Yōzei was the oldest son of Emperor Seiwa.

Yōzei was made emperor when he was an immature, unformed young boy.

* 869 ( Jōgan 10 ): Yōzei was born, and he is named Seiwa's heir in the following year.

Yōzei traveled in a carriage which was quickly surrounded by a heavy guard.

In the end, when Fujiwara no Mototsune, who was Sesshō ( regent for the child-emperor, 876 – 880 ), Kampaku ( chief advisor or first secretary for the emperor, 880 – 890 ), and Daijō Daijin ( Great Minister of the Council of State ), decided that Yōzei should be removed from the throne, he discovered that there was general agreement amongst the kuge that this was a correct and necessary decision.

* 889 ( Kanpyō 1, 10th month ): The former emperor Yōzei was newly attacked by the mental illness.

At the time Emperor Yōzei was deposed, Prince Tokiaytsu was already Governor of Hitachi and Chief Minister of Ceremonies ( Jibu-kyō, 治部卿 )

While Tsunemoto is termed the ancestor of the Seiwa Genji, there is evidence ( rediscovered in the late 19th century by Hoshino Hisashi ) suggesting that he was actually the grandson of Yōzei rather than of Seiwa.

This theory is not widely accepted as fact, but as Yōzei was deposed for reprehensible behavior, there would have been a compelling motive to claim descent from more auspicious origins if it were the case.

This 16th-century sovereign was named after the 9th-century Emperor Yōzei, and, translates literally as later, and thus, he could be called the " Later Emperor Yōzei ".

He was named after Emperor Kōkō, who had the alternate name Komatsu, because they both returned the throne to their families, in the case of Emperor Go-Komatsu, by defeating his Southern Court rivals, and in the case of Emperor Kōkō, by succeeding his elder brother's grandson, Emperor Yōzei.

The term also can refer to very specific seating, such as the takamikura ( 高御座 ) throne in the Shishin-den at Kyoto Imperial Palace Yōzei was formally installed on the Chrysanthemum Throne ; and the beginning of a new nengō was proclaimed.

: Before Emperor Yōzei ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name ( his imina ) was Sadakira Shinnō ( 貞明親王 ).

* Imperial Prince Sadaakira ( 貞明親王 ) ( 868 – 949 ) ( Emperor Yōzei )

According to very scanty information from the Imperial archives, including sources such as Rikkokushi, and Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku, Emperor Yōzei murdered one of his retainers, an action that caused massive scandal in the Heian court.

Memorial Shinto shrine and mausoleum honoring Emperor Yōzei, Kyoto

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* Imperial Princess Kanshi ( 簡子内親王 ) (?– 914 ), married to Emperor Yōzei

* Imperial Princess Yasuko ( 綏子内親王 ) (?– 925 ), married to Emperor Yōzei

* Emperor Yōzei of Japan

* Emperor Yōzei, emperor of Japan

These were descendants of Emperor Yōzei.

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* referring to the specific with the general, such as " Chrysanthemum Throne " for the short reign of Emperor Yōzei or equally as well for the ambit of the Imperial system.

One of these clans, the Minamoto clan ( 源氏 ) are also known as Genji, and of these, the Yōzei Genji ( 陽成源氏 ) are descended from the 57th emperor Yōzei.

The Japanese word go has also been translated to mean the second one, and in some older sources, this emperor may be identified as " Yōzei, the second ", or as " Yōzei II.

** Yōzei Genji ( 陽成源氏 )-descended from 57th emperor Yōzei.

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