Biography of Prince Shôtoku
(Shôtoku Taishi
go-ichidaiki)
Publisher: Jôshû-ya Jûzô
1840
Prince Shôtoku (574 - 622)
was an imperial prince of the Yamato court of Japan. He served as regent for his aunt, Empress
Suiko, who ruled from 592 to 628.
Shôtoku's most important domestic achievements were the establishment of
a system of twelve court ranks in 603 and a seventeen-article constitution in
604. The constitution established a
centralized government run by those who had merit, rather than those with inherited
positions. The prince’s chief
achievement in foreign relations was the opening of relations with the Sui
dynasty (581–618) of
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Scene:
People stopping to admire the gourd that miraculously appeared at the time of
the birth of Prince Shôtoku Robinson:
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Scene:
Lightning emanation from the great tree that Kawabe no Omi is about to fell
for Prince Shôtoku’s ship Robinson:
S14.2 Image courtesy of Kate
Zotova |
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Scene:
This relic which was presented to Soga no Umako by Shiba Tatto does not smash
when hammered by the partisans of Moriya no Omuraji Robinson:
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Scene: In
order to escape from Moriya who ambushed him Prince Shôtoku vanishes into a
tree on which his shadowy form appears Robinson:
S14.4 Image courtesy of Richard
Illing |
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Scene:
Prince Shôtoku directing the attack on Moriya’s castle Robinson:
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‘Robinson’ refers to listing in Kuniyoshi: The Warrior-Prints by Basil William Robinson (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 1982) and its unpublished supplement.
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