Prince Tokiyo

Japanese: 斉世親王 - ときよしんのう

[Raw] Ninna 2 (886). Kyoto
[Died] September 10, 927, Kyoto. The third son of Emperor Uda and younger brother of Emperor Daigo. His mother was the daughter of Councillor Tachibana Hiroaki, the Empress Tachibana Yoshiko. He was also called Enjojinomiya, Hosannomiya, and Endonomiya. He came of age in 898, was promoted to the third rank, and was appointed Minister of War, and later became Governor of Kazusa. He married the daughter of Sugawara no Michizane, but in 898, when Michizane was demoted, he became a monk and entered Ninna-ji Temple, where his father, Emperor Uda, lived, changing his name to Shinjaku and continuing his training. He devoted himself to esoteric Buddhism, wrote many essays, and also became an accomplished painter. He later lived in Enjo-ji Temple, where he was revered by many as the reincarnation of Shinnyo Ajari (→ Prince Takaoka).

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Japanese:

[生]仁和2(886).京都
[没]延長5(927).9.10. 京都
宇多天皇の第3皇子，醍醐天皇の弟。母は参議橘広相の娘，女御橘義子。円城寺宮，法三宮，円堂宮ともいう。昌泰1 (898) 年元服，次いで三品に叙せられ兵部卿に任じられ，のち上総太守となった。菅原道真の娘を妃としたが，同4年道真の左遷に縁座して出家，父宇多法皇のいた仁和寺に入って名を真寂と改め，修行した。密教に精進し，撰述するところも多く，また絵画をきわめた。のち円城寺に住したが，真如阿闍梨 (→高岳親王 ) の再誕として衆人に敬愛された。

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