Princess Ito

{{Short description|Japanese princess (died 861)}}

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伊都内親王

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|house =Imperial House of Japan

|father =Emperor Kanmu

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|issue =Ariwara no Yukihira
Ariwara no Narihira

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|spouse = Prince Abo

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|death_date =861

|death_place =Kyoto

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{{nihongo|Princess Ito|伊都内親王 or 伊登内親王Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten article "Ariwara no Narihira". Britannica.|Ito-naishinnō|extra=d. 861}} was a Japanese imperial princess of the early Heian period.

Biography

Ito's exact date of birth is unknown.Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten article "Ito-naishinnō". Britannica. Her father was Emperor Kanmu. She became the wife of Prince Abo, and the mother of the waka poets Ariwara no Yukihira and Narihira.

The Kōfuku-ji in Nara houses a document, the Ito-naishinnō Ganmon, which records her donation of incense and sutras to the temple, and is dated to 833.Britannica Kokusai Dai-Hyakkajiten article "Ito-naishinnō Ganmon". Britannica.

She died in Kyoto, in 861.

Family tree

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