Prince Abo
Japanese Imperial Prince
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| Intro | Japanese Imperial Prince | ||||
| A.K.A. | Imperial Prince Abo Abo Shinnō Prince Abo | ||||
| A.K.A. | Imperial Prince Abo Abo Shinnō Prince Abo | ||||
| Places | Japan | ||||
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| Work field | Royals | ||||
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| Birth | 792, Kyoto, Kyōto Prefecture, Kansai region, Japan | ||||
| Death | 1 December 842Kyoto, Kyōto Prefecture, Kansai region, Japan | ||||
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Prince Abo (阿保親王, Abo-shinnō, 792–842) was a Japanese imperial prince of the early Heian period.
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He was born in 792 in Kyoto. His parents were Emperor Heizei and Fujii no Fujiko (葛井藤子).
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, where he was made Deputy Governor of Dazaifu (太宰権帥, Dazai no gon no sochi). In 824, at the beginning of the Tenchō era, he received a pardon and was allowed return to the Capital.
In 826, his sons Yukihira, Narihira—both prominent poets— Morihira (守平) and Nakahira (仲平) were given the surname Ariwara. Among his other children was the scholar and poet Ōe no Otondo (大江音人, 811–877).
The Jōwa Incident (承和の変, Jōwa no hen), an 842 rebellion plot, was uncovered thanks to an anonymous report by Prince Abo. He died in the same year, on the twenty-second day of the tenth month.