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He was the fifth son of emperor Emperor Murakami by the empress consort ''Anshi'', the daughter of Fujiwara No Morosuke , therefore the brother of Emperor Reizei . In 967 he was elected as the crown prince, bypassing his elder brother by the same mother, since his brother had no support from the Fujiwara Clan . In his reign there were a severe struggle between the Fujiwara clan over who would be appointed the '' Kampaku '' regent. Emperor En'yū followed his mother's advice and favored Fujiwara No Kanemichi , his maternal uncle. He had only one son, later the emperor Emperor Ichijō by Senshi, a daughter of Fujiwara No Kaneie , another brother of his mother. He made the daughter of Kanemichi the empress consort, though she bore no children. Senshi and his father Kaneie were angry at this elevation of their rival and were absent from the court for a long time, staying at the mansion of Kaneie with the child. On August 27 , 984 he abdicated. |
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