Prince Takechi

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Prince Takechi (高市皇子 Takechi no miko, Takechi no　ōji?) (654? - 696) was a person in Japan during the Asuka Period. He was the eldest son of Emperor Tenmu. He fought with his father in the Jinshin War (672), a battle of succession, which resulted in his father becoming Emperor. It was at his age of 19 years old, when he was dispatched by his father to the battle front in today Fuwa District, Mino province (now the southern part of Gifu prefecture) as vanguard and general commander. In 679, while in Yoshino with his father, he swore to an oath of cooperation with his siblings. When Empress Jitō ascended to the throne in 686 he became the Daijō Daijin and handled government affairs. He died suddenly in 696, thought by some to be an assassination.

He loved Princess Tōchi (his elder half-sister, Prince Ōtomo's wife). He left only three Waka during his whole life, but they were all poetry offered to her.

[edit] Children

With Princess Minabe (Emperor Tenji's daughter and Empress Gemmei's sister):

[edit] Reference

Yoshida Takashi 吉田 隆 (1999), 飛鳥・奈良時代 Asuka Nara Jidai (Asuka and Nara Period), Iwanami Junior Shinsho, p.71

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