was a member of the royal family in Japan during the Asuka period.
Prince Takechi was the eldest son of Emperor Tenmu.
Life
Prince Takechi fought on the side of his father in the Jinshin War (672), a battle of succession, which resulted in his father becoming Emperor.
At the age of 19, he was dispatched by his father to the battle front in what is now Fuwa District, Mino Province (now the southern part of Gifu Prefecture) as vanguard and general commander.
In 679, while in Yoshino with his father, he swore to an oath of cooperation with his siblings. When Empress JitÃ
 ascended to the throne in 686 he became the DaijÃ
Â-daijin and handled government affairs. He died suddenly in 696 - his death is thought by some to have been an assassination.
Prince Takechi loved Princess TÃ
Âchi (his elder half-sister, Prince Ã
Âtomo's wife). He left only three waka poems during his whole life, but they were all poetry offered to her.
Family
Parents
- Father: Emperor Tenmu (天æ¦天çÂÂ, c. 631 â 1 October 686)
- Mother: Munakata no Amako-no-iratsume (è¸形尼åÂÂå¨Â), unakata-no-Kimi Tokuzen's daughter
Consorts and issues
- Consort (Hi): Princess Minabe (御åÂÂé¨çÂÂ女), Emperor Tenji's daughter and Empress Genmei's full-sister
- First Son: Prince Nagaya (é·å±ÂçÂÂ, 684 â 20 March 729)
- Second Son: Prince Suzuka (é´鹿çÂÂ, d. 3 October 745)
- Consort (Hi): Princess Tajima (ä½Â馬çÂÂ女), Emperor Tenmu's daughter and Prince Takechi's half-sister
- Unknown mother
- Third Son: Prince Kadobe (éÂÂé¨çÂÂ)
- First Daughter: Princess Yamagata (山形女çÂÂ, d. 5 October 745)
- Second Daughter: Princess Kawachi (æ²³åÂÂ
女çÂÂ, d. 5 February 780)
- Third Daughter: Princess Hinokuma (æªÂÃ¥ÂÂ女çÂÂ)
References
- Yoshida Takashi Ã¥ÂÂç° é (1999), é£Âé³¥ã»å¥Âè¯æÂÂ代 Asuka Nara Jidai (Asuka and Nara Period), Iwanami Junior Shinsho, p. 71