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Emperor Kinmei欽明天皇

Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) 古事記 · Ō no Yasumaro · 712 (Japan, 5th year of Wadō) · 1 passages · 365 Chinese characters · reading time 1.5 min

Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) Middle and Lower Books The oldest surviving book in Japan. Three volumes, beginning with the opening of heaven and earth, passing through the age of the gods, and closing with Empress Suiko. One hundred and five songs are written in man'yōgana, so a whole text survives in which the Chinese characters carry sound alone and not meaning. It sets down the same events differently from the Nihon Shoki at many points, and is well worth reading beside it.

1Emperor Kinmei

天國押波流岐廣庭天皇。坐師木嶋大宮。治天下也。天皇。娶檜脾天皇之御子。石比賣命。生御子。八田王。次沼名倉太玉敷命。次笠縫王。又娶其弟小石比賣命。生御子。上王。又娶春日之日爪臣之女。糠子郎女。生御子。春日山田郎女。次麻呂古王。次宗賀之倉王。又娶宗賀之稻目宿禰大臣之女。岐多斯比賣。生御子。橘之豐日命。次妹石埛王。次足取王。次豐御氣炊屋比賣命。次亦麻呂古王。次大宅王。次伊美賀古王。次山代王。次妹大伴王。次櫻井之玄王。次麻奴王。次橘本之若子王。次泥杼王。又娶岐多志比賣命之姨。小兄比賣。生御子。馬木王。次葛城王。次間人穴太部王。次三枝部穴太部王。亦名須賣伊呂杼。次長谷部若雀命。凡此天皇之御子等。并廿五王。此之中。沼名倉太玉敷命者。治天下。次橘之豐日命。治天下。次豐御氣炊屋比賣命。治天下。次長谷部之若雀命。治天下也。并四王治天下也。

Emperor Amekunioshiharukihironiwa dwelt in the great palace of Shikishima (師木嶋大宮) and ruled all under heaven.

The Emperor took to wife Ishihime no Mikoto, the daughter of Emperor Hinokuma (檜埛天皇), and the children born were Yata no Miko (八田王), next Nunakurafutotamashiki no Mikoto (沼名倉太玉敷命), next Kasanuhi no Miko (笠縫王).

He also took to wife her younger sister Oishihime no Mikoto, and the child born was Kami no Miko (上王).

He also took to wife Nukako no Iratsume (糠子郎女), the daughter of Hitsuma no Omi of Kasuga (春日之日爪臣), and the children born were Kasuga no Yamada no Iratsume (春日山田郎女), next Maroko no Miko (麻呂古王), next Soga no Kura no Miko (宗賀之倉王).

He also took to wife Kitashihime (岐多斯比賣), the daughter of Iname no Sukune, the prime minister of Soga (宗賀之稻目宿禰大臣), and the children born were Tachibana no Toyohi no Mikoto (橘之豐日命), next his sister Ishikuma no Miko (石埛王), next Atori no Miko (足取王), next Toyomikekashikiyahime no Mikoto (豐御氣炊屋比賣命), next another Maroko no Miko (亦麻呂古王), next Ohoyake no Miko (大宅王), next Imigako no Miko (伊美賀古王), next Yamashiro no Miko (山代王), next his sister Ohotomo no Miko (大伴王), next Sakurai no Yumihari no Miko (櫻井之玄王), next Manu no Miko (麻奴王), next Tachibanamoto no Wakugo no Miko (橘本之若子王), next Nedo no Miko (泥杼王).

He also took to wife Oehime (小兄比賣), the aunt of Kitashihime no Mikoto, and the children born were Umaki no Miko (馬木王), next Kazuraki no Miko (葛城王), next Hashihito no Anahobe no Miko (間人穴太部王), next Sakikusabe no Anahobe no Miko (三枝部穴太部王), whose other name is Sumeirodo (須賣伊呂杼), next Hatsusebe no Wakasazaki no Mikoto (長谷部若雀命).

The children of this Emperor were twenty-five in all.

Among them, Nunakurafutotamashiki no Mikoto ruled all under heaven; next Tachibana no Toyohi no Mikoto ruled all under heaven; next Toyomikekashikiyahime no Mikoto ruled all under heaven; next Hatsusebe no Wakasazaki no Mikoto ruled all under heaven. Four of them in all ruled all under heaven.

Interlinear notes 6

三柱。

Three children.

一柱。

One child.

三柱。

Three children.

十三柱。

Thirteen children.

五柱。

Five children.

檜脾天皇

Emperor Senka. ― translator