Emperor En'yū

Emperor En'yū (959–991), personal name Morihira, was the 64th emperor of Japan, reigning from 969 to 984. The fifth son of Emperor Murakami and Reizei's younger brother, he was named heir in 967 with Fujiwara backing, and the Anna Incident of 969 ruined Minamoto no Takaakira.

He favoured his uncle Fujiwara no Kanemichi in the clan's struggle over the kampaku post, while palace fires wrecked the Sacred Mirror. En'yū abdicated in 984, took Buddhist vows as Kongō Hō in 985, and died in 991; his only son became Emperor Ichijō.