and begot King Sume-iro-oho-naka-tsu-kiko.[1] This King wedded princess Shibanu,[2] daughter of Shibanu-iri-ki[3] of Afumi, and begot a child, Her Augustness Princess Kaguro.[4] So the Heavenly Sovereign Oho-tarashi-hiko wedded this [lady] Her Augustness Princess Kaguro, and begot King Oho-ye[5] (one Deity). This King wedded his younger half-sister Queen Shiro-kane,[6] and begot children: King Oho-na-gata,[7] and next Her Augustness Oho-naka-tsu-hime[8] (two Deities). So this [lady] Her Augustness Oho-naka-tsu-hime was the august mother[9] of King Kagosaka[10] and King Oshikuma.[11]
[Sect. XCIII.—Emperor Kei-kō (Part XVIII.—His Age and Place of Burial).]
This Heavenly Sovereign’s august years were one hundred and thirty-seven, and his august mausoleum is above the Yamanobe road.[12]
[Sect. XCIV.—Emperor Sei-mu.]
The Heavenly Sovereign Wata-tarashi-hiko dwelt at the palace of Taka-anaho at Shiga[13] in Chika-tsu-Afumi and ruled the empire. This
- ↑ See Sect. LXXVI, Note 29.
- ↑ Shibanu-hime. This name is obscure.
- ↑ Shibunu iri-ko. This name is obscure.
- ↑ Ka-guro-hime, see Sect. LXXVI, Note 28.
- ↑ For the confusion in this portion of the genealogy see Sect. LXXVI, Note 30.
- ↑ Shiro-kane no miko. Shiro-kane means “silver,” but Motowori suspects corruption in the text.
- ↑ Oho-nagata no miko, i.e., “great prince of Nagata,” the latter being the name of a place in Settsu, signifying “long rice-field.”
- ↑ I.e., “great middle princess.”
- ↑ Literally, “ancestress.”
- ↑ Or, “the King of Kagosaka,” for it is uncertain whether Kagosaka should or should not be regarded as the name of a place. The etymology of the name may be kago, “a stag” and saka, “an ascent.” The original form of the name and title is Kagosaka no miko.
- ↑ Or, “the King of Oshikuma,” Oshikuma no miko. Oshikuma is a word of doubtful etymology.
- ↑ See Sect. LXVIII, Note 1.
- ↑ Shiga no Taka-anaho. Shiga is the name of a well known district, and is of uncertain signification, as is also Taka-anaho. For Chika-tsu-Afumi see Sect. XXIX, Note 20.
