Imperial Princesses I

[Emperor Kōrei] Three Daughters

¶A Tang historical work contains the following words: "A woman marries and enters her husband's house; therefore, even if she is a princess of the Son of Heaven and of the loftiest station, the court historian stands at a distance from her and cannot record her deeds in detail. It is no wonder, then, that so little of what women have done has been handed down to later ages."

¶Our realm has revered the kami of heaven and earth and held its rites in high regard. From Yamatohime-no-Mikoto, who served the Great Shrine of Ise, down to Imperial Princess Chishi, who became the Saiin of Kamo, this custom has been passed on from one age to the next, and the ceremony of selecting by divination the imperial princess to serve as Saigū or Saiin was treated with the utmost gravity. When imperial princesses married royal princes or ministers of state, the choice of husband was likewise weighed with care. The system of the inner palace, moreover, inherited the old practices: some princesses were praised as "mothers of the realm" for assisting the sovereign in government and ruling the land as a mother would, while others raised a child sovereign, and in return for that kindness and the honors it earned received a court title as a quasi-mother of the emperor. There were also those who, though not formal consorts, were called Empress; those who, ranked with imperial princes, were granted a family name; and those who shaved their heads and became nuns. None of these can be judged by the precedents of foreign histories. Here I gather the records scattered through the various sources and set them all down in this volume of biographies. From them, the quality of each princess's conduct and whether she kept her integrity can be perceived of themselves. Therefore I compile the Biographies of Imperial Princesses.

[Emperor Kōgen] One Daughter

¶[Emperor Kōrei] Three Daughters (Note: this entry has no text.)

[Emperor Kaika] One Daughter

¶Princess Yamato-totohi-momoso-hime was a daughter born of the consort Yamato-no-Kunika-hime. She was intelligent by nature and quick to grasp matters. In the tenth year of Emperor Sujin's reign, the emperor dispatched generals along the four circuits to subdue those who would not submit to his civilizing rule. Ōhiko-no-Mikoto received the imperial command and set out for the Hokuriku circuit; when he reached Wani Slope, he met a young girl who was singing a song as follows.

¶The sense of the song was this: Prince Mimaki-iribiko, all unaware that someone is stealthily plotting to take his life, goes on idly amusing himself with the maidens.

¶(Note: according to a note in the main text of the Nihon Shoki, another version of the song is also told. Its sense was this: someone peers in through the great door, scheming to kill him, and the prince, unaware of what is being done, goes on amusing himself with the maidens.)

¶Ōhiko-no-Mikoto found the words of the song suspicious and drew near to question the girl, but she gave no answer and only repeated the same song. When she had finished singing, the girl vanished abruptly. Ōhiko-no-Mikoto returned to the capital and reported the matter to the emperor. Momoso-hime explained the meaning of the song, saying: "This is a sign that Takehaniyasu-hiko is plotting rebellion. I have heard that his wife, Atahime, secretly climbed Mount Kagu in Yamato, took some of its earth, and, praying over it with the words 'This is Yamato itself,' wrapped it in her scarf and carried it away. From this it can be known that a rebellion is being planned. If we do not act quickly, it will be too late." And indeed, before long Takehaniyasu-hiko rose in revolt. Such was Momoso-hime's quickness of wit and insight.

¶Momoso-hime had a secret lover, who came to her every night. She said to him: "Since you never come by day, I cannot see your form clearly. Please stay a little longer and remain until morning." He agreed, and told her: "I shall be inside your kushige, your comb box. You must not be startled or alarmed." The princess thought this strange, but the next morning she opened the comb box, and there lay a small snake. Its form was beautiful, and it was about as long as the cord of a robe. The princess was startled and cried out. At once the snake turned into a man and said: "You could not hold back even a little, and you have shamed me. Now I shall shame you in turn." Then he soared through the sky and ascended Mount Mimoro. The princess came to herself, was filled with remorse, and sat down heavily; by chance a pair of chopsticks lay there and wounded her body, and from that she died. She was buried at Ōichi, and the people of that time called her tomb the Hashi-no-haka, the Tomb of the Chopsticks. The one who had been with the princess was said to be the deity Ōmononushi-no-kami (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

[Emperor Sujin] Five Daughters

¶Princess Yamato-totowakaya-hime was a younger sister of Yamato-totohi-momoso-hime, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

[Emperor Suinin] Five Daughters

¶Princess Chichihaya was a daughter born of Kasuga-no-Chichihaya-mawakahime (Note: following the Kojiki).

