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Place of Birth: Nara Prefecture, Japan
About Prince Shōtoku
- Prince Shotoku (????, Shotoku Taishi, February 7, 574 – April 8, 622), also known as Prince Umayado (????, Umayado no ojî) or Prince Kamitsumiya (????, Kamitsumiya no oji), was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko.
- He was the son of Emperor Yomei and his consort, Princess Anahobe no Hashihito, who was also Yomei's younger half-sister and his much older sister.
- His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan and also he was involved in the defeat of the rival Mononobe clan.
- The primary source of the life and accomplishments of Prince Shotoku comes from the Nihon Shoki. Over successive generations, a devotional cult arose around the figure of Prince Shotoku for the protection of Japan, the Imperial Family, and for Buddhism.
- Key religious figures such as Saicho, Shinran and others claimed inspiration or visions attributed to Prince Shotoku.
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