Prince Shōtoku

Semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)

Prince Shōtoku (聖徳太子, Shōtoku Taishi; February 7, 574 – April 8, 622), also known as Prince Umayado/Umayato (厩戸皇子, 厩戸王, Umayado/Umayato no ōjî, Umayado/Umayato no miko, Umayado/Umayato Ō) or Prince Kamitsumiya (上宮皇子, Kamitsumiya no ōji, Kamitsumiya no miko), 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.

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