time still resided with the Shogun, the beginnings of the Bakumatsu (end of military government) were at hand.
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