Background
Imoko no Ono was a member of a powerful family, said to have come from Ono in the district of Shiga in Omi Province; the element ko in his name, though nowadays usually used only in women’s names, was a title of respect.
小野 妹子
Imoko no Ono was a member of a powerful family, said to have come from Ono in the district of Shiga in Omi Province; the element ko in his name, though nowadays usually used only in women’s names, was a title of respect.
On behalf of Prince Shotoku, regent for Empress Suiko, he went in 607 as envoy to the court of Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty in China. In modern Mandarin his name is pronounced like Su Yin-kao.