Title The Site of the Kan-in no Miya Residence

  • Kyoto
Topic(s):
Historic Sites/Castle Ruins
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2018
Associated Tourism Board:
Kyoto Gyoen National Garden

閑院宮邸跡

その歴史の中で、皇室はその血統を守るために、定期的に分家を作ってきました。1710年にも設立された閑院宮家は江戸時代につくられた四親王家の中で最も新しい宮家です。118代目天皇、後桃園天皇が本家に皇嗣をもうけないまま急逝した時、当時9歳だった閑院宮家出身の光格天皇があとをついで即位しました。天皇家が東京に移住した1877年以降、邸宅は華族会館や裁判所として一時使用されました。その後、1883年に宮内庁の京都支部が設立された際に再建されました。

The Site of the Kan-in no Miya Residence


Throughout its history, the imperial family has periodically created cadet branches in order to support the preservation of the imperial bloodline. Founded in 1710, the Kan-in no Miya family was the youngest of the four additional imperial houses created in the Edo period. When the 118th Emperor Go-Momozono (1758–1779) passed away suddenly without any heir in the main family line, nine-year-old Emperor Kokaku (1771–1840) from the Kan-in no Miya lineage ascended to the throne in his place.


After the imperial family moved to Tokyo in 1877, the residence served as the Kyoto branch office of an association of nobles and as a court of law. It was rebuilt in 1883 to house the newly-established Kyoto branch of the Ministry of the Imperial Household.

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