Princess Ito (伊都内親王 or 伊登内親王[1], Ito-naishinnō, d. 861) was a Japanese imperial princess of the early Heian period.

Biography

Ito's exact date of birth is unknown.[2] Her father was Emperor Kanmu.[2] She became the wife of Prince Abo, and the mother of the waka poets Ariwara no Yukihira and Narihira.[2]

The Kōfuku-ji in Nara houses a document, the Ito-naishinnō Ganmon, which records her donation of incense and sutras to the temple, and is dated to 833.[3]

She died in Kyoto, in 861.[2]

Family tree

References

  1. ^ Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten article "Ariwara no Narihira". Britannica.
  2. ^ a b c d Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten article "Ito-naishinnō". Britannica.
  3. ^ Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten article "Ito-naishinnō Ganmon". Britannica.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Ito
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