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During all the time that this [Prince] His Augustness Yamato-take went about pacifying countries, Nana-tsuka-hagi, [^1664] ancestor of the Suzerains of Kuna, [^1665] always followed and respectfully served him as butler.
This [Prince] His Augustness Yamato-take wedded Her Augustness Princess Futaji-no-iri, [^1666] daughter of the Heavenly Sovereign Ikume, and begot an august child: His Augustness Tarashi-naka-tsu-hiko [^1667] (one Deity). Again, wedding Her Augustness Princess Oto-tachibana [^1668] who [afterwards] entered the sea, [1] he begot an august child: King Waka-take [2] (one Deity). Again, wedding Princess [224] Futaji, [3] daughter of Oho-tamu-wake, [4] ancestor of the Rulers of the Land of Yasu in Chika-tsu-Afumi, [5] he begot an august child: King Ine-yori-wake [6] (one Deity). Again, wedding Princess Oho-kibi-take, [7] younger sister of Take-hiko [ancestor of the] Grandees of Kiki, [8] he begot an [ p. 278 ] august child: King Take-kahiko [9] (one Deity). Again, wedding Princess Kukuma-mori of Yamashiro, [10] he begot an august child, King Ashi-kagami-wake [11] (one Deity). A child by another wife was King Okinaga-ta-wake. [12] Al-together the entire [number] of the august children of His Augustness Yamato-take was six Deities. So His Augustness Tarashi-naka-tsu-hiko [was he who afterwards] ruled the Empire. The next, King Ine-yori-wake (was the ancestor of the Dukes of Inukami [13] and of the Dukes of Takebe.) [14] [225] The next, King Take-kahiko (was the ancestor of the Dukes of Aya in Sanugi, [15] the Dukes of Wake in Iyo, [16] the Lords of Towo, [17] the Headmen of Masa [18] and the Lords of Miyaji.) [19] King Ashi-kagami-wake (was the ancestor of the Lords of Kamakura, [20] the Dukes of Wodzu, [21] the Lords of Ihashiro [22] and the Lords of Fukita.) [23] The child of the next, King Okinaga-ta-wake was King Kuhi-mata-naga-hiko. [24] This King’s children were: Her Augustness Princess Ihinu-ma-guro, [25] next Okinaga-ma-waka-naka-tsu-hime, [26] next Oto-hime [27] (three Deities). So the above mentioned King Waka-take wedded Princess Ihinu-ma-guro, [226] and begot King Sume-iro-oho-naka-tsu-hiko. [28] This King wedded Princess Shibanu, [29] daughter of Shibanu-iri-ki [30] of Afumi, and begot a child, Her Augustness Princess Kaguro. [31] So the Heavenly Sovereign Oho-tarashi-hiko wedded this [lady] Her Augustness Princess Kaguro, and begot King Oho-ye [32] (one Deity). This King wedded his younger half-sister Queen Shiro-kane, [33] and begot children: King Oho-na-gata, [34] and next Her Augustness Oho-naka-tsu-hime [35] (two Deities). So this [Lady] Her Augustness Oho-naka-tsu-hime was the august mother [36] of King Kagosaka [37] and King Oshikuma. [38]
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This Heavenly Sovereign’s august years were one hundred and thirty-seven, and his august mausoleum is above the Yamanobe road. [39]
The Heavenly Sovereign Wata-tarashi-hiko dwelt at the palace of Taka-anaho at Shiga [40] in Chika-tsu-Afumi and ruled the empire. This Heavenly Sovereign wedded [227] the Lady Oho-takara, [41] daughter of Take-oshiyama-tari-ne, [42] ancestor of the Grandees of Hodzumi, [43] and begot an august child: King Wata-nuke [44] (one Deity). So [the [ p. 282 ] Heavenly Sovereign] raised the Noble Take-uchi [45] [to the office of] Prince Minister, [46] deigned to settle the Rulers of the Great Countries and Small Countries, [47] and likewise deigned to settle the boundaries of the various countries, as also the Department Lords of the Great Departments and Small Departments. [48] The Heavenly Sovereign’s august years were ninety-five, and his august mausoleum is at Tatanami near Saki. [49]
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The Heavenly Sovereign Tarashi-naka-tsu-hiko dwelt at the palace of Toyora at Anado, [50] and likewise at the palace of Kashihi [51] in Tsukushi, and ruled the Empire. [328] This Heavenly Sovereign wedded Her Augustness Oho-naka-tsu-hime, [52] daughter of King Oho-ye, and begot august children: King Kagosaka and King Oshikuma (two Deities). Again he wedded Her Augustness Princess Okinaga-tarashi. This Empress [53] gave birth to august children: His Augustness Homu-ya-wake, [54] and next His Augustness Oho-tomo-wake, [55] another name for whom was His Augustness Homuda-wake. [56] The reason why this Heir Apparent [57] was given the august name of His Augustness Oho-tomo-wake was that when first [58] born, he had on his august arm [a protuberance of] flesh resembling an elbow-pad, [59] whence the august name bestowed on him. By this it was known while he was in the womb that he would rule countries. [60] In this august reign the granaries of Ahaji were established.
