Michihito

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Michihito (方仁; 1517 – 1593), also known as Emperor Ōgimachi (正親町天皇), was the 106th Emperor of Japan, reigning from 1557 until his abdication in 1586.

Biography

In 1580, Emperor Ōgimachi sent a court official to broker terms of surrender and a peace settlement from the Ikkō-ikki, a collective of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhists who had rebelled against Oda Nobunaga in the Ishiyama Hongan-ji War. Like all past emperors, Ōgimachi lived in Kyoto's Imperial Palace and was widely respected as a claimed descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, but had little money of his own to spend. This changed when Nobunaga helped furnish the palace and personally paid him a stipend, acts which increased Nobunaga's own legitimacy as ruler.

In 1585, Fujibayashi Naoe and Tsuyu returned the three Imperial Regalia that Ōgimachi's predecessor, Emperor Go-Nara, had entrusted to the Kakushiba ikki. After losing and subsequently recovering the artifacts from the Templars, the two felt that the regalia would be safe with the emperor once more and handed them to Ōgimachi's servants at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.

Appearances

• Echoes of History – Shadows (first mentioned)
• Assassin's Creed: Shadows (mentioned only)
  • Claws of Awaji (first appearance)