Prince Toneri

Prince Toneri
Prince Toneri, from a book illustration by Kikuchi Yōsai
Born28 January 676
Died6 December 735(735-12-06) (aged 59)
SpouseTagima-no-Yamashiro
Issue
  • Prince Moribe
  • Prince Mihara
  • Prince Fune
  • Prince Ikeda
  • Prince Mishima
  • Emperor Junnin
  • Prince Miura
Posthumous name
Emperor Sudoujinkei (崇道尽敬皇帝)
HouseYamato
FatherEmperor Tenmu
MotherNiitabe

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.


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