Nakatsuhime
Empress consort and dowager of Japan
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Nakatsuhime (仲姫命; Nakatsuhime-no-Mikoto) was the empress consort of Japan from 270 to 311, and then the empress dowager of Japan from 311 until an unknown date of death.[1][2] Her father was Prince Hondama-waka (品陀真若王; Hondama-waka no Ō) and her mother was Princess Kanataya (金田屋姫命; Kanataya-no-hime no Mikoto), and Nakatsuhime was herself a great-granddauguter of Emperor Keikō.[1][2]
| Nakatsuhime 仲姫命 | |
|---|---|
| |
| Empress consort of Japan | |
| Tenure | 270 – 311 |
| Empress dowager of Japan | |
| Tenure | appointed in 311 |
| Burial | Nakatsuyama Kofun |
| Spouse | Emperor Ōjin |
| Issue | Princess Arata Emperor Nintoku Prince Netori |
| House | Imperial House of Japan |
| Father | Hondama-waka no Ō |
| Mother | Kanataya-no-hime no Mikoto |
Life
Nakatsuhime was born a great-granddauguter of Emperor Keikō.[2] Prior to becoming the empress consort, Emperor Ōjin took her sister as a consort.[2]
According to the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, the empress bore the emperor three children listed in the following order: Princess Arata,[a] Emperor Nintoku, and Prince Netori.[2][4]
Furthermore the emperor then took another sister of the empress as his consort.[4]
Following the death of Emperor Ōjin, she was appointed empress dowager, however, little else is written about her.[2][4] The Imperial Household Agency has designated her tomb as Nakatsuyama Kofun,[5] and it is the second largest tomb in that region after the Konda Gobyoyama Kofun, which is believed to be the tomb of her husband, Emperor Ōjin.[5][6]