Emperor Ingyō允恭天皇

Oasazumawakugo no Sukune no Mikoto dwelt in the palace of Tohotsu Asuka (遠飛鳥宮), and ruled all under heaven.

This Emperor took to wife Osaka no Ohonakatsuhime no Mikoto (忍坂之大中津比賣命), the sister of Ohohodo no Miko (意富本杼王), and the children born were Kinashi no Karu no Miko (木梨之輕王), and next Nagata no Ohoiratsume (長田大郎女), and next Sakai no Kurohiko no Miko (境之黑日子王), and next Anaho no Mikoto (穴穂命), and next Karu no Ohoiratsume (輕大郎女), whose other name was Sotohori no Iratsume (衣通郎女), and next Yatsuri no Shirohiko no Miko (八瓜之白日子王), and next Ohohatsuse no Mikoto (大長谷命), and next Tachibana no Ohoiratsume (橘大郎女), and next Sakami no Iratsume (酒見郎女).

In all, the children of the Emperor were nine. Among these nine, Anaho no Mikoto ruled all under heaven, and next Ohohatsuse no Mikoto ruled all under heaven.

When the Emperor was first to take up the succession of the heavenly sun (天津日繼), he declined, saying, "I have one long illness, and I cannot take up the succession of the sun." But the great queen first, and then all the ministers, pressed him hard, and so he ruled all under heaven.

At this time the king of Silla (新良) sent eighty-one ships of tribute. The name of the great envoy who came with the tribute was Gim Pajin Hangimu (金波鎭漢紀武). This man knew medicine deeply, and he cured the Emperor's illness.

Then the Emperor was troubled that the clan names and surnames of the families of all under heaven had become confused and mistaken. So before Kotoyasomagatsuhi (言八十禍津日) at Amakashi (味白檮) he set out the kukabe (玖訶瓮), the jar of boiling water, and sorted out and fixed the clan names and surnames of the many companies of all under heaven (八十友緒).

Also, to keep the name of the crown prince Kinashi no Karu, the Karube (輕部) was established; to keep the name of the great queen, the Osakabe (刑部) was established; and to keep the name of the great queen's younger sister Tainonakatsuhime (田井中比賣), the Kawabe (河部) was established.

This Emperor was seventy-eight years old. His tomb is at Ega no Nagae (惠賀長枝) in Kawachi.

After the Emperor died, Kinashi no Karu, the crown prince, was set to take up the succession of the sun. But before he came to the throne he lay with his own younger sister Karu no Ohoiratsume, and sang:

Ashihikino yamadaotsukuri Yamatakami shitabiowashise Shitadohini wagatofuimoo Shitanakini waganakutsumao Kozokosoba yasukuhadafure

— Making a mountain field in the foot-dragging hills, the mountain being high, I ran a pipe below to bring the water. So, coming in secret, the sister I visit, weeping in secret, the wife for whom I weep — tonight at last I shall touch her skin at ease.

This is a shirageuta (志良宜歌). He sang again:

Sasabani utsuyaarareno Tashidashini inetemunochiwa Hitowakayutomo Uruhashito saneshisaneteba Karikomono midarebamidare Saneshisaneteba

— Like hail rattling down on the leaves of the bamboo grass, once we have slept together plainly, let others turn from me if they will. If I have slept and slept with the one I love, then like cut reeds in a bundle, let it be tangled if it must be tangled. If only we have slept and slept together.

This is the ageuta (上歌) of the hinaburi (夷振).

And so all the officials and the people of all under heaven turned their backs on Prince Karu and went over to Prince Anaho. Prince Karu was afraid and fled into the house of Ohomahe Womahe no Sukune (大前小前宿禰), the great minister, and made ready his weapons. Prince Anaho made weapons as well.

Then Prince Anaho raised troops and surrounded the house of Ohomahe Womahe no Sukune. When they came to its gate, a great cold rain fell. Then he sang:

Ohomahe womahesukunega Kanatokage kakuyorikone Ametachiyamemu

— Of Ohomahe, of Womahe no Sukune, come close and stand here in the shadow of the iron gate. Let us go when the rain has stopped.

