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Vol. II. Sect. LXII.
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who is held in reverence by the deacons of Mikami in Chika-tsu-Afumi,[1] he begot children: King Tatasu-michi-no-ushi, Prince of Taniha;[2] next King Midzuho-no-ma-wa-ka;[3] next King Kamu-oho-ne,[4] another name for whom is King Yatsuri-iri-biko;[5] next Midzuho-no-i-ho-yori-hime;[6] next Mimi-tsu-hime[7] (five Deities). Again, wedding his mother’s younger sister Her Augustness Woke-tsu-hime,[8] he begot children: King Ma-waka of Oho-tsutsuki in Yamashiro;[9] next King Hiko-osu;[10] next King Iri-ne[11] (three Deities). Altogether the children of King Hiko-imasu [numbered] in all eleven Kings. So the children of the elder brother King Oho-mata were: King Ake-tatsu;[12] next King Unakami[13] (two Deities). This King Ake-tatsu

  1. ↑ The signification of the name Mikami is obscure. The word rendered “deacon” is hafuri, the name of an inferior class of Shintō priests. See for a discussion of the etymology of the word, etc., Mr. Satow’s remarks on p. 112 of Vol. VII, Pt. II, of these Transactions. For Chika-tsu-Afumi see Sect. XXIX, Note 20.
  2. ↑ Taniha no hiko Tatasu-michi-no-ushi no miko. The signification of Tatasu is obscure, but we may accept it as the personal name of the worthy here mentioned. Michi-no-ushi means “master of the road,” i.e. “lord of the province.”
  3. ↑ Midzuho no ma-waka no miko, i.e. “the True Young King of Midzuho,” Midzuho being the name of a place in Afumi. It probably means “fresh young rice-ears.”
  4. ↑ Kamu-oho-ne no miko, i.e., probably, “prince divine great lord.”
  5. ↑ Yatsuri-iri-biko no miko. Yatsuri is the name of a village in Yamato, and is of uncertain origin. The signification of iri is obscure.
  6. ↑ I-ho signifies “five hundred” and yori probably signifies “good.” The compound may therefore be taken to mean “manifoldly excellent princess of Midzuho.”
  7. ↑ I.e., probably “the Princess Miwi” (Miwi-dera in Afumi). Mi-wi signifies “three wells.”
  8. ↑ This name is parallel to that which has been commented on in Note 9 to this Section.
  9. ↑ Yamashiro-no-oho-Tsutsuki no ma-waka no miko. All the elements of this compound have already appeared in this Section.
  10. ↑ Hiko-osu no miko. The signification of osu is obscure.
  11. ↑ Iri-ne no miko. Signification obscure.
  12. ↑ Ake-tatsu no miko. See Sect. LXXII, Note 20.
  13. ↑ Unakami no miko. See Sect. LXXII, Note 19.
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