Princess Hatsusebe
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was a person in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 during the Asuka Period
Asuka period
The , was a period in the history of Japan lasting from 538 to 710 , although its beginning could be said to overlap with the preceding Kofun period...

 and the Nara Period
Nara period
The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794. Empress Gemmei established the capital of Heijō-kyō . Except for 5 years , when the capital was briefly moved again, it remained the capital of Japanese civilization until Emperor Kammu established a new capital, Nagaoka-kyō, in 784...

. She was a daughter of Emperor Temmu
Emperor Temmu
was the 40th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Temmu's reign lasted from 672 until his death in 686.-Traditional narrative:...

. Her mother was Lady Kajihime, whose father is Shishibito no Omi Ōmaro. Her siblings include Prince Osakabe
Prince Osakabe
Prince Osakabe was a Japanese imperial prince who helped write the Taihō Code, alongside Fujiwara no Fuhito...

, Prince Shiki  and Princess Taki
Princess Taki
was a Japanese princess during the Asuka period of Japanese history. She was a daughter of Emperor Temmu, a wife of Prince Shiki and the mother of Prince Kasuga. She was a Saio.-Genealogy:...

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She was made to marry Prince Kawashima, who took part in the conspiracy of the rebellion with Prince Ōtsu
Prince Otsu
was a Japanese poet and the son of Emperor Temmu.-Background:His mother was Princess Ōta whose father was Emperor Tenji. He was therefore the younger full-blood brother of Princess Ōku. His consort was Princess Yamanobe, daughter of Emperor Tenji, thus his cousin...

, Prince Osakabe and Prince Shigi in 686 but he betrayed them. Because of his treachery, their attempts came out into the open before they were carried out, and the princes who took part in the attempts were all punished except Prince Kawashima.

After Prince Kawashima's death in 691, she never married anyone until she died on the 28th day of the 3rd month in 741.
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