[Emperor Keikō] Eight Daughters

¶[Emperor Kōgen] One Daughter

¶Yamato-totohime-no-Mikoto was a daughter born of Empress Utsushikome (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

[Emperor Ōjin] Fifteen Daughters

¶[Emperor Kaika] One Daughter

¶Mimatsuhime was a daughter born of Empress Ikagashikome (Note: following the Kojiki).

[Emperor Nintoku] One Daughter

¶[Emperor Sujin] Five Daughters (Note: this entry has no text.)

[Emperor Richū] Two Daughters

¶Kunikatahime-no-Mikoto was a daughter born of Empress Mimakihime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

[Emperor Hanzei] Three Daughters

¶Chijitsuku-Yamatohime-no-Mikoto was a younger sister of Kunikatahime-no-Mikoto, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

[Emperor Ingyō] Four Daughters

¶Toyosukiirihime-no-Mikoto was a daughter born of the consort Tōtsu-ayume-makuwashihime. Previously, the two deities Amaterasu-ōmikami and Ōkunitama-no-kami had been enshrined together within the palace, generation after generation; but in the sixth year of the emperor's reign, out of dread of the divine power, he ordered Toyosukiirihime to move Amaterasu-ōmikami to Kasanui Village in Yamato and to worship her there. A shikatsuki-no-himorogi, a sacred enclosure, was set up for her (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

[Emperor Yūryaku] Two Daughters

¶Nunakiirihime-no-Mikoto was a daughter born of the consort Owari-no-Ōamahime. In the sixth year of the emperor's reign she was commanded to worship the deity Yamato-no-Ōkunitama, but her hair fell out and her body wasted away, so that she could not carry out the rites (Note: following the Nihon Shoki. In a variant account in the same work's "Annals of Suinin," in the twenty-sixth year of Emperor Suinin, the year Hinoto-Mi, Princess Nunakiwakahime-no-Mikoto was ordered to worship the Great Deity of Yamato, but her body grew thin and weak and she could not bear the rites).

[Emperor Ninken] Seven Daughters

¶Princess Tōchi-niirihime-no-Mikoto was a younger sister of Nunakiirihime-no-Mikoto, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

[Emperor Keitai] Twelve Daughters

¶[Emperor Suinin] Five Daughters (Note: this entry has no text.)

[Emperor Senka] Three Daughters

¶Ōnakatsuhime-no-Mikoto was a daughter born of Empress Hibasuhime. In the thirty-ninth year of the emperor's reign, he ordered her elder brother of the same mother, Inishiki-no-Mikoto, to take charge of the sacred treasures of Isonokami Shrine. In the eighty-seventh year, Inishiki-no-Mikoto said to Ōnakatsuhime-no-Mikoto: "I am old and can no longer take charge of the sacred treasures. From now on you shall have charge of them." Ōnakatsuhime-no-Mikoto declined, saying: "I am a woman, weak and without strength; how could I climb to the heavenly storehouse?" Inishiki-no-Mikoto answered: "However high the storehouse may be, I will make a ladder for you. What difficulty is there in that?" Thereupon Ōnakatsuhime-no-Mikoto had Mononobe-no-Tōchine take charge of them. For this reason the Mononobe-no-Muraji clan have ever since had charge of the sacred treasures of Isonokami Shrine (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

