Prince Takechi

Japanese: 高市皇子 - たけちのみこ

Year of death: July 10, 10th (August 13th, 696)
Year of birth: Hakuchi 5 (654)
A member of the imperial family in the late 7th century. Son of Emperor Tenmu and Amako no Musume, the daughter of Munekata no Kimi Tokuzen. Father of Prince Nagaya and Prince Suzuka. During the Jinshin War (672), he rushed to his father's side and played an active role in commanding the entire army. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro's elegy about this is found in Volume 2 of the Manyoshu. After the war, Tenmu ascended to the throne and had 10 sons, which made the succession to the throne an issue. Takaichi was the eldest son, but due to his mother's low social status, he was ranked second to Prince Kusakabe and Prince Otsu. In January of the 14th year of Tenmu (685), he was awarded the title of Jyohiro-ni, and in August of the 1st year of Shucho (686), he was given an additional 400 households, the same amount as Kusakabe and Otsu. After Tenmu's death, Otsu and Kusakabe died one after the other, and Empress Jitō ascended to the throne, and in July of the 4th year of Jitō (690), he became Grand Minister of State. In October of the same year, he inspected the land of Fujiwara Palace (Kashihara City), and assisted the Emperor as the head of the Imperial Family, playing an important role in the Imperial Court. His fiefdom was increased by 2,000 households in January of the 5th year, and by another 2,000 the following year, reaching 5,000 households. In January of the 7th year, he was promoted to Jōkōichi, but died in July of the 10th year. He was honored as Go-ōji-son in comparison to Prince Kusakabe. According to the Engishiki, his grave is the Mitateoka Tomb in Hirose County, Yamato Province. There is a place called Mitateyama in Koryō-chō, Nara Prefecture, but no grave is identified as the royal tomb. He is said to be the ancestor of the Takashina no Masato, Nagahara no Ason, and Toyono no Masato clans. Recently excavated wooden tablets of the Nagaya no Oke family have suggested that he may have inherited the household institutions from Prince Takichi.

(Terasaki Yasuhiro)

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

Japanese:

没年：持統10.7.10(696.8.13)
生年：白雉5(654)
7世紀後半の皇族。天武天皇と宗形君徳善の娘尼子娘の子。長屋王,鈴鹿王らの父。壬申の乱(672)に際し,父のもとにかけつけ,全軍を統帥して活躍。その様子を詠んだ柿本人麻呂の挽歌が『万葉集』巻2にある。乱後即位した天武には10人の男子が生まれ,皇位継承が問題となる。高市は長子だが,母親の身分の低さから位置は草壁皇子,大津皇子に次いだ。天武14(685)年1月,浄広弐を授けられ,朱鳥1(686)年8月草壁,大津と同額の封400戸を加増される。天武死去ののち,大津,草壁が相次いで死去し,持統天皇が即位すると,持統4(690)年7月に太政大臣。同10月に藤原宮(橿原市)の地を視察するなど,皇親の筆頭として天皇を補佐し,朝廷に重きをなした。封戸も5年1月,2000戸加増,翌年さらに2000戸加増され,5000戸にも達した。7年1月に浄広壱にまで昇ったが,10年7月死去。草壁皇子に対して後皇子尊と尊称された。墓は『延喜式』によれば大和国広瀬郡にある三立岡墓という。奈良県広陵町に見立山の地名があるが,王墓に比定される墓はない。高階真人,永原朝臣,豊野真人の各氏の祖とされる。近年出土した長屋王家木簡から,その家政機関は高市皇子から継承した可能性が指摘されている。

(寺崎保広)

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