the ledger of connections
The Connections of Prince Shotoku
Semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622) Every person recorded alongside Prince Shotoku in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Prince Shotoku in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Yōmei, Anahobe no Hashihito no Himemiko
- Spouses
- Tojiko no Iratsume, Tachibana no Ōiratsume, Kashiwade no Hokikimo no Iratsume, Princess Uji no Shitsukahi
- Children
- Prince Yamashiro, Princess Umayako, Princess Tsukishine, Prince Shirakabe, Hiki no Ōkimi, Hatsuse no Ōkimi
- Siblings
- Taima no miko, prince Kume, Prince Ekuri, Prince Tame, Prince Manda, Satomi no Himemiko, Sukatehime no Himemiko
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 574 CE to 622 CE.
Medieval era
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE
Final Prophet of Islam whose message united Arabia and today guides two billion people
Medieval era
Abu Bakr
October 27, 573 CE – August 23, 634 CE
1st Rashidun Caliph and father-in-law of Muhammad
Medieval era
Muawiya I
603 CE – 680 CE
Founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate (r. 661–680)
Medieval era
Raedwald of East Anglia
c. 550 CE – 624 CE
7th-century Anglo-Saxon king
Medieval era
Augustine of Canterbury
c. 550 CE – c. 605 CE
6th-century missionary, archbishop, and saint
Medieval era
Æthelberht of Kent
552 CE – February 24, 612 CE
King of Kent from 589
Medieval era
Penda of Mercia
606 CE – November 15, 655 CE
7th-century King of Mercia
Medieval era
Oswald of Northumbria
604 CE – August 5, 642 CE
King of Northumbria
Medieval era
Edwin of Northumbria
586 CE – October 12, 633 CE
King of Deira and Bernicia
Medieval era
Isidore of Seville
560 CE – April 4, 636 CE
Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and bishop (c. 560–636)
Medieval era
Columba
December 7, 521 CE – June 9, 597 CE
6th‑century Gaelic Irish missionary monk, Christian saint, pioneer of Celtic Christianity in Scotland and “Apostle of the Picts”
Medieval era
Columbanus
540 CE – November 23, 615 CE
Irish missionary and saint (540-615)