Prince Toneri (舎人親王, Toneri shinnō: 676-735) was a Japanese imperial prince in the Nara period. He was a son of Emperor Temmu. He was given posthumous name, Emperor Sudoujinkei (崇道尽敬皇帝, Sudōjinkei Kōtei), as the father of Emperor Junnin. In the beginning of the Nara period, he gained political power as a leader of imperial family together with Prince Nagaya. He supervised the compilation of the Nihonshoki. Events November 2 - Donus becomes Pope. ... Events Abkhazia becomes independent, and will remain such until the 15th century Births Alcuin, missionary and bishop (approximate date) Deaths May 25 - Bede, English Historian and monk Categories: 735 ... The Nara period ) of the history of Japan covers the years from about AD 710 to 794. ... Emperor Temmu (天武天皇 Temmu Tennō) (c. ... A posthumous name (Traditional Chinese: 諡號/謚號 Simplified Chinese: 谥号; Pinyin: shì hào; Romaji: shigō/tsuigō; Revised Romanization of Korean: siho) is a honorary name given to royalty in some cultures posthumously, that is, after the persons death. ... Emperor Junnin (淳仁天皇) (733-765) was the 47th imperial ruler of Japan from 758 to 764, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Nihonshoki (Japanese: 日本書紀), sometimes translated as Chronicles of Japan, is the second oldest book of classical Japanese history. ...

Genealogy

Prince Toneri was a son of Emperor Temmu. Toneri's mother was Princess Nītabe, who was a daughter of Emperor Tenji. ...

His consort was Taima-no-Yamashiro (or Tagima-no-Yamashiro) and he had many sons: Princes Mihara, Mishima, Fune (or Funa), Ikeda, Moribe, Miura and Ōi (later Emperor Junnin).

Although he was plagued, he survived and lived longest among the sons of Emperor Temmu.

Some of his descendants (known as the Kiyohara Clan) took the Kiyohara surname. Examples include Kiyohara no Natsuno, who was ground son of Prince Mihara, Kiyohara no Fukayabu, Kiyoharara no Motosuke and his daughter, Sei Shōnagon. Sei Shonagon Sei Shōnagon (清少納言), (965-1010s?) was a Japanese author and a court lady who served the Empress Consort Teishi around the year 1000, known as the author of The Pillow Book (枕草子 makura no sōshi). ...