[Emperor Kinmei] Nine Daughters

¶Yamatohime-no-Mikoto was a younger sister of Ōnakatsuhime-no-Mikoto, born of the same mother (Note: the Kogo Shūi says she was born of Empress Saho, but this does not agree with the main text of the Nihon Shoki or with the Kojiki, and is probably mistaken). In the third month of the twenty-fifth year of the emperor's reign, he ordered Yamatohime-no-Mikoto to take over from Toyosukiirihime-no-Mikoto and enshrine Amaterasu-ōmikami anew. Yamatohime-no-Mikoto went in search of a place to establish the Great Deity, traveling to Sasahata in Uda, entering Ōmi, turning eastward through Mino, and arriving at Ise. Then Amaterasu-ōmikami instructed her: "This province of Ise, where the divine wind blows, is a land where the waves of the eternal world pile up again and again; it is more beautiful than the lands around it. I wish to dwell in this land." Yamatohime-no-Mikoto accordingly followed the deity's instruction and built a shrine in Ise. Thus she raised the Itsuki-no-miya, the Palace of Abstinence, on the banks of the Isuzu River, and it was called the Iso-no-miya (Note: according to a variant account in the Nihon Shoki, the emperor presented Yamatohime-no-Mikoto to Amaterasu-ōmikami as her Mitsueshiro, "staff-substitute," and Yamatohime worshiped the goddess at the foot of the sacred oak at Shiki; in the tenth month of the following year, on the instruction of the deity, she moved her to the Watarai Palace in Ise). In the tenth month of the fortieth year of Emperor Keikō's reign, when Yamato-takeru-no-Mikoto set out on his campaign to the east, he came to Ise, worshiped the deity, and took leave of Yamatohime-no-Mikoto. Yamatohime-no-Mikoto took up the sword Kusanagi and gave it to him. After he had pacified the Emishi, Yamato-takeru-no-Mikoto presented his captives to the Grand Shrine. Before long these captives from the east made a disturbance and showed much disrespect in their comings and goings. Yamatohime-no-Mikoto reported to the throne: "The Emishi must not be allowed near the Grand Shrine." On this account they were moved to Mount Mimoro (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

[Emperor Bidatsu] Ten Daughters

¶Ikatarashihime-no-Mikoto was a daughter born of the consort Nubatanairihime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

[Emperor Yōmei] One Daughter

¶Wakaasatsuhime-no-Mikoto was a daughter born of the consort Azamiirihime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki). She married Prince Inasebiko (Note: following the Kojiki).

[Emperor Sushun] One Daughter

¶Futajiirihime-no-Mikoto, also called Iwatsukuhime, was a daughter born of the court woman Oto-Karihatatobe (Note: following the Kojiki). She became a consort of Yamato-takeru-no-Mikoto and bore Prince Inayori-wake, Emperor Chūai, Princess Nunoshiirihime-no-Mikoto, and Prince Wakatake. When Emperor Chūai took the throne, she was honored with the title of Empress Dowager (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

[Emperor Jomei] One Daughter

¶[Emperor Keikō] Eight Daughters (Note: this entry has no text.)

[Emperor Tenji] Ten Daughters

¶Princess Nunoshi.

[Emperor Tenmu] Seven Daughters

¶Princess Nunaki.

¶Princess Iokiirihime.

¶Princess Kagoyorihime.

¶Princess Takakiirihime.

¶Princess Otohime. All of the above princesses were daughters born of Empress Yasakairihime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Iono was a daughter born of the consort Mizuha-no-Iratsume. In the second month of the twentieth year of the emperor's reign she was sent to Ise and worshiped Amaterasu-ōmikami (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Shirokane's mother's origins are not recorded. She became the consort of Prince Ōe (Note: following the Kojiki).

¶Emperor Tenmu had twenty-six daughters, of whom twenty-five were all enfeoffed in provinces and districts (Note: following the Kuji Ki), but only eight have names preserved in the histories.

¶[Emperor Ōjin] Fifteen Daughters

¶Princess Arata (Note: the Kojiki gives her as Princess Ki-no-Arata) was a daughter born of Empress Nakatsuhime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Ōhara was a daughter born of the consort Takakiirihime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki. However, examining the "Tenson-ki" of the Kuji Ki, it makes her a daughter born of Otohime).

¶Princess Rōkuta was a younger sister of Princess Ōhara, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki. However, examining the Kojiki, among the daughters born of Takakiirihime there is Takamoku-no-Iratsume, and the name of Princess Rōkuta does not appear).

¶Princess Abe was a daughter born of the consort Otohime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Awaji-no-Mihara was a younger sister of Princess Abe, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki). She became the consort of Prince Netori (Note: following the Kojiki).

¶Princess Ki-no-Uno was a younger sister of Princess Abe, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Mino-no-Iratsume was a younger sister of Princess Abe, born of the same mother (Note: following the Kojiki. However, examining the "Tenson-ki" of the Kuji Ki, among the daughters born of Otohime there is Princess Shigehara, and the name of Mino-no-Iratsume does not appear).

