Uno no Sarara no Himemiko 鸕野讃良皇女
NOTICE FROM WEBMASTER 管理者からのお知らせ A part or whole of the text of this page is brought to English and/or Japanese versions of Wikipedia. This page will be deleted before long. |
645 - 12th month 22nd day, 702/ 57 years
大化元年（645）～大宝2年（702）12月22日／57歳
In 657, she was united to Oh'ama no Miko as his consort. In 662, she gave birth to Kusakabe no Miko in the Palace of Ohtsu in the capital of Oumi.
In the 10th month of 671, she followed the Shamon Oh'ama no Miko in order to avoid the suspicious dislike of the Court. The sixth month next year she followed him when he took refuge in the Eastern provinces. She addresses the troops and mingled with the throng, until at length they together formed a plan by which several tens of thousands of fearless men were separately ordered to take up their posts in all the most defensible positions.
In the seventh month, the troops slew the Imperial Prince Ohtomo no Miko and sent his head to be shown at the Fuwa Palace.
In 673 she was raised to the rank of Empress-consort at the same time when Oh'ama no Miko assumed the Imperial Dignity. She had assisted the Emperor in pacifying the Empire. It constantly happened that in the conduct of business, her ready advice on Government matters was of the greatest assistance.
On the 9th day of the 9th month of 686, Emperor Temmu died. She presided over the Court and exercised control.
On the 2nd day of the 10th month, because Ohtsu no Miko's treason was discovered, she ordered to arrest him, together with his supporters who had been led astray by Ohtsu no Miko. The next day she made Ohtsu strangle himself.
In the 4th month of 689, her son, Kusakabe no Miko, died. She decided to hand over the Imperial Dignity until Karu no Miko, Kusakabe's son, grew up. Next year she assumed the Dignity.
In 694, she removed the Palace to Fujiwara.
In 696, she abdicated the Imperial Dignity to Karu no Miko and kept presiding over the Court as the Empress Dowager until she died in 702.
Her body was cremated, the first instance of the application of this Indian practice to a Japanese sovereign.
She was buried at the Hinokuma no Oh-uchi Misasagi, the same Misasagi as that of her husnand, Emperor Temmu.
日本書紀によると、鸕野讃良皇女は「深沈にして大度有り」天皇の娘といえども、礼節を好み節約につとめ、母性愛豊かな人だったという。
657年に大海人皇子の妃となる。662年、近江大津宮にて草壁皇子を出産。
671年10月、朝廷の疑いを避けるため、沙門となった大海人皇子に従って吉野に入る。翌年6月、讃良は大海人に従い東国へ発つ。そこで兵に語りかけたり人々と混じったりしながら、ついには共に計画に参加し、命知らずの数万人相手に命令して要害の地に配置したりした。
7月、大海人軍は大友皇子を斬り、その首を不破の地で検分する。
673年、大海人皇子の即位とともに立って皇后となる。それ以来、天皇を助け天下を定める。政務を執るに際して、讃良の助言が非常に役立つことが多かったという。
686年9月9日、天武天皇が崩御し、讃良は称制を開始する。
10月2日、大津皇子の謀反が発覚したため、共謀者とともに彼の逮捕を命じる。翌日、讃良は大津皇子に自ら絞首させる。
689年4月、息子の草壁皇子が薨去。その子・珂瑠皇子が成人するまで自ら皇位を引き継ぐことを決意し、翌年即位。
694年、都を藤原京へ遷した。
696年、珂瑠皇子に譲位し、自らは太上天皇となり、702年に崩御するまで政務を継続した。
崩御後、遺体は火葬された。日本の皇室の人間に火葬という風習を適用したのはこれが初めてとなる。
檜隈大内陵に、夫・天武天皇とともに合葬された。