Prince Abo (阿保親王, Abo-shinnō, 792–842) was a Japanese imperial prince of the early Heian period.
Biography
He was born in 792[1][2][3] in Kyoto.[1] His parents were Emperor Heizei and Fujii no Fujiko.[1][2][3]
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,[1][2][3] where he was made Deputy Governor of Dazaifu (太宰権帥, Dazai no gon no sochi).[1][3] In 824, at the beginning of the Tenchō era, he received a pardon and was allowed return to the Capital.[1][2][3]
In 826, his sons Yukihira, Narihira-both prominent poets- Morihira (守平) and Nakahira (仲平) were given the surname Ariwara.[1] Among his other children was the scholar and poet Ōe no Otondo (大江音人, 811–877).[2]
The Jōwa Incident (承和の変, Jōwa no hen), an 842 rebellion plot, was uncovered thanks to an anonymous report by Prince Abo.[1] He died in the same year,[1][2][3] on the twenty-second day of the tenth month.[1]
Genealogy
His father was Emperor Heizei and his mother was a court lady Fujii no Fujiko/Tōshi , Fujii no Michiyori's daughter
- Wife: Imperial Princess Ito (伊都内親王), eighth daughter of Emperor Kanmu
- Third son: Ariwara no Yukihira (在原 行平, 818 – 6 September 893)
- Fifth son: Ariwara no Narihira (在原業平, 825 – 9 July 890)
- Unknown concubine
- Eldest son: Prince Kanemi (兼見王)
- Second son: Ariwara no Nakahira (在原仲平)
- Fourth son: Ariwara no Morihei (在原守平)
- Sixth son: Gyokei (行慶)
- First daughter: Wife of Minamoto no Hiromu (源弘), son of Emperor Saga
- Second daughter: Unknown
Family tree
References
External links
- Abo-shinnō on Kotobank.