¶Princess Yata (Note: in some texts the character for "ya" is written differently) was a daughter born of the consort Miyanushi-no-Yakahime. She became Empress of Emperor Nintoku (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Medori was a younger sister of Princess Yata, born of the same mother. In the fortieth year of Emperor Nintoku's reign she had a secret liaison with Prince Hayabusawake, and when it was discovered, the two fled together to Ise. The emperor ordered Homujibe-no-Ofuna and Saeki-no-Aganoko to pursue them, and they were put to death. At that time the Empress (Princess Yata) petitioned the emperor: "Princess Medori is surely guilty of a grave crime, but on the day the sentence is carried out, I beg that her body not be exposed." The emperor granted this, and warned Ofuna and the others: "You must not take away the foot-jewels and hand-jewels that the princess wears." But when they killed the princess, Aganoko took the jewels from within her skirt. When they returned from the pursuit, the Empress asked Ofuna and the others: "Did you see the princess's jewels?" and they answered, "We did not." At the banquet of the Niiname festival that year, wine was bestowed on the court ladies, inner and outer. The wife of Ōmi-no-Yama-no-Kimi Wakamori and the palace maid Iwasaka-hime had splendid jewels wound about their arms. The Empress found this suspicious (Note: the Kojiki treats this as concerning the Grand Empress Iwa-no-hime. But Iwa-no-hime died in the sixth month of the thirty-fifth year of Emperor Nintoku, and in the thirty-eighth year Princess Yata became Empress, so the Kojiki's account is probably mistaken), and ordered an official to inquire where the jewels had come from. The answer was: "They are the jewels of Aganoko's wife." For this crime Aganoko was to be put to death, but he offered up his own estate in atonement and was pardoned. For this reason that land is said to have been named Tamashiro, "Jewel Substitute" (Note: following the Nihon Shoki. The Kojiki says that the general Yamabe-no-Ōtate-no-Muraji took the jeweled sash that Princess Medori wore on her arm and gave it to his wife, and for this was sentenced to death; this differs somewhat from the present account).

¶Princess Uji-no-Wakairatsume was a daughter born of the consort Konoshiro-hime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki). She entered the palace of Emperor Nintoku (Note: following the Kojiki).

¶Hatahi-no-Wakairatsume was a daughter born of the consort Hyūga-no-Izumi-no-Nagahime (Note: following the Kojiki).

¶Kawarada-no-Iratsume.

¶Tama-no-Iratsume.

¶Osaka-no-Ōnakatsuhime.

¶Toboshi-no-Iratsume. The four, from Kawarada-no-Iratsume to here, were all daughters born of the court woman Kagoro-hime (Note: following the Kojiki).

¶[Emperor Nintoku] One Daughter Princess Kusaka-no-Hatabi was a daughter born of the consort Hyūga-no-Kaminaga-hime. She became Empress of Emperor Richū (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶[Emperor Richū] Two Daughters

¶Princess Nakashi was a daughter born of Empress Hatabi. She became Empress of Emperor Ankō (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Aomi, also called Princess Iitoyo (Note: examining the "Annals of Kenzō," she is described as the elder sister of Emperor Kenzō, while the Kojiki makes her Emperor Kenzō's aunt), was a daughter born of the consort Ashida-no-Kuro-hime. She lived at the Tsunosashi Palace in Oshinumi. After Emperor Seinei died, Emperor Ninken and Emperor Kenzō each yielded the throne to the other, and for a long time the succession was not settled. The princess therefore took her place at court and conducted the business of government, calling herself Oshinumi-no-Iitoyo-ao-no-Mikoto. At that time she composed a song, as follows.

¶The sense of the song was this: of all things I long to see in the direction of Yamato, it is the Tsunosashi Palace, at Takaki in Oshinumi.

¶In the winter of that year the princess died and was buried at the Hani-hi Mausoleum at Katsuragi (Note: the Engishiki gives it as the Hanikuchi Tomb. Examining the Mizukagami and the Rekidai Kōki, they call her Emperor Iitoyo, but the Jinnō Shōtōki records that she does not belong to the true line of succession). It is said that the princess once, having had a single union between man and woman, remarked: "I have now learned the way between man and woman. For the rest of my life I shall never go near a man again" (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶[Emperor Hanzei] Three Daughters

¶Princess Kahi was a daughter born of the consort Tsunohime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Tsubura was a younger sister of Princess Kahi, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Takara was a daughter born of the consort Otohime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶[Emperor Ingyō] Four Daughters

¶Princess Nakata-no-Ōiratsume was a daughter born of Empress Osaka-no-Ōnakatsuhime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Karu-no-Ōiratsume was radiant and beautiful in appearance, and had a secret liaison with her elder brother of the same mother, Prince Kinashi-no-Karu. When the matter was discovered, the princess was exiled to Iyo (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Tajima-no-Tachibana-no-Ōiratsume.

