, sometimes known as , was a poet and the Empress consort of
Emperor Nintoku
, also known as was the 16th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Due to his reputation for goodness derived from depictions in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, he is sometimes referred to as the .
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, who was the 16th
Emperor of Japan
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, according to the traditional
order of succession
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No firm dates can be assigned to Emperor Nintoku's life or reign, nor to that of his first wife. Nintoku is considered to have ruled the country during the late-fourth century and early-fifth century, but there is a paucity of information about him. There is insufficient material available for further verification and study.
Princess Iwa's poetry, or poems attributed to her, are included in the ''
Kojiki
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Man'yōshū
The is the oldest extant collection of Japanese (poetry in Classical Japanese), compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period. The anthology is one of the most revered of Japan's poetic compilations. The compiler, or the last in ...
''. Her tomb is said to be located in
Nara Prefecture
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Literature
Poems which Iwa-no hime is said to have exchanged with her husband are related in the ''
Kojiki
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'' and in the '' Nihon Shoki.''Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005) "Iwa no Hime", ''Japan encyclopedia'', p. 409. /ref> Nintoku is reported to have suffered the resentment of the Iwa-no hime during a period in which he stopped the collection of taxes, which meant that even ordinary repairs to the palace were also deferred.
Poetry attributed to Iwa is collected in the Man'yōshū, the oldest existing collection of
Japanese poetry
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believed to have been collected by
Ōtomo no Yakamochi
was a Japanese statesman and '' waka'' poet in the Nara period. He was one of the ''Man'yō no Go-taika,'' the five great poets of his time, and was part of Fujiwara no Kintō's .
Ōtomo was a member of the prestigious Ōtomo clan. Like his g ...
(大伴 家持). In her four songs she expressed love and longing for her husband.''Man'yōshū Best 100'' , poems 85–88 Some modern scholars, however, advise a healthy skepticism in these difficult to verify attributions.
Burial mound tomb
The Imperial tomb of Iwa no hime no Mikoto is said to be located in Saki-chō in the city of
Nara
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Emperor Richū
, also known as was the 17th legendary Emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 履中天皇 (17) retrieved 2013-8-28. according to the traditional order of succession.
No firm dates can be assigned to this Emperor's life or ...
*Prince Suminoe no Nakatsu (住吉仲皇子)
*Prince Mizuhawake (瑞歯別尊) Emperor Hanzei
*Prince Oasatsuma wakugo no Sukune (雄朝津間稚子宿禰尊) Emperor Ingyō
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Nihon Ōdai Ichiran
, ', is a 17th-century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings.
According to the 1871 edition of the '' American Cyclopaedia'', the 1834 French translation of ...