Takano no Niigasa (高野 新笠, ca. 720 – 790) was a concubine of Emperor Kōnin of Japan and the mother of Emperor Kanmu.[1] Her full name was Takano no Asomi Niigasa (高野朝臣 新笠).
^Watts, Jonathan. "The emperor's new roots: The Japanese emperor has finally laid to rest rumours that he has Korean blood, by admitting that it is true," The Guardian (London). December 28, 2001.
Takano no Niigasa, 8th-century concubine Satoshi Takano (高野 智史, born 1993), Japanese shogi player Shiho Takano, Japanese actress Shunji Takano, Japanese...
to the Shoku Nihongi (続日本紀), Yamabe's mother, Yamato noNiigasa (later called TakanonoNiigasa), was a 10th generation descendant of Muryeong of Baekje...
785) was the fifth son of Prince Shirakabe (later Emperor Kōnin), by TakanonoNiigasa. In 781 he was named heir-presumptive after his elder brother succeeded...
treated the Kudara no Konikishi clan as "relatives by marriage." It was related to the fact that the emperor's mother, TakanonoNiigasa, belonged to the...
concubines, TakanonoNiigasa (高野新笠, ?–790), was a descendant of Prince Junda. TakanonoNiigasa gave birth to Emperor Kanmu. Her father was Yamato no Ototsugu...
809. Heizei was the eldest son of the Emperor Kanmu and empress Fujiwara no Otomuro. Heizei had three Empresses and seven sons and daughters. Heizei is...
– cadet branch of Yamato clan, famous for TakanonoNiigasa. Yamatonoaya clan (東漢氏) – descended from Achi no omi. Akizuki clan (秋月氏) – cadet branch of...
Sugawara no Furuhito Sugawara no Kiyotomo Sugawara no Koreyoshi Sugawara no Michizane Sugawara no Takasue's daughter Daigaku-ryō TakanonoNiigasa (Niece...
Kanmu who ruled from 781 to 806 was the son of a Korean concubine, TakanonoNiigasa, who was descended from King Muryeong of Baekje, one of the Three...
heavenly emperor") or Jotei (女帝, lit. "female emperor") – Because there is no feminine equivalent to king and emperor in East Asian languages, different...
Emperor Kanmu find legitimacy as the Emperor of Japan. His mother, TakanonoNiigasa was of Baekje descent, which in turn was related to Chumo and thus...
minor-noble Yamato no Fubito (和史, "Scribes of Yamato") clan. According to the Shoku Nihongi (続日本紀), Yamato no Fubito's relative (TakanonoNiigasa) was a 10th-generation...
from 809 through 823. Saga was the second son of Emperor Kanmu and Fujiwara no Otomuro. His personal name was Kamino (神野). Saga was an "accomplished calligrapher"...
Imperial Household Agency designates Ōharano no Nishi no Minenoe no Misasagi (大原野西嶺上陵, Ōharano no Nishi no Minenoe Imperial Mausoleum), in Nishikyō-ku...
son of King Mureyong who settled in Japan. Yamato no Ototsugu (和乙継) (c. 690–?) Takanono Asomi Niigasa (高野新笠) (c. 720–90) – daughter of Ototsugu, concubine...
Tachibana no Kachiko (橘 嘉智子, 786 – June 17, 850), also known as Empress Danrin (檀林皇后, Danrin-kōgō), was a Japanese empress, the chief consort of Emperor...
Succession to the Japanese throne Family Tree of Japanese deities Fushimi-no-miya § Family Tree showing the family tree of the potentially future royal...
imperial line. According to the Shoku Nihongi, Emperor Kanmu's mother, TakanonoNiigasa (720 – 790) is a descendant of Prince Junda, son of Muryeong, who...
confederacy and Baekje. Notably, early in the eighth century, Lady TakanoNiigasa, a member of the Yamatonoaya clan, married the Yamato Prince Shirakabe...