Japan 1
JAPANESE IMPERIAL
GENEALOGY
(The Early Legendary Kings)
Izanagi no Kami & Izanami no Kami
Sky god and Underworld goddess, Mythical Creators of Japan
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Amaterasu Ōmikami
Goddess of the Sun and Queen of Heaven
Born when Izanagi cleansed himself after fleeing the realm of Izanami
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Masakaakatsukachihayabi Ame no Oshihomimi no Mikoto
Descended to rule Earth, but returned to Heaven as it was too chaotic
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Amenigishi Kuninigishi Amatsuhidaka Hikoho no Ninigi no Mikoto
Descended to rule earth with the Imperial regalia (A Sword, a Mirror and a Jewel), supposedly held by the Imperial family to this day
m. Kamuatatsuhime / Kanohamasakuyahime (daughter of the Mountain god, Ōyamatsumi)
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Amatsuhidakehikōhodemihōriyamasachihiko
Mythical Hunter and ruler of Earth
m. Toyotamaotohime (daughter of the ocean god, Watatsumi)
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Amatsuhidakahikonagisatakeugayafukiaezu
Mythucal Ruler of Earth
m. Tamayoribime (daughter of the ocean god, Watatsumi)
They had issue, including:
1) Itsuse no Mikoto, apparently a rice deity, he succeeded his father. He progressed eastwards from Kyushu but was wounded in battle with Nagasunebiko, Prince of Tomi, at Shirakata in Izumo and died of those wounds at the mouth of the river O in Ki. He was buried at Mount Kama.
2) Inuhina Mikoto, apparently a rice deity, he went to his maternal grandfather's ocean realm.
3) Mikenu no Mikoto. Agatanushi of Takeda, he was ancestor to the Uda no Moitorira Clan.
4) Jinmu Wakanukenu no Mikoto, First Emperor of Japan - see below.
Jinmu Wakanukenu no Mikoto, First Emperor of Japan and Great King of Yamato. Also known as Toyonukenu no Mikoto, Hikoho Hodemi (posthumously) and Kamuyamato Iwarebiko no Mikoto. He succeeded his brother. The Nihonshoki is full of dates and claims this occurred in March 660 BC but this is entirely falsified; it would be some eight hundred years before writing was introduced to Japan and over a thousand from the composition of the Nihonshoki and oral traditions do not preserve such details. He progressed from Kyushu to Yamato in the Kansai Plain, pacifying the land and defeating monsters with the aid of a giant crow sent from Heaven and eventually established a capital at Kashihara. He married (first) Ahirahime, from Hyuga, younger sister of the Lord of Obashi. He married (second) Isukeyorihime no Mikoto, also called Seyadatarahime and Himetataraisusugihime no mikoto, a beautiful lady who had been startled by a deity while bathing naked, daughter of the deity, Kotoshironushi no Kami. He died at Kashihabara at the age of 137 (Kojiki) or 127 (Nihonshoki) and was burried on Mount Unebi. He had issue:1) Tagishimimi no Mikoto (son of Ahirahime). He tried to become Emperor after his father's death, marrying his step-mother, Isukeyorihime and planning to kill his siblings, but they slew him in Kataoka.
2) Kisumimi no Mikoto (son of Ahirahime). He might be just an alternate name for his older brother.
3) Hikoyai no Mikoto (son of Isukeyorihime). He was claimed as an ancestor by the Murajis of Mamuta and Teshima (About which we know nothing).
4) Kamuyaimimi no Mikoto (son of Isukeyorihime). He hatched the plan to slay his brother Tagishimimi, but he was too frightened and his younger brother did the deed. In recognition of this he forfeited his place in the succession. He served his younger brother as a priest. He was claimed as an ancestor by the Omi of Ō; the Murajis of Shimada, Niha in Ohara Province, the Granaries of Tsukushi, the clans of Chihisako, Sakahi and Sazaki; the Lords of Hi, Ōkida and Aso; the Miyatsukos of Sazaki, Ohatsuse, Iyo Province, Shinano Province, Michinoku in Ihara Province, Hitachi Province, Nagasa Province; and the Atahes of Tsuke and Funaki in Ise Province. He was buried on Mount Unebi.
5) Suizei Kamununakawamimi no Mikoto, Second Emperor of Japan - see below (son of Isukeyorihime).
Suizei Kamununakawamimi no Mikoto, Second Emperor of Japan and Great King of Yamato. He ruled from the Palace of Takaoka in Kazuraki. He married Kahamatabime no Mikoto, also called Isuzuyoribime ancestress/daughter of the Agata-Nushi of Shiki. He died at the age of 45 (Kojiki) or 84 (Nihonshoki) and was buried in Tsukida Kofun (a large mound, shaped from above, like a keyhole). He had issue:
1) Annei Shikitsuhikotamatamatemi no Mikoto, Third Emperor of Japan - see below.
