Emperor Kogen孝元天皇
1Emperor Kogen
大日本根子彦國牽天皇。大日本根子彦太瓊天皇太子也。母曰細媛命。磯城縣主大目之女也。
Emperor Oyamatonekohikokunikuru (大日本根子彦國牽天皇) was the crown prince of Emperor Oyamatonekohikofutoni. His mother was called Hosohime no Mikoto. She was the daughter of Ohome (大目), the Shiki no Agatanushi.
2He is made crown prince at nineteen
天皇以大日本根子彦太瓊天皇卅六年春正月。立爲皇太子。年十九。
The emperor was set up as crown prince in the thirty-sixth year of Emperor Oyamatonekohikofutoni, in spring, the first month. He was nineteen years old.
3The former sovereign dies
七十六年春二月。大日本根子彦太瓊天皇崩。
In the seventy-sixth year, in spring, the second month, Emperor Oyamatonekohikofutoni died.
4He ascends the throne
元年春正月辛未朔甲申。太子即天皇位。尊皇后曰皇太后。是年也太歳丁亥。
In the first year, in spring, the first month, the first day being a sinmi day, on the gapsin day, the crown prince ascended the throne. He honored the empress and called her the empress dowager. In this year the year sign was jeonghae.
5He moves to Sakaiharanomiya
四年春三月甲申朔甲午。遷都於輕地。是謂境原宮。
In the fourth year, in spring, the third month, the first day being a gapsin day, on the gabo day, he moved the capital to the land of Karu. This is called Sakaiharanomiya (境原宮).
6The former sovereign is buried
六年秋九月戊戌朔癸卯。葬大日本根子彦太瓊天皇于片丘馬坂陵。
In the sixth year, in autumn, the ninth month, the first day being a musul day, on the gyemyo day, Emperor Oyamatonekohikofutoni was buried in the tomb at Umasaka in Kataoka.
7The first ancestor of seven families is born
七年春二月丙寅朔丁卯。立欝色謎命爲皇后。后生二男一女。第一曰大彦命。第二曰稚日本根子彦大日日天皇。第三曰倭迹迹姫命。妃伊香色謎命生彦太忍信命。次妃河内青玉繋女埴安媛生武埴安彦命。兄大彦命。是阿倍臣。膳臣。阿閇臣。狹狹城山君。筑紫國造。越國造。伊賀臣。凡七族之始祖也。彦太忍信命。是武内宿禰之祖父也。
In the seventh year, in spring, the second month, the first day being a byeongin day, on the jeongmyo day, Utsushikome no Mikoto was set up as empress. The empress bore two boys and one girl. The first was called Ohiko no Mikoto (大彦命). The second was Emperor Wakayamatonekohikoohihi. The third was Yamatototohime no Mikoto.
The consort Ikagashikome no Mikoto bore Hikofutsuoshinomakoto no Mikoto (彦太忍信命). The next consort, Haniyasuhime, the daughter of Kawachi no Aotamakake, bore Takehaniyasuhiko no Mikoto (武埴安彦命).
The elder brother Ohiko no Mikoto is the first ancestor of the Abe no Omi, the Kashiwade no Omi, the Ahe no Omi, the Sasakiyama no Kimi, the Tsukushi no Kuni no Miyatsuko, the Koshi no Kuni no Miyatsuko and the Iga no Omi, seven families in all. Hikofutsuoshinomakoto no Mikoto is the grandfather of Takeuchi no Sukune (武内宿禰).
Interlinear notes 1
一云。天皇母弟少彦男心命也。
One account says he was Sukunahikoogokoro no Mikoto (少彦男心命), the emperor's younger brother by the same mother.
8A crown prince is set up
廿二年春正月己巳朔壬午。立稚日本根子彦太日日尊爲皇太子。年十六。
In the twenty-second year, in spring, the first month, the first day being a gisa day, on the imo day, Wakayamatonekohikoohihi no Mikoto was set up as crown prince. He was sixteen years old.
9He dies
五十七年秋九月壬申朔癸酉。大日本根子彦牽天皇崩。
In the fifty-seventh year, in autumn, the ninth month, the first day being an imsin day, on the gyeyu day, Emperor Oyamatonekohikokunikuru died.