277:1a The name signifies “seven-grasp shins,” implying that the worthy here mentioned was so big and strong as to have shins seven hand-breadths in length. For the use of the word “grasp ”as a measure of length, see Sect. VIII, Note 1. ↩︎
277:2a This family has already been mentioned at the end of Sect. XXXIV, as descended from Ama-tsu-kume no Mikoto, one of the companions of the Emperor Jim-mu’s grandfather on the occasion of his descent from Heaven. But see Note 7 to that Sect. for the probable mistake with regard to the origin of the name. ↩︎
277:1b p. 278 For this name see Sect. LXIX, Note 24. ↩︎
277:2b I.e., “the perfect middle prince,” a name which is justified by p. 279 the genealogy as given in the “Chronicles,” where he is mentioned as the second of three sons borne by this princess. ↩︎
277:3 Oto-tachibana-hime no mikoto. Oto signifies “younger [sister],” and Oto-tachibana is the name of the orange. ↩︎
277:4 See the story in Sect. LXXXIV. ↩︎
277:5 Waka-tate no miko. This name signifies “young brave.” ↩︎
277:6 Futaji-hime. Signification obscure. Futaji may be the name of a place. ↩︎
277:7 If Tamu is, as Motowori surmises, the name of a place, this personal name signifies “Great Lord of Tamu.” ↩︎
277:8 Chika-tsu-Afumi no Yasu no kuni no miyatsuko. For Yasu see Sect. LXII, Note 62. ↩︎
277:9 Ine-yori-wake no miko. This name probably signifies “rice-good-lord.” ↩︎
277:10 Oho-kibi-take-hime. Oho signifies “great.” For the other two elements of the compound see next Note. ↩︎
277:11 The text has Kibi no omi Take-hiko, as if this worthy had been himself the “Grandee of Kibi.” Motowori however compares the commencement of Sect. LXXXII (Notes 2 and 3), and supplies the words “ancestor of.” Kibi is of course the province of that name (the modern, Bizen, Bitchiū, and Bingo), and take signifies “brave.” ↩︎
278:12 Take-kahiko no miko. Take signifies “brave,” kahiko is either “egg ”or “cocoon,” or else perhaps a corruption of some other word. ↩︎
278:13 Yamashiro no Kukuma mori-hime. This name is obscure. Motowori identifies Kukuma with a place called Kurihuma, and mori is probably the Verb “to guard.” ↩︎
278:14 Ashi-kagami-wake no miko. This name is written with characters signifying “foot-mirror-[lord].” ↩︎
278:15 Okinaga-ta-wake no miko. This name is obscure. Motowori believes Okinaga to be the name of a place in Afumi, but has no explanation to offer of ta. ↩︎
278:16 Inukami no kimi. Inukami is the name of a district in Afumi, Its signification is not clear. ↩︎
278:17 Takebi no kimi. Takebe became the name of a place in Idzumo, but it originally signified “brave tribe,” the family having, as in so many other cases, given its name to the place of its residence, instead of being called after the latter. See the origin of the name, given in Motowori’s Commentary, Vol. XXIV, pp. 35-36. ↩︎
278:18 Sanugi no Aya no kimi. For Sanugi see Sect. V, Note 6. Aya is a district in the province; the name is of doubtful origin. ↩︎
278:19 p. 280 Iyo no wake no kani. For Iyo see Sect. V, Note 4. (The text here has Ise for Iyo, and the word wake is missing, but Motowori’s emendation may be accepted). Wake is the name of a district in Iyo. ↩︎
278:20 Towo no wake. Of Towo nothing is known. ↩︎
278:21 Masa no obito. Of Masa nothing is known. ↩︎
278:22 Miyagi ( ) no wake. This is Motowori’s ingenious emendation of the characters in the text,
, out of which it is impossible to make a family name. Miyagi is the name of a place in the province of Mikaha, and signifies “temple road.” ↩︎
278:23 Kamakura no wake. Kamakura is the name of a district in the province of Sagami, which became famous during the Middle Ages as the site of an immense town,—the capital of the Shōgun, and the centre of the feudalism which then ruled Japan. The import of the name (literally “sickle-store”) is not clear, though it has been fancifully explained by native etymologists. ↩︎
278:24 Wodzu no kimi. The words no kimi are supplied by Motowori, this name and the next being in the text run into one. Wodzu seems to be the name of a place in Afumi, and signifies “little mart.” ↩︎
