Prince Osakabe

A prince of Emperor Tenmu. Also written as Oshikabe. His mother was Shishihito no Omi Oomaro no Musumehime. In 672 (the first year of Emperor Tenmu's reign), during the Jinshin War, he accompanied his father to the eastern provinces. In 674, he was ordered by the Emperor to polish the sacred treasures of Isonokami Shrine with ointment. In 679, the Emperor, the Empress, and six princes, including Ogasawara, swore to each other at Yoshino Palace that they would obey the imperial decree and not disobey it. In 681, he submitted the imperial decree and participated in the writing of the "Imperial Chronicles and Ancient Affairs." This is said to be the beginning of the compilation of the Kojiki and Nihon shoki. He participated in the compilation of the Taiho Code as the chief editor, and when Empress Jito passed away in 703 (the third year of the Taiho era), he became the Chief Minister of State and managed national affairs.

[Kenichi Yokota]

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天武(てんむ)天皇の皇子。忍壁とも書く。母は完人臣(ししひとのおみ)大麻呂の女(むすめ)媛(かじひめ)。672年（天武天皇1）壬申(じんしん)の乱には父とともに東国へ赴く。674年天皇の命で石上(いそのかみ)神宮の神宝を膏油(こうゆ)で磨いた。679年天皇、皇后と刑部ら6皇子が吉野宮で勅に従い逆らうことなきを互いに誓い合った。681年詔を奉じ「帝紀及び上古諸事」の記定に参加した。これは記紀編集の初めといわれる。大宝律令(りつりょう)の編集には筆頭の編纂(へんさん)者として参与し、持統(じとう)上皇が703年（大宝3）崩御すると知太政官事(ちだいじょうかんじ)として、国政を総理した。

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