Princess Kasuganoyamada

Japanese: 春日山田皇女 - かすがのやまだのひめみこ

Year of birth: Unknown
She was the Empress of Emperor Ankan in the first half of the 6th century. She was the daughter of Emperor Ninken and Nukanohizume (Hisoku), the daughter of Nukanokimi no Musume (Oonukano Musume, Nukawakako no Irorime). She was also known as Yamada Akami no Hime, Yamada no Omi no Hime, Akami no Hime, and Kasuga no Oda no Irorime. The Kasugano Yamada Princess, who is described in the Nihon Shoki as the daughter of Emperor Kinmei, is the same person, and the confusion may have arisen due to an error in the tradition. In the autumn of the 7th year of the reign of Emperor Keitai (513), she had a night of pure talk with Prince Muka no Oe (Emperor Ankan) and exchanged poems. The following year, she lamented that the prince was to blame for her not having a child, and in order to leave her name behind, she was given the Sofu Tonokura (Sahogawa-cho, Nara City) by the Emperor as a proxy. Before ascending to the throne, Emperor Kinmei tried to hand over government affairs to his mother's younger sister, Kasugano Yamada Princess, who was the Empress of his older brother Emperor Ankan, on the grounds that he was young and inexperienced in government affairs. However, the princess declined and instead suggested that the prince take the throne. If she had accepted, a female emperor like Princess Iitoyo or Empress Suiko would have become a reality, but she ended up being a phantom emperor. The Nihon Shoki states that her tomb was buried together with the tomb of Emperor Ankan (Furuichi Takaya Hills), but the Engishiki states that she was buried in a different tomb, the Furuichi Takaya Tomb (a circular burial mound in Hachimanyama, Furuichi, Habikino City).

(Akashi Kazunori)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
6世紀前半,安閑天皇の皇后。仁賢天皇と和珥日爪(日触)の娘,糠君娘(大糠娘,糠若子郎女)との皇女。山田赤見皇女,山田大娘皇女,赤見皇女,春日小田郎女とも。また『日本書紀』に欽明天皇皇女とある春日山田皇女は同一人物で,伝承の錯誤によって混乱が生じたものであろう。継体7(513)年秋,勾大兄皇子(安閑天皇)と夜を通じて清談し,歌を贈答し合った。翌年子がないのは皇子のせいだと悲しみ,自らの名を残すために御名代として匝布屯倉(奈良市佐保川町)を天皇から賜った。欽明天皇は即位前,自分は年少で政事に未熟であるという理由で,母の妹で兄安閑天皇の皇后であった春日山田皇女に政務を譲ろうとした。しかし,皇女は辞退して逆に皇子の即位を進言している。もし受けていれば,飯豊女王や推古天皇のような女帝が実現したはずであったが,幻の女帝に終わった。墓は『日本書紀』では安閑天皇陵(古市高屋丘陵)に合葬されたとみえるが,『延喜式』では,別な古市高屋墓(羽曳野市大字古市字八幡山の円墳)となっている。

(明石一紀)

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