- Prince Toneri
Prince Toneri (舎人親王, "Toneri shinnō": 676-735) was a
Japan ese imperial prince in theNara period . He was a son ofEmperor Temmu . He was given theposthumous name , Emperor Sudoujinkei (崇道尽敬皇帝, "Sudōjinkei Kōtei"), as the father ofEmperor Junnin . In the beginning of the Nara period, he gained political power as a leader of imperial family together with Prince Nagaya. He supervised the compilation of theNihonshoki .Genealogy
Prince Toneri was a son of Emperor Temmu. Toneri's mother was Princess Nītabe, who was a daughter of
Emperor Tenji .His consort was Taima-no-Yamashiro (or Tagima-no-Yamashiro) and he had many sons: Princes Mihara, Mishima, Fune (or Funa), Ikeda, Moribe, Miura and Ōi (later Emperor Junnin).
Although he was plagued, he survived and lived longest among the sons of Emperor Temmu.
Some of his descendants (known as the
Kiyohara family ) took the Kiyohara surname. Examples includeKiyohara no Natsuno , who was the grandson ofPrince Mihara ,Kiyohara no Fukayabu ,Kiyoharara no Motosuke and his daughter,Sei Shōnagon .
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