Following this, in the third month (second month in old lunar calendar) of 1180, Emperor Takakura abdicated, and prince Tokihito, the boy that Empress Tokuko had given birth to, was raised to the throne (as Emperor Antoku).
そして治承4年（1180年）2月、高倉天皇は譲位し、中宮徳子の産んだ言仁親王が即位した（安徳天皇）。