Annei Shikitsuhikotamatamatemi no Mikoto, Third Emperor of Japan and Great King of Yamato. He ruled from the Palace of Ukiana in Katashiha. He married Kodaiko Akutohime, also called Nunasokonakatsu no Mikoto and Kawatsuhime, daughter of Agata-Nushi Hae, his mother's older brother. He died at the age of 49 years (Kojiki) or 57 (Nihonshoki) and was buried in the "genitals" (perhaps meaning a cave) of Mount Unebi. He had issue:
1) Tokonetsuhikoirone no Mikoto
2) Okisomimi no Mikoto. Might just be another name for his older brother.
3) Itoku Ōyamatohikosukitomo no Mikoto, Fourth Emperor of Japan - see below.
4) Shikitsuhiko no Mikoto. He had issue:
a) Unnamed Son, claimed as an ancestor by the Inakis of Suchi in Iga, Nabari and Minu.
b) Wachitsumi no Mikoto, who lived in the palace of Mii in Ahaji. He had issue:
i) Haheirone, also called Ōyamatokuniarehime no Mikoto. She married the Seventh Emperor of Japan and had issue - see below.
ii) Haheirodo. She married the Seventh Emperor of Japan and had issue - see below.
Itoku Ōyamatohikosukitomo no Mikoto, Fourth Emperor of Japan and Great King of Yamato. He ruled from the Palace of Sakahio or Magario in Karu. He married Futomahime no Mikoto, also called Amatoyotsuhime no Mikoto and Iihibime, daughter of an Agata-Nushi of Shiki called either Shiki no Otoite or Shiki no Futomawakahiko. He died at the age of 45 years and was buried in Manago Valley near Mount Unebi. He had issue:
1) Kōshō Mimatsuhikowakeshine no Mikoto, Fifth Emperor of Japan - see below.
2) Tagashihiko no Mikoto, claimed as an ancestor by the Wakes of Chinu and Take in Tajima and the Inaki of Ashii
Kōshō Mimatsuhikowakeshine no Mikoto, Fifth Emperor of Japan and Great King of Yamato. He ruled from the Palace of Sakahio in Karu. He married either Yosotaho no Mikoto or Oihime, daughter of Yamato no Toyoakisadao and sister of Okitsuyoso, ancestor of the Murajis of Ohari. He died at the age of 93 years and was buried on Mount Hakata at Waki no Kami. He had issue:
1) Ameoshitarashihiko no Mikoto, also called Amatarashi Hikokunioshibito no Mikoto. He was claimed as an ancestor by the Omis of Wani, Kasuga, Ōyake, Ahata, Onu, Kakinomoto, Ichihiwi; Ōsaka, Ana, Taki, Haguri, Chita, Muza, Tsunuyama, the Lords of Ihitaka in Ise and Ichishi, and the Miyatsukos of Chika-tsu-Afumi Province. He had issue, including:
a) Oshikahime no Mikoto, who married her uncle, the Sixth Emperor of Japan and had issue - see below.
2) Kōan Ōyamatotarashi Hikokunioshibito no Mikoto, Sixth Emperor of Japan - see below.
Kōan Ōyamatotarashi Hikokunioshibito no Mikoto, Sixth Emperor of Japan and Great King of Yamato. He ruled from the Palace of Akizushima in Muro. He married Oshikahime no Mikoto, his niece. He died at the age of 123 years and was buried in Tamade Kofun. He had issue:
1) Ōkibinomorosusumi no Mikoto.
2) Kōrei Ōyamatoneko Hikofutoni no Mikoto, Seventh Emperor of Japan - see below.
Kōrei Ōyamatoneko Hikofutoni no Mikoto, Seventh Emperor of Japan and Great King of Yamato. He ruled from the Palace of Ihodo in Kuruda. In his reign Kibi was conquered. A speculative map of the domain he seems, therefore, to have ruled over is shown at right. He married (first) Kuhashihime no Mikoto, also called Hosobime daughter of Ōme, ancestor of the Agata-Nushi of Tohochi. He married (second) Kasuga no Chijihayamawakahime. He married (third) Haeirone, also called Ōyamatokuniarehime no Mikoto. He married (fourth) Haeirodo, sister of his third wife. He died at the age of 106 years and was buried in Umasaka at Kotawoka. He had issue, including:1) Kōgen Ōyamatoneko Hikokunikuru no Mikoto, Eighth Emperor of Japan (son of Kuhashihime) - see below.