¶Princess Sakami. The princesses from Princess Karu-no-Ōiratsume onward were all younger sisters of Princess Nakata-no-Ōiratsume, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶[Emperor Yūryaku] Two Daughters

¶Princess Wakatarashihime, also called Takuhata-no-Iratsume (Note: the Saigū-ki says she was also called Imperial Princess Shiraga, but at this time the title "Imperial Princess" did not yet exist, so it is not adopted here), was a daughter born of the consort Katsuragi-no-Karahime. She served at the Great Shrine of Ise. In the fourth month of the third year of the emperor's reign, Abe-no-Kunimi (Note: also called Shikotoi) falsely reported that the princess had become pregnant by a secret liaison with her attendant, Iokibe-no-Takehiko. Takehiko's father, Kikoyu, fearing that disaster would come upon him, killed Takehiko. The emperor sent a messenger to investigate the truth of the matter, but the princess would not clear herself, and secretly went to the bank of the Isuzu River, buried the sacred mirror, and hanged herself. That night a serpent-like presence appeared by the river, four or five jō in length. When the place was dug up, the sacred mirror was found, and beside it the princess's body. When her belly was cut open, there was something like ice in it, and inside it a stone. In this way the princess's innocence was made clear (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Kasuga-no-Ōiratsume was a daughter born of the consort Onna-no-Kimi. She became Empress of Emperor Ninken (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶[Emperor Ninken] Seven Daughters

¶Princess Takahashi-no-Ōiratsume (Note: the Kojiki gives her as Takaki-no-Iratsume) was a daughter born of Empress Kasuga-no-Ōiratsume (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Asazuma (Note: examining the Kojiki, it is written Takara-no-Iratsume).

¶Princess Tashiraka became Empress of Emperor Keitai (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Kusuhi (Note: following the Nihon Shoki. However, examining a variant account in the same work, Princess Kusuhi is the third daughter and Princess Tashiraka the fourth. The Kojiki is the same).

¶Princess Tachibana-no-Nakatsu became Empress of Emperor Senka (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Mawaka. The princesses from Princess Asazuma down to here were all younger sisters of Princess Takahashi-no-Ōiratsume, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Kasuga-no-Yamada was a daughter born of the court woman Nuka-no-Kimi-no-Iratsume. She became Empress of Emperor Ankan (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶[Emperor Keitai] Twelve Daughters

¶Princess Izumo was a daughter born of the consort Wakugohime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Kamusaki was a daughter born of the consort Hirohime. When she died, she was buried together with Emperor Ankan in his mausoleum (Note: following the Nihon Shoki. However, the reason why a princess should be interred together with an emperor is not clear).

¶Princess Mamuta.

¶Princess Umakuta. Together with Princess Mamuta, she was a younger sister of Princess Kamusaki, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Sasage was a daughter born of the consort Omi-no-Iratsume. She served at the Great Shrine of Ise (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Mamuta-no-Ōiratsume was a daughter born of the consort Sekihime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Shirasaka-no-Ikuhihime.

¶Princess Ono-no-Wakairatsume, also called Nagaishihime. Together with Princess Shirasaka-no-Ikuhihime, she was a younger sister of Princess Mamuta-no-Ōiratsume, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki. However, the Kojiki gives her as Nono-no-Iratsume, also called Nagame-hime. The Kojiki also makes Princess Kamusaki, Princess Mamuta, and Shirasaka-no-Ikuhiko-no-Iratsume daughters born of Sakata-no-Kurohime).

¶Princess Ōiratsume was a daughter born of the consort Yamatohime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Akahime was a younger sister of Princess Ōiratsume, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Wakaayahime was a daughter born of the consort Ebisuhime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Tsubura-no-Iratsume was a younger sister of Princess Wakaayahime, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶[Emperor Senka] Three Daughters

¶Princess Ishihime was a daughter born of Empress Tachibana-no-Nakatsuhime. She became Empress of Emperor Kinmei (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Oishihime.

