Emperor Korei孝靈天皇
1Emperor Kōrei
大倭根子日子賦斗邇命。坐黒田廬戸宮。治天下也。此天皇。娶十市縣主之祖。大目之女。名細比賣命。生御子。大倭根子日子國玖琉命。又娶春日之千千速眞若比賣。生御子千千速比賣命。又娶意富夜麻登玖邇阿禮比賣命。生御子。夜麻登登母母曾毘賣命。次日子刺肩別命。次比古伊佐勢理毘古命。亦名大吉備津日子命。次倭飛羽矢若屋比賣。又娶其阿禮比賣命之弟。蠅伊呂杼。生御子。日子寤間命。次若日子建吉備津日子命。此天皇之御子等。并八柱。故大倭根子日子國玖琉命者。治天下也。大吉備津日子命。與若建吉備津日子命。二柱相副而。於針間氷河之前。居忌瓮而。針間爲道口以言向和吉備國也。故此大吉備津日子命者。次若日子建吉備津日子命者。次日子寤間命者。次日子刺肩別命者。天皇。御年壹佰陸歳。御陵在片岡馬坂上也。
Ohoyamatonekohikofutoni no Mikoto dwelt in the palace of Ihoto in Kuroda (黒田廬戸宮) and ruled all under heaven.
This Emperor took to wife Hosohime no Mikoto (細比賣命), the daughter of Ohome (大目), the ancestor of the Tohochi no Agatanushi (十市縣主), and the child born was Ohoyamatonekohikokunikuru no Mikoto (大倭根子日子國玖琉命).
He also took to wife Chichihayamawakahime (千千速眞若比賣) of Kasuga, and the child born was Chichihayahime no Mikoto (千千速比賣命).
He also took to wife Ohoyamatokuniarehime no Mikoto, and the children born were Yamatotomomosobime no Mikoto (夜麻登登母母曾毗賣命), next Hikosashikatawake no Mikoto (日子刺肩別命), next Hikoisaserihiko no Mikoto (比古伊佐勢理毗古命), whose other name is Ohokibitsuhiko no Mikoto (大吉備津日子命). Next is Yamatotobihayawakayahime (倭飛羽矢若屋比賣).
He also took to wife Haeirodo, the younger sister of that Arehime no Mikoto, and the children born were Hikosamema no Mikoto (日子寤間命), next Wakahikotakekibitsuhiko no Mikoto (若日子建吉備津日子命).
The children of this Emperor were eight in all. So Ohoyamatonekohikokunikuru no Mikoto ruled all under heaven.
Ohokibitsuhiko no Mikoto and Wakatakekibitsuhiko no Mikoto, the two of them together, set sacred vessels at the cape of Hikawa (氷河) in Harima (針間), and taking Harima as the head of the road, they brought round and calmed the land of Kibi (吉備國).
So this Ohokibitsuhiko no Mikoto was the ancestor of the Kibi no Kamitsumichi no Omi; next, Wakahikotakekibitsuhiko no Mikoto was the ancestor of the Kibi no Shimotsumichi no Omi and the Kasa no Omi; next, Hikosamema no Mikoto was the ancestor of the Harima no Ushika no Omi; next, Hikosashikatawake no Mikoto was the ancestor of the Koshi no Tonami no Omi and others.
The Emperor was a hundred and six years old. His tomb is above Umasaka (馬坂) at Kataoka.
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一柱。玖琉二字以音。
One child. The two graphs 玖琉 are read for their sound.
一柱。
One child.
四柱。
Four children.
二柱。
Two children.
男王五。女王三。
Five princes and three princesses.
吉備上道臣之祖也。
Ancestor of the Kibi no Kamitsumichi no Omi (吉備上道臣).
吉備下道臣。笠臣祖。
Ancestor of the Kibi no Shimotsumichi no Omi (吉備下道臣) and the Kasa no Omi (笠臣).
針間牛鹿臣之祖也。
Ancestor of the Harima no Ushika no Omi (針間牛鹿臣).
高志之利波臣。豐國之國前臣。五百原君。角鹿海直之祖也。
Ancestor of the Koshi no Tonami no Omi (高志之利波臣), the Toyokuni no Kunisaki no Omi (豐國之國前臣), the Ihohara no Kimi (五百原君), and the Tsunuga no Ama no Atai (角鹿海直).