Prince Abo
Prince Abo 阿保親王 | |||||
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Prince Abo | |||||
Born | 792 Kyoto | ||||
Died | 22 October 842 Kyoto | ||||
Issue | Ariwara no Yukihira Ariwara no Narihira Ōe no Otondo | ||||
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House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
Father | Emperor Heizei | ||||
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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 (葛井藤子).[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 (太宰権帥, Dazai no gon no sochi).[1][3] In 824, at the beginning of the , 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]
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External links[]
- Abo-shinnō on Kotobank.
- 792 births
- 842 deaths
- Japanese princes
- 9th century in Japan
- People of Heian-period Japan