¶Princess Kura-no-Wakaayahime (Note: the Kojiki writes her as Kura-no-Wakae-no-Ōkimi). These three princesses were all younger sisters of Princess Ishihime, born of the same mother. Princess Kura-no-Wakaayahime entered the palace of Emperor Kinmei (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶[Emperor Kinmei] Nine Daughters

¶Princess Kasanui, also called Princess Satake, was a daughter born of Empress Ishihime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Iwakuma, also called Princess Ime, was a daughter born of the consort Kitashihime. She served at the Great Shrine of Ise, but was dismissed from that post for having a secret liaison with Prince Ibaraki (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Nukatabe later became Empress Suiko (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Ōyake.

¶Princess Ōtomo.

¶Princess Katano (Note: the Kojiki writes her as Manu).

¶Princess Toneri. The princesses from Princess Nukatabe down to here were all younger sisters of Princess Iwakuma, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Anahobe-no-Hashihito was a daughter born of the consort Koane-no-Kimi, and became Empress of Emperor Yōmei (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Kasuga-no-Yamada was a daughter born of the consort Nukako (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶[Emperor Bidatsu] Ten Daughters

¶Princess Sakanobori was a daughter born of Empress Hirohime (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Uji-no-Shitsukai was a younger sister of Princess Sakanobori, born of the same mother. In the seventh year of Emperor Bidatsu's reign she served at the Shrine of Ise, but had a secret liaison with Prince Ikebe, and when the matter was discovered she was dismissed from that post (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Uji-no-Kaitako was a daughter born of Empress Nukatabe. She married the Crown Prince Toyotomimi (Note: following the Nihon Shoki. A note in the same work says she was also called Princess Uji-no-Shitsukai. The Kojiki says that Kashikiyahime bore Prince Shizukai, also called Prince Kaitako. But since Princess Uji-no-Shitsukai is already among the daughters born of Hirohime, it is hard to believe that two sisters would share the same name; probably one of the accounts is mistaken).

¶Princess Oharida married Prince Oshisaka-no-Hikohito (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Ujimori, also called Karumori (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Tamae entered the palace of Emperor Jomei (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Sakurai-no-Yumihari married Prince Oshisaka-no-Hikohito. The princesses from Princess Oharida down to here were all younger sisters of Princess Uji-no-Kaitako, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki; the statement that she married Prince Oshisaka-no-Hikohito follows the Kojiki).

¶Princess Kuwata was a daughter born of the consort Onna-no-Kimi (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Ōhime, also called Princess Sakurai, was a daughter born of the consort Unako (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Nukade-hime, also called Princess Tamura (Note: following the Nihon Shoki), or alternatively Takara-no-Ōkimi (Note: following the Kojiki), was a younger sister of Princess Ōhime, born of the same mother. She married Prince Oshisaka-no-Hikohito and bore Emperor Jomei. She was called Shima-no-Sumeoya, the Imperial Grandmother of Shima. She died in the sixth month of the Kinoe-Ne year of Emperor Tenji's reign (664) (Note: following the Nihon Shoki. The "Annals of Tenji" in the same work records the death of Shima-no-Sumeoya-no-Mikoto. The Shaku Nihongi gives Nukade-hime as a daughter of Emperor Bidatsu and mother of Emperor Jomei, and that is followed here. Moreover, the character for "nuka" in "Nukade" is written differently in some texts, but here the Nihon Shoki is followed).

¶[Emperor Yōmei] One Daughter Princess Sukatehime was a daughter born of Hiroko. When Emperor Yōmei took the throne, she served at the Great Shrine of Ise by imperial edict. In the reign of Empress Suiko she withdrew to Katsuragi and lived there, and died there (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶[Emperor Sushun] One Daughter Princess Nishikide was a daughter born of the consort Otekō (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶[Emperor Jomei] One Daughter Princess Hashihito was a daughter born of Empress Takara. She became Empress of Emperor Kōtoku (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶[Emperor Tenji] Ten Daughters

¶Princess Ōta was a daughter born of the lesser consort Ochi-no-Iratsume. She entered the palace of Emperor Tenmu (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Uno was a younger sister of Princess Ōta, born of the same mother. She later became Empress Jitō (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Imperial Princess Minabe was a daughter born of the lesser consort Mei-no-Iratsume (Note: following the Nihon Shoki. The title "Imperial Princess" is used on the basis of the Shoku Nihongi, and the same applies below). In the first year of Keiun (704) her fief was increased by one hundred households (Note: following the Shoku Nihongi).

