Prince Sawara

Prince Sawara was implicated because of his opposition to the move of the capital, exiled to Awaji Province, but starved himself (although a mystery remains) and died on the way there.

Additional concerns led to the decision to move the capital again, to Heiankyō (Kyōto).

He was also made part of pantheon of onryō, "disgraced" figures enshrined at the Shinsenen in Kyōto, in 863, to appease (rather than banish) troubled, even vengeful, souls.

The kami of Prince Sawara is venerated at Sudō jinja in Shūgaku-in, Yamashiro province.

The prince (Sawara-shinnō) was posthumously elevated as Emperor Sudō (Sudō-tennō).