Princess Ito 伊都内親王 | |
Princess Ito | |
House: | Imperial House of Japan |
Father: | Emperor Kanmu |
Issue: | Ariwara no Yukihira Ariwara no Narihira |
Spouse: | Prince Abo |
Death Date: | 861 |
Death Place: | Kyoto |
was a Japanese imperial princess of the early Heian period.
Ito's exact date of birth is unknown.[1] Her father was Emperor Kanmu.[1] She became the wife of Prince Abo, and the mother of the waka poets Ariwara no Yukihira and Narihira.[1]
The Kōfuku-ji in Nara houses a document, the Ito-naishinnō Ganmon, which records her donation of incense and sutras to the temple, and is dated to 833.[2]
She died in Kyoto, in 861.[1]