¶Princess Abe was a younger sister of Imperial Princess Minabe, born of the same mother. She later became Empress Genmei (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Asuka was a daughter born of the lesser consort Tachibana-no-Iratsume (Note: following the Nihon Shoki). Her rank was Jōkōshi (Note: following the Shoku Nihongi). In the eighth year of Empress Jitō's reign (694), the sovereign had one hundred and four monks ordained on the princess's behalf (Note: following the Nihon Shoki). She died in the fourth month of the fourth year of Emperor Monmu's reign (700), and a messenger was sent to bestow funerary gifts (Note: following the Shoku Nihongi).

¶Princess Niitabe was a younger sister of Princess Asuka, born of the same mother. She became a consort of Emperor Tenmu (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Yamabe was a daughter born of the lesser consort Hitachi-no-Iratsume. She married Prince Ōtsu. When the prince was put to death, she ran to the place with her hair streaming and her feet bare and followed him in death. All who saw it, it is said, wept (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Princess Ōe was a daughter born of the court woman Shikobuko-no-Iratsume. She became a consort of Emperor Tenmu (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Imperial Princess Izumi was a younger sister of Princess Ōe, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki). She was granted Second Rank (Nihon). In the first year of Taihō (701) she served at the Saigū of Ise. In the first year of Reiki (715) her fief was increased by one hundred households. She died in the second month of the sixth year of Tenpyō (734) (Note: following the Shoku Nihongi).

¶Imperial Princess Minushi was a daughter born of the court woman Kuro-hime-no-Iratsume (Note: following the Nihon Shoki). She was granted Third Rank (Sanpon). In the first year of Reiki (715) her fief was increased by one hundred households. She died in the eighth month of the ninth year of Tenpyō (737) (Note: following the Shoku Nihongi).

[Ōtomo] Two Daughters, Emperor Kōbun

¶Princess Ichishi was a daughter born of Mimimo-no-Tōji. She was granted Junior Fourth Rank Lower (Note: following the Kōin Shōunroku).

[Emperor Tenmu] Seven Daughters

¶Imperial Princess Ōku (Note: the character for "ku" in "Ōku" is written differently in some texts) was a daughter born of the consort Princess Ōta. When Empress Saimei set out on her expedition to the west, Princess Ōta accompanied her. The imperial princess was born when they reached the sea of Ōku, and was named after it. When Emperor Tenmu took the throne, he intended her to serve at the Great Shrine and had her live at the Saigū of Hatsuse. In the following year she went to Ise. In the first year of Shuchō (686) she returned to the capital (Note: following the Nihon Shoki). On hearing that her younger brother of the same mother, Prince Ōtsu, had been put to death, she lamented it in a poem composed on the journey home (Note: following the Man'yōshū). She died in the twelfth month of the first year of Taihō (701) (Note: following the Shoku Nihongi).

¶Imperial Princess Tajima was a daughter born of the lady Hikami-no-Iratsume (Note: following the Nihon Shoki). She was granted Third Rank (Sanpon). She died in the sixth month of the first year of Wadō (708) (Note: following the Shoku Nihongi).

¶Princess Ki was a daughter born of the lady Ōnu-no-Iratsume (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Imperial Princess Tagata was a younger sister of Princess Ki, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki). She was granted Second Rank (Nihon). In the third year of Keiun (706) she served at the Great Shrine. She died in the third month of the fifth year of Jinki (728), and a messenger was sent to oversee her funeral (Note: following the Shoku Nihongi).

¶Princess Tōchi (Note: the Kaifūsō calls her an Imperial Princess) was a daughter born of the court woman Nukata-hime-no-Ōkimi. She became the consort of Prince Ōtomo (Note: following the Nihon Shoki).

¶Imperial Princess Hatsusebe was a daughter born of the court woman Tanatsuhime-no-Iratsume (Note: following the Nihon Shoki). She was granted Third Rank (Sanpon). In the first year of Reiki (715) her fief was increased by one hundred households. She died in the third month of the thirteenth year of Tenpyō (741) (Note: following the Shoku Nihongi).

¶Imperial Princess Taki was a younger sister of Imperial Princess Hatsusebe, born of the same mother (Note: following the Nihon Shoki). She was granted First Rank (Ippon). In the second year of Emperor Monmu's reign (698) she served at the Great Shrine. She died in the first month of the third year of Tenpyō-shōhō (751) (Note: following the Shoku Nihongi. However, in the main text of the Nihon Shoki the name Taki (託基) is sometimes written with other characters, 多紀 or 当耆, and for this reason the Kōin Shōunroku mistakenly calls Princess Ki "Princess Taki").