Toneri-shinnō

Prince Toneri, portrait by Kikuchi Yosai

Toneri-shinnō ( Japanese 舎人親王 , German "Prince Toneri"; * 676 ; † December 2, 735 ) was a Japanese imperial prince of the first rank and editor of the historical work Nihonshoki .

Toneri was the third son of Tennō Temmu and his wife Niitabe no Himemiko (Princess Niitabe), a daughter of Tennō Tenji . He is the editor of the historical work Nihonshoki , written in Chinese , in whose preface he is named as the author. In 720 he presented the completed work to the imperial court.

After Fujiwara no Fuhito's death , he was appointed acting Grand Chancellor ( 知太政官事 , chidajōkanji ) in 720 . Posthumously he received the title of Grand Chancellor ( Daijō Daijin ). He was the father of Tennō Junnin , who gave his father the posthumous title Sudōjinkei Kōtei ( 崇道尽敬皇帝 , "Emperor Sudōjinkei") in 759, a year after his accession to the throne .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c 鬼頭清明 : 舎人親王 . In: 朝日日本歴史人物事典 at kotobank.jp. Asahi Shimbun Shuppan, accessed March 4, 2012 (Japanese).
↑ ^a ^b Tarō Sakamoto: The Six National Histories of Japan . UBC Press, University of Tokyo Press, 1991, ISBN 0-7748-0379-7 , pp. 35 ( limited preview in Google Book Search - Japanese: 六国史 . Translated by John S. Brownlee, or ISBN 4-13-027026-5 ).

personal data
SURNAME	Toneri-shinnō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	舎人親王 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Japanese politician and historiographer
DATE OF BIRTH	676
DATE OF DEATH	December 2, 735

[kotobank-1] 鬼頭清明 : 舎人親王 . In: 朝日日本歴史人物事典 at kotobank.jp. Asahi Shimbun Shuppan, accessed March 4, 2012 (Japanese).

[Sakamoto-2] Tarō Sakamoto: The Six National Histories of Japan . UBC Press, University of Tokyo Press, 1991, ISBN 0-7748-0379-7 , pp. 35 ( limited preview in Google Book Search - Japanese: 六国史 . Translated by John S. Brownlee, or ISBN 4-13-027026-5 ).