Princess Ota

Japanese: 大田皇女 - おおたのひめみこ

Year of death: Before Tenchi 6 (667)
Year of birth: Emperor Kōgyoku 3? (644)
She was the daughter of Emperor Tenchi and his wife, the concubine Tonochi-musume, in the mid-7th century. Empress Jito was her full sister. Her mother was so saddened by the innocent death of her father, Soga no Kurayamada Ishikawamaro, that she died soon after giving birth to her younger brother, Prince Take. It seems that the young Ota and her sister were raised by their grandmother, Empress Kogyoku. In accordance with her father Tenchi's political strategy, she became the wife of her uncle, Prince Oama (Emperor Tenmu), at a young age in 656 (the second year of the reign of Saimei), and gave birth to Princess Daihaku in 657 and Prince Otsu in 663 (the second year of Tenchi), both on the way to the west to rescue Baekje. After the defeat, she returned to Kyoto. She died a few years later and was buried in 663 in a grave in front of the tomb of Empress Kogyoku. The two children she gave birth to on the battlefield following her father and husband were driven to death and disappointment by her younger sister, Empress Jito, who became Empress Tenmu after coming of age. <References> Naoki Kojiro, "Empress Jito"

(Akiko Yoshie)

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Japanese:

没年：天智6以前(667)
生年：皇極3?(644)
7世紀中ごろ,天智天皇と嬪遠智娘の皇女。持統天皇は同母妹。母はその父蘇我倉山田石川麻呂の無実の死を悲しみ,弟建皇子を生んでまもなく早世。幼い大田らは祖母皇極天皇に育てられたらしい。父天智の政略に添って斉明2(656)年,若くして叔父大海人皇子(天武天皇)の妃となり,同7年に大伯皇女を,天智2(663)年に大津皇子を,ともに百済救援の西征の途上で生む。敗戦後,帰京。数年後に没し,同6年,皇極天皇陵の前の墓に葬られた。父と夫に従い戦陣で生んだふたりの子は,成人後,天武皇后となった妹持統天皇によって死と失望に追いやられる。<参考文献>直木孝次郎『持統天皇』

(義江明子)

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