Princess Teshiraka - Princess Teshiraka

Japanese: 手白香皇女 - たしらかのひめみこ

Year of birth: Unknown
Empress of Emperor Keitai in the first half of the 6th century. She was the daughter of Emperor Ninken and Emperor Yuryaku's princess Kasuga no Omijo. Emperor Buretsu had no children, and when Emperor Keitai, who claimed to be the 5th generation descendant of Emperor Ojin, ascended to the throne, she became empress at the recommendation of Otomo no Kanamura. Although he had already taken the daughter of a local nobleman as his wife, he chose to take as his empress the younger sister of Buretsu and a princess related to Emperor Yuryaku, likely so that Keitai, whose origins are unknown, could be linked to Emperor Nintoku's lineage through marriage. Her child was Emperor Kinmei. The Harima no Kuni Fudoki states that Teshirakaba no Mikoto was the mother of Emperor Kenso and Emperor Ninken, but this is probably incorrect. The Engishiki Shoryo states that the Fusuda Tomb is the tomb of the princess, but the Nishidonozuka Kofun Tumulus in Yanagimoto-cho, Tenri City, Nara Prefecture, which is identified as the tomb, does not match the date.

(Shigefumi Kobayashi)

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

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
6世紀前半,継体天皇の皇后。仁賢天皇と雄略天皇皇女の春日大娘の皇女。武烈天皇には子がなく,応神天皇5世孫を称する継体天皇が即位することになったとき,大伴金村のすすめで皇后となった。すでに地方豪族の娘を妃に迎えていたにもかかわらず,即位に当たって,武烈の妹で雄略天皇につながる皇女を皇后に迎えたのは,出自不明の継体が結婚を通じて仁徳天皇の系譜に結びつくためであろう。子は欽明天皇。『播磨国風土記』は手白髪命を顕宗・仁賢天皇の母とするが誤りであろう。『延喜式』諸陵寮は衾田墓を皇女の墓とするが,比定される奈良県天理市柳本町の西殿塚古墳は年代が合わない。

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