2) Hikoisaseribiko no Mikoto, also called Ōkibitsuhiko no Mikoto (son of Haheirone), who conquered Kibi with his brother and was claimed as an ancestor by the Omi of Kamutsumichi in Kibi.
3) Wakahikotake Kibitsuhiko no Mikoto (son of Haheirodo), who conquered Kibi with his brother and was claimed as an ancestor by the Omis of Kasa and Shimotsumichi in Kibi. He had issue, including
a) Inabi no Ōiratsume. She married Keikō, Twelfth Emperor of Japan.
b) Inabi no Wakiiratsume. She married Keikō, Twelfth Emperor of Japan.
4) Hikosamema no Mikoto (son of Haheirodo), claimed as ancestor by the Omi of Ujika in Harima.
5) Hikosashikatawake no Mikoto (son of Haheirone), claimed as ancestor by the Omis of Tonami in Koshi and Kunisaki in Toyo Province, the Lords of Ihobara and the Atahe of Ama in Tsunuga.
1) Chijihayahime no Mikoto (daughter of Chijihayamawakahime).
2) Yamatotomosobime no Mikoto (daughter of Haheirone).
3) Yamatotobihayawakayahime (daughter of Haheirone).
Kōgen Ōyamatoneko Hikokunikuru no Mikoto, Eighth Emperor of Japan and Great King of Yamato. He ruled from the Palace of Sakahibara in Karu. He married (first) Utsushikome no Mikoto, younger sister of Utsushikoo no Mikoto, ancestor of the Omi of Hozumi. He married (second) Igakashikome no Mikoto, daughter of Utsushikoo no Mikoto, and therfore niece of the first wife. He married (third) Haniyasubime, daughter of Kahachi no Aotama. He died at the age of 57 years and was buried in a Kofun in the middle of Lake Tsurgi (pictured at right). He had issue:1) Ōbiko no Mikoto (son of Utsushikome). He was sent by the Tenth Emperor as Governor of the land of Koshi, but met a spirit warning him of a plot on the Emperor's life and invaded his brother's realm of Yamashiro to prevent it. He was ancestor of the Omi of Ahe and Iga, the Lord of Sasakiyama and the Miyatsuko of Tsukuchi Province and Koshi Province. He had issue:
a) Takenumakahawake no Mikoto. A General, he pacified the twelve provinces east of Yamato for the Tenth Emperor and was ancestor of the Muraji and Omi of Abe.
b) Hikoinakoshiwake no Mikoto, ancestor of the Omi of Kashihade.
a) Mimatsuhime no Mikoto, she married her first cousin, the Tenth Emperor of Japan and had issue - see below.
2) Sukunabikotakeigoro no Mikoto (son of Utsushikome)
3) Kaika Wakayamatoneko Hikoōbibi no Mikoto, Ninth Emperor of Japan (son of Utsushikome) - see below.
4) Hikofutuoshi no Makoto no Mikoto (son of Igakashikome) He married (first) Kazuraki no Takachinabime no Mikoto, younger sister of Kazuraki no Chonabi, ancestor of the Muraji of Ohari. He married (second) Yamashitakagehime, younger sister of Uzuhiko, ancestor of the Miyatsuko of Ki Province. He had issue:
a) Umashi Uchi no Sukune (son of Takachinabime), ancestor of Omi of Uchi in Yamashiro. He intrigued against his younger brother in the reign of Emperor Ojin, but lost a trial by ordeal.
b) Takeuchi no Sukune (son of Yamashitakagehime). He was appointed Prime Minister of Yamato by Emperor Seimu (when he was over two hundred years old) and continued to hold the position until his death over a century later in the reign of Emperor Nintoku. In the historical records he fills the role of 'wise old advisor.' He had issue:
i) Hata no Yashiro no Sukune, ancestor of the Omis of Hata, Hayashi, Hami, Hoshikawa, and Afumi, and of the Lords of the Hatsuse Clan. He had issue, including:
(1) Ari no Omi. He had issue, including:
Haehime. She married Iwazaka no Ichinobe no Oshiha no Miko, son of Emperor Richu and had issue (see below).
ii) Kose no Okara no Sukune, also called Kose no Ohito, Prime Minister of Japan (507-527) ancestor of the Omis of Kose, the Sazaki Clan and the Karu Clan. He died in 527.
iii) Soga no Ishikawa, ancestor of the Omis of Kawanobe, Tanaka, Takamuko, Oharida, Sakurai, Kishida and Soga (who would dominate Japan in the late fourth and early fifth centuries).
