Princess Ito

Princess Ito
伊都内親王
Princess Ito
Died861
Kyoto
SpousePrince Abo
IssueAriwara no Yukihira
Ariwara no Narihira
Names
Ito (伊都)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Kanmu

Princess Ito (伊都内親王 or 伊登内親王[1], Ito-naishinnō, d. 861) was a Japanese imperial princess of the early Heian period.

Biography

Ito's exact date of birth is unknown.[2] Her father was Emperor Kanmu.[2] She became the wife of Prince Abo, and the mother of the waka poets Ariwara no Yukihira and Narihira.[2]

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.[3]

She died in Kyoto, in 861.[2]

Family tree

References

  1. ^ Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten article "Ariwara no Narihira". Britannica.
  2. ^ a b c d Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten article "Ito-naishinnō". Britannica.
  3. ^ Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten article "Ito-naishinnō Ganmon". Britannica.