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Minamoto No Tōru

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Gender Male
Parents Emperor Saga
Cousins Takaoka-shinnō
Prince Abo
Kose-shinnō
Ōhara-naishinnō
Grandparents Emperor Kanmu
Fujiwara no Otomuro
Uncles Emperor Heizei
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Minamoto No Tōru Life story


Minamoto no Tōru was a Japanese poet and statesman. He was born the son of Emperor Saga and a member of the Saga Genji clan. He is sometimes mentioned as the model for Hikaru Genji in important Japanese literary classic The Tale of Genji.

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