Princess Ki was a 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...

ese princess

Princess

Princess is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or his daughters....

 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...

 of Japanese history. 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:...

 and Lady Ōnu, whose father was Soga no Akaye. Her full brother was Prince Hozumi

Prince Hozumi

was a Japanese prince, the son of Emperor Temmu and Soga no Ōnu-no-iratsume. His wife was the poet Ōtomo no Sakanoe no Iratsume....

, and her full sister Princess Takata

Princess Takata

Princess Takata was a Japanese princess during the Asuka period and Nara period of Japanese history. She was a daughter of Emperor Temmu and Lady Ōnu whose father is Soga no Akaye. Prince Hozumi is her older brother, and Princess Ki her older sister. She was a Saio.-Genealogy:She handed over the...

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Genealogy

Some people say that she was once a wife of Prince Karu

Emperor Mommu

was the 42nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Mommu's reign spanned the years from 697 through 707.-Traditional narrative:Before his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne, his personal name was Karu-shinnō....

, a grandson of Empress Jitō

Empress Jito

was the 41st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Jitō's reign spanned the years from 686 through 697.In the history of Japan, Jitō was the third of eight women to take on the role of empress regnant. The two female monarchs before Jitō were Suiko and Kōgyoku/Saimei...

, but no clear evidence exists.

Man'yōshū has some poems of her love of Prince Yuge

Prince Yuge

Prince Yuge was a Japanese prince. He was the son of Emperor Temmu and Princess Ōe, daughter of Emperor Tenji. His full brother was Prince Naga. He is notable as one of the candidates for the Takamatsuzuka Tomb....

, a son of Princess Ōe

Princess Oe

was a person in Japan during the Asuka Period. She was a daughter of Emperor Tenji. Her mother was Lady Shikobuko , whose father is Oshiumi no Miyakko Otatsu . Her siblings include Prince Kawashima and Princess Izumi....

. No other historical materials recording about her life are existing. No records say that she married him.