Tajihi Island

Japanese: 多治比嶋 - たじひのしま

Year of death: 21 July 1st of the Taiho Era (29 August 701)
Year of birth: Unknown
He was an official in the late 7th century. He was the great-great-grandson of Emperor Senka and the son of Prince Tajihi. He was the father of Ikemori, Kenshu, Hironari, and others. In 682, he was appointed Dazai of Tsukushi, where he presented a large bell as tribute, and in January of the following year, he presented a three-legged sparrow. When Empress Jito ascended to the throne, he was honored with a celebratory gift, was appointed Minister of the Right, and was given a fief of 500 households. In 696, he was given a walking stick and a palanquin out of pity for his old age. He later rose to the rank of Minister of the Left, Shonii. According to one theory, he was 78 years old. In 713, his wife, Iehara Onna, encouraged her husband to govern the country while he was alive, and after his death, she was rewarded for her faithfulness and was given 50 villages for firmly adhering to the will of her husband. Both husband and wife were people who devoted themselves to the Imperial Court.

(Kimio Mori)

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Japanese:

没年：大宝1.7.21(701.8.29)
生年：生年不詳
7世紀末の官人。宣化天皇の玄孫で,多治比王の子。池守,県守,広成らの父。天武11(682)年,筑紫大宰の任にあり,大鐘を貢じ,翌年1月には三足雀を献じた。持統天皇即位のとき,賀騰極を奏し,右大臣に就任し,封500戸を賜った。持統10(696)年,その老齢が哀れまれ,杖と輿を授けられた。その後,左大臣正二位まで昇る。一説には78歳であったという。和銅5(713)年その妻家原音那は,夫の生存中は国を治める道を勧め,夫の死後は固く同墳の意を守ったとして,その貞節を褒賞され,邑50戸を賜っている。夫婦共に朝廷に尽くした人物であったか。

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