Prince Takechi
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Prince Takechi (高市皇å Takechi no miko, Takechi no Åji, c. 654 – 13 August 696) was a member of the royal family in Japan during the Asuka Period. He was the eldest son of Emperor Tenmu. He fought on the side of his father in the Jinshin War (672), a battle of succession, which resulted in his father becoming Emperor. At the age of 19, he was dispatched by his father to the battle front in what is now 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 JitÅ ascended to the throne in 686 he became the DaijÅ Daijin and handled government affairs. He died suddenly in 696, thought by some to be an assassination.
He loved Princess TÅchi (his elder half-sister, Prince ÅŒtomo's wife). He left only three Waka during his whole life, but they were all poetry offered to her.
Children
He had two sons by Princess Minabe (a daughter of Emperor Tenji, Empress Gemmei's sister), Prince Nagaya and Prince Suzuka
References
Yoshida Takashi å‰ç”° 隆 (1999), 飛鳥・奈良時代 Asuka Nara Jidai (Asuka and Nara Period), Iwanami Junior Shinsho, p. 71
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