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Prince Toneri | |||||
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![]() Prince Toneri, from a book illustration by Kikuchi Yōsai | |||||
Born | 28 January 676 | ||||
Died | 6 December 735 | (aged 59)||||
Spouse | Tagima-no-Yamashiro | ||||
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House | Yamato | ||||
Father | Emperor Tenmu | ||||
Mother | Niitabe |
Prince Toneri (舎人親王, Toneri shinnō) (January 28, 676 – December 6, 735) was a Japanese imperial prince in the Nara period. He was a son of Emperor Tenmu. He was given the 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 the Imperial family together with Prince Nagaya. He supervised the compilation of the Nihon Shoki.