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Yamato Hime no Ōkimi

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Yamato Hime no Ōkimi
倭姫王
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure661–671
BornUnknown
Japan
DiedUnknown
Japan
Burial
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherPrince Furuhito-no-Ōe

Yamato Hime no Ōkimi (倭姫王) was a poet and Empress of Japan, as the wife of her paternal uncle Emperor Tenji. She was a granddaughter of Emperor Jomei (舒明天皇) and Soga no Hote-no-iratsume (蘇我法提郎女), through their son Prince Furuhito-no-Ōe (古人大兄皇子).

Her poetry is collected in the Man'yōshū (万葉集), the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry believed to have been collected by Ōtomo no Yakamochi (大伴 家持). After the death of her husband in 671, she wrote a song of mourning about him.[1]

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  1. ^ Hiroaki Sato (2008). Japanese women poets: an anthology. M.E. Sharpe, Inc. p. 21.
Japanese royalty
Preceded by Empress consort of Japan
661–671
Succeeded by