Prince Yuge Explained

Prince Yuge
Prince of Japan
Birth Name:	Yuge Japanese: 弓削皇子
Death Date:	August 21, 669
Father:	Emperor Tenmu
Mother:	Ōe

Prince Yuge (Japanese: 弓削皇子, d. August 21, 699) was a Japanese prince and waka poet. He was the sixth son of Emperor Tenmu, by Princess Ōe, daughter of Emperor Tenji. His full brother was Prince Naga.

Man'yōshū poems 111, 119, 120, 121, 122, 242, 1467 and 1608 are attributed to him.

He died on the twenty-first day of the seventh month of the third year of Emperor Monmu's reign (August 21, 699). He is one of the candidates for the Takamatsuzuka Tomb.^[1]

References

Works cited

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• Encyclopedia: . Yuge-no-miko . ja:弓削皇子 . japanese . 1998 . . 2018-07-05 . .
• Encyclopedia: Masubuchi . Tōru . Tōru Masubuchi . . Yuge-no-miko . ja:弓削皇子 . Japanese . 1994 . . 2018-07-05 .
• Book: Nakanishi , Susumu . Susumu Nakanishi

. Susumu Nakanishi . 1985 . Man'yōshū Jiten (Man'yōshū zen'yakuchū genbun-tsuki bekkan) . . Tokyo . paperback . 4-06-183651-X .

• Encyclopedia: Nihon Jinmei Daijiten Plus . Yuge-no-miko . japanese . ja:弓削皇子 . 2015 . Kōdansha . 2018-07-05 . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-07-05 . 2018-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180705033127/http://nirr.lib.niigata-u.ac.jp/bitstream/10623/20323/1/14_41-54.pdf . dead .