Princess Izuro - The Princess of the Streets

Japanese: 衣通郎姫 - そとおりのいらつめ

Year of birth: Unknown
She was the wife of Emperor Ingyo in the mid-5th century. She was also called Otohime. According to the section on Emperor Ingyo in the Nihon Shoki, after Empress Oshisaka Oonakahime finished dancing at a banquet for the new wife, she presented her younger sister, Kinutsuirohime, to Emperor Ingyo, following the customs of the time. Her name comes from the fact that her beauty shone through her clothes. The Emperor summoned her seven times, but did not attend for fear of her sister's jealousy. At the request of an envoy, she moved from Omisakada (Sakata County, Shiga Prefecture) to the Fujiwara of Yamato (Asuka Village, Takaichi County, Nara Prefecture), but her sister's jealousy did not subside, so the Emperor had her move to Kawachi Chienu (possibly near Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture) and imposed on the various provinces' nobles to appoint a Fujiwara clan on her behalf and provide for her. The Emperor's daughter Kinutsuiro-no-Ojo mentioned in the Kojiki for Emperor Ingyo is probably a different person.

(Shigefumi Kobayashi)

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

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
5世紀半ば,允恭天皇の妃。弟姫ともいう。『日本書紀』允恭天皇の条によると,新室の宴で皇后忍坂大中姫は舞い終わったのち,当時の習俗に従って,妹の衣通郎姫を允恭天皇に献じた。名前の由来は,その美しさが衣を通って輝いたことによる。天皇は7度召したが姉の嫉妬を恐れて参向しなかった。使者の懇請で近江坂田(滋賀県坂田郡)から大和の藤原(奈良県高市郡明日香村)へ移ったが,姉の嫉妬がやまないため,天皇は河内茅渟(大阪府泉佐野市付近か)に移り住まわせ,諸国造に科して名代の藤原部を定めて資養させた。『古事記』允恭天皇に載る天皇の娘の衣通郎女は別人であろう。

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