278:25 Ihashiro no wake. Motowori says that this Ihashiro is not the province of that name, but a place in Kishiu. The meaning of the name is obscure. ↩︎
278:26 Fukita no wake. This is but Motowori’s conjectural restoration (founded on a statement in the “Chronicles of Old Matters of Former Ages”) of the name as given in the text, . ↩︎
278:27 Kuhimata-naga-hiko no miko. Kuhimata (modern Kumata) is the name of a place in Settsu. The signification is obscure. Naga-hiko means “long prince.” ↩︎
278:28 Ihinu-ma-guro-hime, i.e., “quite black princess of Ihinu,” the blackness being doubtless predicated of her hair. Ihinu is the name of a district in Ise, and is written with characters signifying “boiled-rice-moor.” ↩︎
278:29 For Okinaga see Note 15. Ma-waka means “truly young.” Naka-tsu-hime means “middle princess,” referring to her being the second of three. ↩︎
278:30 I.e., “younger princess.” ↩︎
278:31 See Sect. LXXVI, Note 29. ↩︎
278:32 Shibanu-hime. This name is obscure. ↩︎
278:33 Shibunu iri-ko. This name is obscure. ↩︎
278:34 Ka-gara hime, see Sect. LXXVI, Note 28. ↩︎
278:35 p. 281 For the confusion in this portion of the genealogy see Sect. LXXVI, Note 30. ↩︎
278:36 Shiro-kane no miko. Shiro-kane means “silver,” but Motowori suspects corruption in the text. ↩︎
278:37 Oho-nagata no miko, i.e., “great prince of Nagata,” the latter being the name of a place in Settsu, signifying “long rice-field.” ↩︎
278:38 I.e., “great middle princess.” ↩︎
278:39 Literally, “ancestress.” ↩︎
278:40 Or, “the King of Kagosaka,” for it is’ uncertain whether Kagosaka should or should not be regarded as the name of a place. The etymology of the name may be kago, “a stag” and saka, “an ascent.” The original form of the name and title is Kagosaka no miko. ↩︎
278:41 Or, “the King of Oshikuma,” Oshikuma no miko. Oshikuma is a word of doubtful etymology. ↩︎
281:1a See Sect. LXVIII, Note 1. ↩︎
281:1b Shiga no Taka-anaho. Shiga is the name of a well known district, and is of uncertain, signification, as is also Taka-anaho. For Chika-tsu-Afumi see Sect. XXIX, Note 20. ↩︎
281:2 Oto-takara no iratsume. Oto signifies “younger [sister],” and takara is “treasure.” ↩︎
281:3 Oshiyama is the name of a place in Ise, take signifies “brave” and tari and ne are Honorifics of frequent occurrence. ↩︎
281:4 Hodzumi no omi. See Sect. LXI, Note 4. ↩︎
281:5 Waka-nuke no miko. This name is of doubtful signification, and Motowori suspects that it is corrupt, and that the true reading would be Waka-take, “young-brave.” ↩︎
282:6 See Sect. LXI, Note 25. ↩︎
282:7 . Motowori tries to prove that in the earliest times this official title was simply an Honorific surname formed by prefixing the Adjective
“great” to
, a surname read “Omi” (the character signifies properly “attendant,” “subject.”) Probably like other “gentile names” it combined both characters, and had a tendency to become hereditary. ↩︎
282:8 Oho-kuni wo-kuni no kuni no miyatsuko. ↩︎
282:9 Oho-agata wo-agata no agata nushi ( ). Their duties are supposed to have consisted in supervising the government farms. ↩︎
282:10 For Saki see Sect. LXXV, Note 5. Tatanami may perhaps signify “putting shields in a row.” ↩︎
283:1 p. 283 For Anado see Sect. LXXX (Note 22). Toyora (for Toyo-ura) signifies “fertile shore.” ↩︎
283:2 This name seems to be derived from that of the evergreen oak. It will be noticed that both these capitals are in the South-Western Island of Kiushiu, whereas, from Jim-mu downwards, the capitals of all the Emperors previously mentioned are either in Yamato or in one of the adjacent central provinces. ↩︎
283:3 For this and the three following names see Sect. XCII, and for Okinaga tarashi Sect. LXII, Note 72. ↩︎
283:4 Written . It is she who is celebrated in Japanese history under the name of Jin-gō Kōgō, and in the “Chronicles” her reign is counted separately. In these “Records,” however, the period of her rule is forming part of the reign of her son O-jin. ↩︎
283:5 The signification of this name is obscure. ↩︎
283:6 p. 284 I.e., “great elbow-pad lord,” tomo signifying “elbow pad.” The next sentence of the text gives the traditional origin of this curious name. ↩︎