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Emperor Ame mikoto hirakasu wake was the eldest son of the Emperor Okinaga tarashi-hi hiro-nuka. His mother was called the Empress Ame toyo-takara ikashi-hi tarashi-hime. In the fourth year of her reign, the Empress Ame toyo-takara ikashi-hi tarashi-hime resigned the Dignity to the Emperor Ame-yorodzu toyo-hi, and established the Emperor as Prince Imperial. The Emperor Ame-yorodzu toyo-hi died in the tenth month of his later fifth year. In the following year the Empress Dowager assumed the Imperial Dignity. She died in the seventh year of her reign, on the 24th day of the 7th month. The Prince Imperial, clad in white garments, discharged the functions of government. In this month General Su, the Turkic Prince Ch‘ipichiali and others proceeded by two routes—land and sea—as far as the Koryö walled city.

The Prince Imperial removed his residence to the Palace of