Princess Tsukishine

Princess Tsukishine
舂米女王
Princess Tsukishine; 舂米女王
Died	December 30, 643
Spouse	Prince Yamashiro
Issue	Prince Naniwa [ja], Yuge no Ōkimi [ja] and others
House	Imperial House of Japan
Father	Prince Shōtoku
Mother	Kashiwade no Iratsume [ja]

Princess Tsukishine (舂米女王; also known as Princess Kamitsumiya no Iratsume no Miko (上宮大娘姫王)) was a Japanese princess and daughter of Prince Shōtoku during the Asuka period. She married her half brother, Prince Yamashiro.

Life

She was born to Prince Shōtoku and a concubine named Kashiwade no Iratsume [ja].

She is quoted once in the Nihon Shoki under the reign of Empress Kōgyoku after the Soga clan employed relatives of Prince Shōtoku to work on their ancestral tombs;

Princess Kamitsumiya no Iratsume no Miko, indignant, lamented thus: "The Soga ministers wield the reins of state at will, committing countless acts of insolence. There cannot be two suns in the heavens, nor two sovereigns upon the earth. By what right could they have disposed of the imperial prince's vassals as they pleased?"

In 643 Soga no Iruka sent Kose no Tokuta [ja], Haji no Ite [ja], Ōtomo no Nagatoko [ja] and 100 soldiers to Prince Yamashiro's residence, Ikaruga Palace [ja], in order to assassinate him. Ultimately Yamashiro committed suicide. It is believed that Prince Yamashiro's family, including his wife also killed themselves.

Genealogy

Parents

Father: Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子, February 7, 574 – April 8, 622)
Mother: Kashiwade no Iratsume [ja] 膳大郎女, d. April 7, 622)

Husband and children

Prince Yamashiro, husband and half brother
- Son: Prince Naniwa [ja] (難波王; ? - after 692)
- Son: Prince Maro (麻呂古王; ? - ?)
- Son: Yuge no Ōkimi [ja] (弓削王; d. January 5, 644)
- Daughter: Princess Sasa (佐々女王; ? - ?)
- Daughter: Princess Mishima (三嶋女王; ? - ?)
- Son: Prince Kouka (甲可王; ? - ?)
- Son: Prince Owari (尾治王; ? - ?)

References

1 2 Murakami, Atsushi (2024-08-15). Prince of Stable. Atsushi Murakami.
1 2 Wong, Dorothy C.; Field, Eric M. (2008). Hōryūji Reconsidered. Cambridge Scholars. ISBN 978-1-84718-567-9.
↑ 関裕二 (2020-02-04). こんなに面白かった古代史「謎解き」入門 (in Japanese). PHP研究所.
↑ Nihon Shoki entry for the first year of Empress Kōgyoku
↑ 日本書紀: 全訳現代文 (in Japanese). 創芸出版. 1986. ISBN 978-4-915479-14-4.
↑ Nihon Shoki entry for the second year of Empress Kōgyoku
1 2 Suzuki, Masanobu (2016-05-12). Clans and Religion in Ancient Japan: The mythology of Mt. Miwa. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-20935-5.
↑ "古代史獺祭上宮聖德太子傳補闕記フレーム". www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp. Archived from the original on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2025-11-27.
↑ "山背大兄王". れきち (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-11-28.
↑ Jōgū_Shōtoku_Hōō_Teisetsu

[:0-1] 1 2 Murakami, Atsushi (2024-08-15). Prince of Stable. Atsushi Murakami.

[:1-2] 1 2 Wong, Dorothy C.; Field, Eric M. (2008). Hōryūji Reconsidered. Cambridge Scholars. ISBN 978-1-84718-567-9.

[3] 関裕二 (2020-02-04). こんなに面白かった古代史「謎解き」入門 (in Japanese). PHP研究所.

[4] Nihon Shoki entry for the first year of Empress Kōgyoku

[5] 日本書紀: 全訳現代文 (in Japanese). 創芸出版. 1986. ISBN 978-4-915479-14-4.

[6] Nihon Shoki entry for the second year of Empress Kōgyoku

[:2-7] 1 2 Suzuki, Masanobu (2016-05-12). Clans and Religion in Ancient Japan: The mythology of Mt. Miwa. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-20935-5.

[8] "古代史獺祭上宮聖德太子傳補闕記フレーム". www004.upp.so-net.ne.jp. Archived from the original on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2025-11-27.

[9] "山背大兄王". れきち (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-11-28.

[10] Jōgū_Shōtoku_Hōō_Teisetsu