Shinnō Osakabe was an Imperial prince of the Asuka period.
Background
Shinnō Osakabe was a son of Emperor Temmu. At the time of the Jinshin uprising in 672, when Emperor Tenji’s son, Prince Otomo, was engaged in a struggle for succession to the throne with Emperor Tenji’s younger brother, Prince Oami (the future Emperor Temmu), he accompanied his father and was active in the fighting in the east, which ended in victory for his father.