Emperor Sutoku lost the throne to his brothers, died in exile, and was brought home as a spirit in 1868

Kind 1 and kind 2. Sutoku, the first son of Emperor Toba, became emperor as a small child in 1123 while Toba ruled as retired emperor. A story that surfaced in the next century said his real father was Toba's grandfather Shirakawa. In 1141 Toba forced Sutoku to abdicate in favour of the infant Konoe, a son of Toba's favoured consort. When Konoe died in 1155, Sutoku's younger brother Go-Shirakawa was chosen over Sutoku's son Shigehito. In July 1156, after Toba died, Sutoku rose to put his son on the throne. He lost the Hogen Rebellion and was exiled to Sanuki on Shikoku. His requests to return were refused, and he died there in 1164, aged 46. The Hogen monogatari says he copied sutras for the capital, had them sent back as a suspected curse, and swore an oath in his own blood; some scholars doubt the sutras existed. Deaths among his opponents were blamed on his spirit. He was given the name Sutoku in 1177, and in 1184 Go-Shirakawa held services to calm him. Emperor Komei wanted his spirit returned to Kyoto, and in 1868 the Meiji government built Shiramine Jingu for it. In 1964 Emperor Showa sent an envoy to the 800th-anniversary memorial at his tomb.