Then that Ohomahe Womahe no Sukune raised his hands, struck his knees, danced and made a tune, kanade, and came singing. His song said:

Miyahitono ayuhinokosuzu Ochinikito miyahitotoyomu Satobitomoyume

— The little bell on a palace servant's ankle cord has fallen, they say, and the palace people are in an uproar. People of the village, take care as well.

This song is the miyabitoburi (宮人振).

Singing thus he came forward and said, "O son of our Emperor, do not turn your weapons against your own elder brother. If you turn weapons against him, men will surely laugh. I will take him and deliver him to you."

Then he let his troops go and withdrew. So Ohomahe Womahe no Sukune took that crown prince Karu, brought him out, and delivered him up. That crown prince, being taken, sang:

Amadamu karunootome Itanakaba hitoshirinubeshi Hasanoyamano hatono Shitanakininaku

— Maiden of Karu that flies in the sky, if you weep too much, people will come to know. Like the dove of Mount Hasa I weep with a hidden weeping.

He sang again:

Amadamu karuotome Shitatanimo yorinetetohore Karuotomedomo

— Maiden of Karu that flies in the sky, in secret, and firmly, lean close and sleep before you go. Maiden of Karu.

So that crown prince Karu was banished to the hot spring of Iyo (伊余湯). When he was about to be sent away, he sang again:

Amatobu torimotsukahizo Tazuganeno kikoemutokiwa Waganatohasane

— Even the birds that fly in the sky are messengers. When you hear the cry of the crane, ask after my name.

These three songs are the amadaburi (天田振). He sang again:

Ohokimio shimanihaburaba Funaamari igaherikomuzo Wagatatamiyume Kotookoso tatamitoiwame Wagatsumawayume

— Though they cast me, a great lord, out to an island, I shall come back with the ships that are left, so keep my mat well. In words we call it a mat, but my wife, take care of yourself.

This song is the kataoroshi (片下) of the hinaburi.

That Sotohori no Miko offered a song. Her song said:

Natsukusano ahinenohamano Kakikahini ashifumasuna Akashitedohore

— Where the summer grass grows thick, do not set your feet on the oyster shells of the shore of Ahine. Wait for the day to break, and then go.

Afterward she could not bear her longing, and as she went after him she sang:

Kimigayuki kenagakunarinu Yamatazuno mukaheoyukamu Matsuniwamataji

— The days since you went have grown long. Like the yamatazu I will go out to meet you. I will not wait and only wait.

So when she came up with him, the crown prince waited for her, took her in his arms, and sang:

Komorikuno hatsusenoyamano Ohooniwa hataharidate Saooniwa hataharidate Ohoonishi nakasadameru Omohizumaahare Tsukuyumino koyarukoyarimo Azusayumi tateritaterimo Nochimotorimiru Omohizumaahare

— Of Mount Hatsuse, hidden among the hills, on the great peak they set up banners, and on the small peak too they set up banners. Firm as that great peak was the promise we made, my beloved wife, ah. Lying down as the zelkova bow lies, standing as the catalpa bow stands, the wife I will keep and care for to the end, my beloved wife, ah.

He sang again:

Komorikuno hatsusenogawano Kamitsuseni ikuhiouchi Shimotsuseni makuhiouchi Ikuhiniwa kagamiokake Makuhiniwa matamaokake Matamanasu agamofuimo Kagaminasu agamofutsuma Aritoiwabakosoni Ihenimoyukame Kuniomoshinohame

— Of the river of Hatsuse, hidden among the hills, in the upper shallows I drove a sacred stake, in the lower shallows I drove a true stake, and on the sacred stake I hung a mirror, and on the true stake I hung a true jewel — my beloved sister, like that true jewel, my beloved wife, like that mirror, if only it could be said that she is here, then I would go home, then I would long for my own land.

When they had sung thus, they took their own lives together. Therefore these two songs are yomiuta (讀歌).