{"id":"prince-shotoku","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/prince-shotoku","language":"en","name":"Prince Shōtoku","name_en":"Prince Shōtoku","name_ne":null,"description":"Semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)","headline":"Semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Prince Shōtoku , also known as Prince Umayado/Umayato  or Prince Kamitsumiya , 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 Hashihito no Anahobe, who was also Yōmei's younger half-sister. But later, he was adopted by Prince Shōtoken. His parents were relatives of the ruling Soga clan and also he was involved in the defeat of the rival Mononobe clan. The primary source of the life and accomplishments of Prince Shōtoku comes from the Nihon Shoki. The Prince is renowned for modernizing the government administration and for promoting Buddhism in Japan.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"7 February 574","date":"0574-02-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263972#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Tachibana-dera Temple","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11544260"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263972#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"8 April 622","date":"0622-04-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263972#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Ikaruga no miya","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11500735"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263972#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Japan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263972#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263972#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Tojiko no Iratsume","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11396062"},{"text":"Tachibana no Ōiratsume","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11544226"},{"text":"Kashiwade no Hokikimo no Iratsume","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11612414"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263972#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Crown Prince of Japan (since 593)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3201315","start":"0593"},{"text":"regent (since 593)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q477406","start":"0593"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263972#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Sh%C5%8Dtoku","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263972"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Prince Shōtoku born?","a":"Prince Shōtoku was born on 7 February 574 in Tachibana-dera Temple."},{"q":"What positions has Prince Shōtoku held?","a":"Positions held by Prince Shōtoku include: Crown Prince of Japan (since 593); regent (since 593)."}],"related":[{"name":"Emperor Taishō","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-taisho"},{"name":"Naruhito","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/naruhito"},{"name":"Emperor Kanmu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-kanmu"},{"name":"Emperor Shōmu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-shomu"},{"name":"Emperor Junna","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-junna"},{"name":"Gyanendra of Nepal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gyanendra-of-nepal"},{"name":"Ferdinand II of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-ii-of-aragon"},{"name":"Berengaria of Castile","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/berengaria-of-castile"},{"name":"John II of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-ii-of-aragon"},{"name":"Pope Adrian VI","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pope-adrian-vi"},{"name":"Ferdinand I of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ferdinand-i-of-aragon"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/prince-shotoku-fa5ff4eaf3.jpg","width":500,"height":672,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Kano Osanobu (August 18, 1796 - June 12, 1846)","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prince_Shotoku_with_Two_Princes_by_Kano_Osanobu_1842.png"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Prince Shōtoku","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Sh%C5%8Dtoku","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q263972","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q263972","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Prince Shotoku with Two Princes by Kano Osanobu 1842.png by Kano Osanobu (August 18, 1796 - June 12, 1846) (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prince_Shotoku_with_Two_Princes_by_Kano_Osanobu_1842.png","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Prince Shōtoku, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Prince Shotoku with Two Princes by Kano Osanobu 1842.png — Kano Osanobu (August 18, 1796 - June 12, 1846), Public domain.","cite":"\"Prince Shōtoku\". DigiNepal. Last updated 10 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/prince-shotoku. Retrieved 11 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-10T07:58:29Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-11","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/prince-shotoku","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/prince-shotoku","ne":null}}