Princess Yamanobe Explained

Princess Yamanobe
Death Date:October 25, 686
Spouse:Prince Ōtsu
Children:Prince Awazuou
Parents:Emperor Tenji (father), Lady Hitachi (mother)

(? – October 25, 686) lived during the Asuka Period. She was a daughter of Emperor Tenji. Her mother was Lady Hitachi, whose father was Soga no Akae.

She married Prince Ōtsu, and they had one son, Prince Awazuou . When Prince Ōtsu was executed in 686, she ran out of her house in bare feet with hair disheveled, and killed herself.[1] It is said that people watching her death sobbed with sorrow.[2]

References

  1. Book: Brinkley . Frank . A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era . Kikuchi . Dairoku . 1915 . Encyclopædia Britannica Company . 173 . en.
  2. Book: Singer, Kurt . The Life of Ancient Japan: Selected Contemporary Texts Illustrating Social Life and Ideals before the Era of Seclusion . 2014-04-23 . Routledge . 978-1-134-27813-8 . 71 . en.

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