Princess Toichi - Princess Toichi

Japanese: 十市皇女 - とおちのひめみこ

Year of death: 7th April 678 (3rd May 678)
Year of birth: Unknown
In the 7th century, she was the wife of Prince Otomo (son of Emperor Tenchi). Her father was Emperor Tenmu and her mother was Princess Nukata, and she was probably their first child. She gave birth to Prince Kazuno around the 8th year of Tenchi (669), but lost her husband in the Jinshin War in the 1st year of Tenmu (672). However, neither her mother Princess Nukata nor the princess were involved in the fighting. In the Uji Shui Monogatari and other sources, it is said that the princess had informed her father of her husband Otomo's movements, but we need to consider separately why neither the mother nor the daughter accompanied her husband during the war. It is clear that she stayed with her father after the war, and in the 4th year of Tenmu (675), she made a pilgrimage to Ise Grand Shrine. In the 7th year of the same year, she suddenly died at the palace. She was buried in Ako in Yamato. Possible locations for Ako include Takabatake-cho in Nara City, Akao in Sakurai City, and Miyoshi in Koryo-cho.

(Kyoko Kojima)

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

Japanese:

没年：天武7.4.7(678.5.3)
生年：生年不詳
7世紀,大友皇子(天智天皇の子)の妃。父は天武天皇,母は額田女王で,その第1子か。天智8(669)年ごろ葛野王を出産するが,天武1(672)年壬申の乱で夫を失う。しかし母額田女王も皇女も,戦いには巻き込まれていない。『宇治拾遺物語』などでは,皇女が夫大友の動静を父に通報していたとするが,乱に際して母も娘も自分の夫と行動を共にしていない理由は別に,考える必要があるだろう。乱後は父のもとにいたことが明らかで,天武4(675)年には伊勢神宮へ参詣している。同7年宮中で急死。大和の赤穂に葬られた。赤穂の地としては奈良市高畑町,桜井市赤尾,広陵町三吉が候補とされている。

(児島恭子)

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