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Updated: June 25, 2025

There was no offspring of this union, and when, in 1166, Motozane died, he left a five-year-old son, Motomichi, born of his wife, a Fujiwara lady. This boy was too young to succeed to the office of regent, and therefore had no title to any of the property accruing to the holder of that post, who had always been recognized as de jure head of the Fujiwara family.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era

In 1166 Frederick Barbarossa whose gift, magnificent tho it was, does by no means compensate for this sacrilege caused the remains of that great emperor to be untombed. The Church claimed the imperial skeleton, and, separating the bones, made each a holy relic.

Various - Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 5 : Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Switzerland, Part 1