Princess Tashiraka

Princess Tashiraka
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure507–531
SpouseEmperor Keitai
IssuePrince Amekunioshiharakihironiwa
Emperor Kinmei
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Ninken
MotherPrincess Kasuga no Ōiratsume

Princess Tashiraka (? – fl. 531) was Empress of Japan as the (possibly fictional)[1] consort of the legendary emperor Emperor Keitai.[2][3] She gave birth to two children, including the future Emperor Kimmei.[3]

She was the daughter of Emperor Ninken and Princess Kasuga no Ōiratsume, and the sister of Keitai's predecessor, Emperor Buretsu.[4]

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  1. ^ Bentley, John R. (2020-12-28). The Birth of Japanese Historiography. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-29569-6.
  2. ^ Anston, W.G. (1896). Transactions and Proceedings of The Japan Society, London. Supplement I. Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Vol. 1. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trüber, & Co.
  3. ^ a b Jien; Brown, Delmer Myers; Ishida, Ichirō (1979-01-01). 愚管抄: A Translation and Study of the Gukanshō, an Interpretative History of Japan Written in 1219. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0.
  4. ^ London, Japan Society of (1923). Transactions and Proceedings.
Japanese royalty
Preceded by Empress consort of Japan
507–531
Succeeded by