Prince Kaya

Japanese: 賀陽親王 - かやしんのう

Year of death: 8th October 13th of the Jogan period (23rd November 871)
Year of birth: Enryaku 13 (794)
A member of the imperial family in the early Heian period. He was the son of Emperor Kanmu and Tajihi Nagano's daughter Shinshu. In 822, he became the Minister of Justice, and served as the Minister of Justice and Minister of Central Affairs. In 855, he supervised the repair and completion memorial service for the Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple, which was destroyed in 855, in March 861. According to the Konjaku Monogatari, the prince built a doll in a field next to Kyogokuji Temple (Tokyo Kyokuoji East, Sanjo North) with a bowl in both hands, and when the bowl was filled with water, it was rigged to pour water over the doll's face. People who saw it found it amusing and filled it with water, so this was the only field that never dried up, even in droughts. People passed it down as a result, saying, "He was an extremely skilled craftsman, and was full of elegance." The mansion, located south of Nakamikado and east of Horikawa (Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City), was later inherited by Fujiwara no Yorimichi.

(Takinami Sadako)

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

Japanese:

没年：貞観13.10.8(871.11.23)
生年：延暦13(794)
平安前期の皇族。桓武天皇と多治比長野の娘真宗の子。弘仁13(822)年刑部卿となり,治部卿,中務卿などを歴任。斉衡2(855)年に大破した東大寺大仏の修造に当たり,貞観3(861)年3月修理落成供養会を監修している。『今昔物語』には,親王が建立した京極寺(東京極大路東,三条北)の傍の田に両手で器をもつ人形を造り,水で器が一杯になると顔にそそぐしかけを細工したところ,見る人が面白がって水を入れたので,旱魃時でもこの田だけは涸れたことがない,そこで人々は「極めたる物の上手,風流の至るところ」と語り伝えたとある。中御門南,堀川東(京都市中京区)にあった邸宅はのち藤原頼通が伝領。

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