Prince Shotoku with Two Princes by Kano Osanobu 1842

was the eldest son of one of the most famous figures in Japanese history,

Prince Shōtoku , also known as or , was a semi-legendary regent and a politician of the Asuka period in Japan who served under Empress Suiko. He was the son of Emperor Yōmei and his consort, Princess Anahobe no Hashihito, who was also Yōmei's younger half-s ...

. Yamashiro claimed the right to Imperial succession in 628, following the death of

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. However, he lost the claim to Prince Tamura who ascended to the throne as

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, having enjoyed the support of powerful court noble

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. He and his family committed suicide when their home was attacked by Emishi's son,

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, in 643. Some scholars believe Yamashiro to have been the poet-scholar Sarumaru no Taifu, about whom nearly nothing is known.

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