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children of this Noble Take-Uchi [numbered] in all nine (seven males and two females),—[namely] the Noble of Hata-no-Yashiro,[1] [who] (was the ancestor of the Grandees of Hata,[2] of the Grandees of Hayashi,[3] of the Grandees of Hami,[4] of the Grandees of Hoshikaha,[5] of the Grandees of Afumi,[6] and of the Dukes of the Hatsuse Tribe);[7] next the Noble Kose-no-Wo-Kara[8] [who] (was the ancestor of the Grandees of Kose,[9] of the Grandees of the Sazaki Tribe,[10] and of the Grandees of the Karu Tribe);[11] next the Noble Soga no Ishikaha[12] [who] (was the ancestor of the Grandees of Soga,[13] of the Grandees of Kahanobe[14] of the Grandees of Tanaka,[15] of the Grandees of Takamuko,[16] of the Grandees
- ↑ Hata no Yashiro no sukune. Hata and Yashiro are supposed by Motowori to be the names of places in Yamato. Yashiro signifies “shrine.” Hata is of uncertain derivation.
- ↑ Hata no omi.
- ↑ Hayashi no omi. Hayashi is the name of a place in Kahachi, and signifies “forest.”
- ↑ Hami no omi. There is a Hami in Afumi and another in Tamba. The signification of the name is obscure.
- ↑ Hoshikaha no omi. Hashikaha is a place in Yamato. The name signifies “star river.”
- ↑ Afumi no omi. For Afumi see Sect. XXIX, Note 20.
- ↑ Hatsuse-be no Kimi. For Hatsuse see Sect. CXLIII, Note 8.
- ↑ Kose no Wo-kara no sukune. Kose is the name of a place in Yamato. The meaning of Wo-kara is obscure.
- ↑ Kose no omi.
- ↑ Sazakibe no omi. See Sect. LIII, Note 10.
- ↑ Kurube no omi.
- ↑ Soga no Ishikaha no sukune. Soga is a place in Yamato, and Ishikaha a district in Kahachi. In cases like this it must generally be presumed that the family had two seats, or was divided into two branches residing in different places. Sometimes, however, the original seat and that to which the family afterwards removed are meant to be indicated.
- ↑ Soga no omi. The signification of Soga is obscure.
- ↑ Kahanobe no omi. Kahanobe is the name of a district in Settsu, and signifies “river-bank.”
- ↑ Tanaka no omi. Tanaka is the name of a place in Yamato, and signifies “among the rice-fields.”
- ↑ Takamuko no omi. Takamuko seems to be the name of a place in Echizen. Its signification is uncertain.
