Princess Yamanobe

Princess Yamanobe (山辺皇女, Yamanobe no himemiko) (? – 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.

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Princess Yamanobe
Died	October 25, 686
Spouse	Prince Ōtsu
Children	Prince Awazuou
Parent(s)	Emperor Tenji (father), Lady Hitachi (mother)
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She married Prince Ōtsu, and they had one son, Prince Awazuou ((粟津王)). 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]

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

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