(1) Soga no Manchi no Sukune. He was one of the great men of court in the reign of Emperor Richu. He had issue, including:
(a) Soga no Iname no Sukune. He was Omi of Soga and Prime Minister of Japan (536-570). He had issue, including:
(i) Soga no Umako no Sukune. He was Omi of Soga and Prime Minister of Japan (572-626). He was very pro-Buddhist and had Emperor Shushen assassinated. He died in 626, but had issue, including:
1. Soga no Emishi no Omi, also called Toyora. He was Omi of Soga and Prime Minister of Japan (626-645). He immolated himself in 645, after the downfall of his son, but had issue, including:
a. Soga no Iruka. He was assassinated in front of the Emperor in 645.
2. A son, who had issue, including:
a. Soga no Karuyamada Ishikawa Maro. He was Omi of Ishikawa and Grand Minister of the Right (645-649). He was falsely accused of treachery in 649, and committed suicide. He had issue, including:
i. Soga no Chiiratsume. She married Kōtoku, Thirty-Sixth Emperor of Japan, and had issue (see below).
ii. Soga no Miyakkohime. She married Tenji, Thirty-Eighth Emperor of Japan, and had issue (see below).
iii. Soga no Ochi no Iratsume, also called Soga no Chinu no Iratsume, and Soga no Minozukohime. She married Tenji, Thirty-Eighth Emperor of Japan, and had issue (see below).
iv. Soga no Mei no Iratsume, also called Soga no Sakurai no Iratsume She married Tenji, Thirty-Eighth Emperor of Japan, and had issue (see below).
1. Soga no Kawakami no Iratsume. She married Shushen, Thirty-Second Emperor of Japan, and had issue (see below). In 592 she ran off with Yamato Aya no Kome, Atahe of Yamato Aya, her husband's assassin, which ended tragically.
2. Soga no Hōde no Iratsume. She married Jomei, Thirty-Fourth Emperor of Japan, and had issue (see below).
(i) Soga no Kitashihime. She married Kinmei, Twenty-Ninth Emperor of Japan, and had issue (see below).
(b) Soga no Karako no Sukune. He was involved in Ki no Oyumi's Invasion of Korea.
(a) Soga no Onanegimi. She may have married Kinmei, Twenty-Ninth Emperor of Japan, and had issue (see below).
(b) Soga no Oehime. She may have married Kinmei, Twenty-Ninth Emperor of Japan, and had issue (see below).
iv) Heguri no Tsuku no Sukune, ancestor of the Omis of Heguri and Sawara and the Muraji of Umamikuhi. He was one of the great men of court in the reign of Emperor Richu.
v) Ki no Tsunu no Sukune, ancestor of the Omis of Ki, Tsumu and Sakamoto. He was sent as an Envoy to Baekje by Emperor Nintoku in order to conduct a survey of its provinces. He had issue, including:
(1) Ki no Oyumi no Sukune. A General, he led an invasion of Korea for Emperor Yuryaku, but he was defeated and slain.
(a) Ki no Oiwa no Sukune. A General, he led an invasion of Korea to avenge his father. He was very successful, and declared himself Emperor of Korea
vi) Katsuragi no Nagae no Sotsubiko, ancestor of the Omis of Tamade, Ikuha, Ikue and Agina. He had issue, including:
(1) A son, who had issue, including:
(a) Katsuragi no Tsubura no Ōmi, Prime Minister for Emperor Richu and a senior advisor to Emperors Hanzei and Ingyo. It was he who protected Mayuwa no Miko with his life, after he killed Emperor Anko. He had issue, including:
(i) Katsuragi no Karahime. She married Yūryaku, Twenty-First Emperor of Japan and had issue (see below).
(2) Ashida no Sukune, also called Hata no Yashiro no Sukune. He had issue, including:
(a) Kurohime no Mikoto. She married Richū, Seventeenth Emperor of Japan, and had issue - see below.
(3) Tamada no Sukune. He presided over the burial of Emperor Hanzei, but was negligent in his duties and was executed.
(1) Iwa no Hime no Mikoto. She married Nintoku, Sixteenth Emperor of Japan, and had issue - see below.
vii) Wakugo no Sukune, ancestor of the Omi of Enuma.
i) Kume no Matohime.
ii) Nu no Irohime.
5) Takehaniyasubiko (son of Haniyasubime) He ruled in Yamashiro, but was suspected of plotting against the Tenth Emperor and was killed in battle.
1) Yamatototohime no Mikoto (daughter of Ustushikome). She married Ōmononushi no Kami, an important god, who came to her only at night. When she saw him in the day, she discovered him to be a snake and was frightened. He left and she committed suicide by stabbing herself in the genitals with a chopstick. She was buried in the Hashi no Haka, a tomb built by men and gods.
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