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Emperor Kosho孝昭天皇

Nihon Shoki (The Chronicles of Japan) 日本書紀 · Prince Toneri and others · 720 (Japan, 4th year of Yōrō) · 10 passages · 246 Chinese characters · reading time 1.0 min

Nihon Shoki (The Chronicles of Japan) Hitoyo — The Age of Humans The oldest official history of Japan. Thirty volumes, from the age of the gods down to Empress Jitō. The two books of the age of the gods set the differing versions of one myth side by side, each opened with “one account has it thus”, so that the stories that disagree are not hidden away. Accounts touching Baekje, Silla, Goguryeo and Imna stand at 1,379 places, which makes it also the book with the most to set beside the Korean histories.

1Emperor Kosho

觀松彦香殖稻天皇。大日本彦耜友天皇太子也。母皇后天豐津媛命。息石耳命之女也。

Emperor Mimatsuhikokaeshine (觀松彦香殖稻天皇) was the crown prince of Emperor Oyamatohikosukitomo. His mother, the empress Amatoyotsuhime no Mikoto, was the daughter of Okisomimi no Mikoto.

2He is made crown prince

天皇以大日本彦耜友天皇廿二年春二月丁未。立爲皇太子。

The emperor was set up as crown prince in the twenty-second year of Emperor Oyamatohikosukitomo, in spring, the second month, on the jeongmi day.

3The former sovereign dies

卅四年秋九月。大日本彦耜友天皇崩。

In the thirty-fourth year, in autumn, the ninth month, Emperor Oyamatohikosukitomo died.

4The former sovereign is buried

明年冬十月戊午庚午。葬大日本彦耜友天皇於畝傍山南纎沙谿上陵。

In the next year, in winter, the tenth month, the muo day, on the gyeongo day, Emperor Oyamatohikosukitomo was buried in the tomb at Masagonotanioe, south of Mount Unebi.

5He ascends the throne

元年春正月丙戌朔甲午。皇太子即天皇位。

In the first year, in spring, the first month, the first day being a byeongsul day, on the gabo day, the crown prince ascended the throne.

6She is honored as empress dowager

夏四月乙卯朔己未。尊皇后曰皇太后。

In summer, the fourth month, the first day being an eulmyo day, on the gimi day, he honored the empress and called her the empress dowager.

7He moves to Ikegokoronomiya

秋七月。遷都於掖上。是謂池心宮。是年也太歳丙寅。

In autumn, the seventh month, he moved the capital to Wakigami. This is called Ikegokoronomiya (池心宮). In this year the year sign was byeongin.

8The empress and her two sons

廿九年春正月甲辰朔丙午。立世襲足媛。爲皇后。后生天足彦國押人命。日本足彦國押人天皇。

In the twenty-ninth year, in spring, the first month, the first day being a gapjin day, on the byeongo day, Yosotarashihime was set up as empress. The empress bore Ametarashihikokunioshihito no Mikoto and Emperor Yamatotarashihikokunioshihito.

Interlinear notes 1

一云。磯城縣主葉江女渟名城津媛。一云。倭國豐秋狹太雄女大井媛也。

One account says she was Nunakitsuhime (渟名城津媛), the daughter of Hae, the Shiki no Agatanushi. Another account says she was Oihime (大井媛), the daughter of Toyoakisadao of the land of Yamato.

9The first ancestor of the Wani no Omi

六十八年春正月丁亥朔庚子。立日本足彦國押人尊皇太子。年廿。天足彦國押人命此和珥臣等始祖也。

In the sixty-eighth year, in spring, the first month, the first day being a jeonghae day, on the gyeongja day, Yamatotarashihikokunioshihito no Mikoto was set up as crown prince. He was twenty years old. Ametarashihikokunioshihito no Mikoto is the first ancestor of the Wani no Omi (和珥臣).

10He dies

八十三年秋八月丁巳朔辛酉。天皇崩。

In the eighty-third year, in autumn, the eighth month, the first day being a jeongsa day, on the sinyu day, the emperor died.