Prince Takaoka

Japanese: 高岳親王 - たかおかしんのう

Born in 799, Kyoto
[Died] Jōgan 7 (865)?
The third son of Emperor Heizei. Also written as Takaoka. He became a monk and took the name Shinnyo. In 810, the retired Emperor Heizei raised an army to restore his throne (→Kusuko no Hen), but failed and had his head shaved, at which point he was deposed as the crown prince. He later became a Buddhist monk, lived at Toji Temple, became an ajari, and became a disciple of Kobo Daishi (Kukai). After Kobo Daishi's death, he traveled to China to seek the law, and in 861 he traveled to China, and in 862 he went to India, but his whereabouts became unknown. In 881, a monk studying in China reported that the prince had traveled to the Western Regions and died in Luoyue, a state believed to be the present-day Singapore.

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Japanese:

[生]延暦18 (799).京都
[没]貞観7 (865)?
平城天皇の第3皇子。高丘とも書く。出家して真如と号した。大同5（810）年平城上皇が復位をはかろうとして挙兵（→薬子の変），失敗して剃髪のとき，太子を廃された。のち仏門に入り，東寺に住し阿闍梨（あじゃり）となり，弘法大師（空海）の弟子となった。大師入滅ののち入唐求法を志し，貞観3（861）年唐に渡り，さらに同 7年インドに向かったが消息不明となった。元慶5（881）年在唐留学僧から，親王が西域に赴き羅越国で死去した旨報告があった。羅越国は今日のシンガポールにあたると推定されている。

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