Princess Naniwa no Ono

Empress consort of Japan

Princess Naniwa no Ono (? – 489) was Empress of Japan as the consort of Emperor Kenzō.^[1]

Princess Naniwa was the daughter of Prince Oka-no-Wakugo and great-granddaughter of Emperor Yūryaku.

Naniwa committed suicide due to fears over disrespecting Emperor Ninken when he was crown prince.

Notes

1. Anston, W.G. (1896). Transactions and Proceedings of The Japan Society, London. Supplement I. Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Vol. 1. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trüber, & Co.