wedding Ye-hime, was King Oshi-kuro-no-ye-hiko[1] (he was the ancestor of the Lords of Unesu in Minu).[2] Again, the child that he begot on wedding Oto-hime, was King Oshi-kuro-no-oto-hiko (he was the ancestor of the Dukes of Mugetsu).[3]
[Sect. LXXVIII.—Emperor Kei-kō (Part III.—Various Deeds).]
In this august reign the Labourers’ Tribe[4] was established; again, the port of Aha in the East was established; again, the Great Butlers’ Tribe[5] was established; again, the granaries of Yamato were established; again, the Pool of Sakate was made, and bamboos planted on its bank.[6]
[Sect. LXXIX.—Emperor Kei-kō (Part IV.—Yamato-take Slays His Elder Brother).]
The Heavenly Sovereign said to His Augustness Wo-usu: “Why does not thine elder brother come forth to the morning and evening great august repasts?[7] Be thou the one to take the trouble to teach him [his duty].” Thus he commanded; but for five days after, still [the prince] came not forth. Then the Heavenly Sovereign deigned to ask His Augustness Wo-usu [saying]: “Why is thine elder brother so long of coming? Hast thou perchance not yet taught him [his duty]?” He replied, saying: “I have been at that trouble.” Again
- ↑ The meaning of the syllables oshi in this name and the companion one (Oshi-kuro no oto-hiko) immediately below is probably “great;” kuro is obscure; ye-hiko signifies “elder prince” and oto-hiko “younger prince.”
- ↑ Minu no Unesu no wake. Of Unesu nothing is known.
- ↑ Mugetsu no kimi. Mugetsu or Muge was in the province of Minu (Mino).
- ↑ Such is the reasonable explanation of the original term tabe (田部) given by Motowori. It seems to have become a “gentile name.”
- ↑ Kashihade no oho-tomo-be. This “gentile name” originally denoted one who was butler, steward, or cook, in the Emperor’s household. The tradition of its origin is preserved in the “Chronicles.”
- ↑ Motowori supposes that the mention both in this history and in the “Chronicles of Japan” of the planting of bamboos on the banks of this pool or lake should be attributed to the rarity of such a proceeding in ancient times.
- ↑ Viz., to attend on his Imperial father.
