Princess Ito
Daughter of emperor Kammu
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| Intro | Daughter of emperor Kammu | ||||||||
| A.K.A. | Imperial Princess Ito Ito Naishinnō | ||||||||
| A.K.A. | Imperial Princess Ito Ito Naishinnō | ||||||||
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| Work field | Royals | ||||||||
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| Death | 26 October 861Kyoto | ||||||||
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Princess Ito (伊都内親王 or 伊登内親王, Ito-naishinnō, d. 861) was a Japanese imperial princess of the early Heian period.
Biography
Ito's exact date of birth is unknown. 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.
She died in Kyoto, in 861.