korehito's

Updated: July 19, 2026

By her, Montoku had a son, Prince Korehito, whose chance of succeeding to the crown should have been very slender since he had three half-brothers, the oldest of whom, Prince Koretaka, had already attained his fourth year at the time of Korehito's birth, and was his father's favourite.

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