Yamato Hime no Ōkimi

Yamato Hime no Ōkimi (倭姫王) was a poet and Empress of Japan, as the wife of her paternal uncle Emperor Tenji. She was a granddaughter of Emperor Jomei (舒明天皇) and Soga no Hote-no-iratsume (蘇我法提郎女), through their son Prince Furuhito-no-Ōe (古人大兄皇子).

Yamato Hime no Ōkimi 倭姫王
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure	661–671
Born	Unknown Japan
Died	Unknown Japan
Burial	Ōtsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
House	Imperial House of Japan
Father	Prince Furuhito-no-Ōe

Her poetry is collected in the Man'yōshū (万葉集), the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry believed to have been collected by Ōtomo no Yakamochi (大伴 家持). After the death of her husband in 671, she wrote a song of mourning about him.^[1]

Notes

1. Hiroaki Sato (2008). Japanese women poets: an anthology. M.E. Sharpe, Inc. p. 21.

Japanese royalty
Preceded by Princess Hashihito	Empress consort of Japan 661–671	Succeeded by Princess Unonosarara