Emperor Kōkō

Emperor Kōkō
光孝天皇
Portrait by Katsukawa Shunshō, 1775
Emperor of Japan
ReignMarch 5, 884 – September 17, 887
EnthronementMarch 23, 884
PredecessorYōzei
SuccessorUda
Born830
Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
Died17 September 887(887-09-17) (aged 57)
Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
Burial
Nochi no Tamura no misasagi (後田邑陵) (Kyoto)
Issue
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Emperor Uda
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Emperor Kōkō (光孝天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Ninmyō
MotherFujiwara no Takushi

Emperor Kōkō (光孝天皇, Kōkō-tennō; 830 – September 17, 887) was the 58th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

Kōkō reigned from 884 to 887.