Princess Fuwa - Princess Fuwa

Japanese: 不破内親王 - ふわないしんのう

Year of birth: Unknown
An 8th century princess. Daughter of Emperor Shomu and his wife, Inukai no Sukune Hirotoji. Younger sister of Princess Inoue and Prince Asaka. Possibly born around 730. Wife of Prince Shioyaki and gave birth to Shikeshimaro, Kawatsugu (maybe the same person), and Yoho. The year of their marriage is unknown, but considering that it was around the end of the Tenpyo period (746-48) after Prince Shioyaki returned to Kyoto from exile in Izu, the ages of the people involved are not unreasonable. In any case, there was a considerable age difference between her and Prince Shioyaki, and this marriage was likely decided by forces other than Princess Fuwa's own will. Was her promotion from Munen to Yonen in 763 due to her husband, Prince Shioyaki, teaming up with Fujiwara no Nakamaro? In the following year, her husband was executed in the Nakamaro Rebellion, but because Fuwa was the daughter of Princess Shomu, her title of Imperial Princess was merely removed, and her son was spared from any implicature due to being his mother. However, five years later, in the Emperor Shōtoku Sadō Incident, she was renamed Kushiya no Masahito Kushiya, given 40 hectares of land and 10 cho of rice fields, exiled from the capital, and her son was exiled to Tosa Province. It was later discovered that the accusation was false, and she was restored to the Imperial Princess register. She was later promoted to the second rank, but in 782, she was implicated in an attempted coup d'état by her son Kawatsugu, and exiled to Awaji Province with Kawatsugu's sister (possibly Hikami no Masahito Yohko). In 783, she was transferred to Izumi Province, but perhaps she died there, as her name does not appear when Kawatsugu's crimes were pardoned in 784.

(Kyoko Kojima)

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

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
8世紀の皇女。聖武天皇と夫人県犬養宿禰広刀自の娘。井上内親王,安積親王の妹。天平2(730)年ごろの生まれか。塩焼王の妃となり志計志麻呂,川継(同一人物か),陽胡を生む。結婚の年は不明だが,塩焼王が伊豆の流刑地から帰京したのちの天平末年(746～48)ごろと考えると,関連する人々の年齢に無理がない。いずれにせよ塩焼王とはかなりの年齢差があり,この結婚は不破内親王の意思とは別の力で決められたものであろう。天平宝字7(763)年に無品から四品になったのは,夫塩焼王が藤原仲麻呂と手を結んだことによるものか。翌8年,夫は仲麻呂の乱に座して斬られたが,不破は聖武皇女であったため内親王の号を削られるにとどまり,皇子も母故に連座を免れた。しかし5年後の称徳天皇厭魅事件では厨真人厨女と名を変えられ,封40戸田10町を与えられて京外追放となり,息子は土佐国へ流された。のち誣告と判明,内親王に復籍した。その後二品まで上ったが,延暦1(782)年息子川継のクーデタ未遂に連座し,川継の姉妹(氷上真人陽胡か)と淡路国に流された。同14年和泉国に移されたが,その地で没したものか,同24年に川継の罪が許されたときには名がみえない。

(児島恭子)

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