Prince Toneri
Prince Toneri was a Japanese imperial prince in the Nara period. He was a son of Emperor Tenmu. He was given the posthumous name, Emperor Sudoujinkei, as the father of Emperor Junnin. In the beginning of the Nara period, he gained political power as a leader of the Imperial family together with Prince Nagaya. He supervised the compilation of the Nihon Shoki.Genealogy
Prince Toneri was a son of Emperor Tenmu. Toneri's mother was Princess Nītabe, who was a daughter of Emperor Tenji.
His consort was Taima-no-Yamashiro and he had many sons: Princes Mihara, Mishima, Fune, Ikeda, Moribe, Miura and Ōi.
Although he was plagued, he survived and lived longest among the sons of Emperor Tenmu.
Some of his descendants took the Kiyohara surname. Examples include Kiyohara no Natsuno, who was the grandson of Prince Mihara, Kiyohara no Fukayabu, Kiyohara no Motosuke and his daughter, Sei Shōnagon.The character Toneri Otsutsuki in is named after Prince Toneri.Ancestry
