| Prince Abo 阿保親王 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Abo | |||||
 Drawing of Prince Abo by Kikuchi Yōsai | |||||
| Born | 792 Kyoto | ||||
| Died | 22 October 842 Kyoto | ||||
| Issue | Ariwara no Yukihira Ariwara no Narihira Ariwara no Morihira Ariwara no Nakahira Ōe no Otondo | ||||
| |||||
| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Emperor Heizei | ||||
| Mother | Fujii no Fujiko | ||||
Prince Abo (阿保親王, Abo-shinnō; 792–842) was a Japanese imperial prince of the early Heian period.
He was born in 792 in Kyoto. His parents were Emperor Heizei and Fujii no Fujiko.
Following the Kusuko Incident (薬子の変, Kusuko no hen) of 810, in which he was complicit, he was exiled to Dazaifu in modern Fukuoka Prefecture, where he was made Deputy Governor of Dazaifu (太宰権帥, Dazai no gon no sochi). In 824, at the beginning of the Tenchō era, he received a pardon and was allowed return to the Capital.
In 826, his sons Yukihira, Narihira-both prominent poets- Morihira (守平) and Nakahira (仲平) were given the surname Ariwara. Among his other children was the scholar and poet Ōe no Otondo (大江音人; 811–877).
The Jōwa Incident (承和の変, Jōwa no hen), an 842 rebellion plot, was uncovered thanks to an anonymous report by Prince Abo. He died in the same year, on the twenty-second day of the tenth month.
His father was Emperor Heizei and his mother was a court lady Fujii no Fujiko/Tōshi, Fujii no Michiyori's daughter