Ameoshitarashihiko

• Period: Legendary Period
• Occupation: Prince
• Family: Emperor Kōshō (father) Yosotarashi hime (mother) Emperor Kōan (brother) Oshihime (daughter)
• Birth: –
• Death: –

Ameoshitarashihiko

Ameoshitarashihiko was the son of Emperor Kōshō and Yosotarashi hime.¹² He is also known by the name of Ametarashihiko Kunioshihito (天足彦国押人命).³

He is said to have been the father of Oshihime.¹³

He is said to be the ancestor of the Wani no Omi¹, Kasuga no Omi, Ohoyake no Omi, Ahata no Omi, Wonu no Omi, Kakinomoto no Omi, Ichihiwi no Omi, Ana no Omi, Taki no Omi, Haguri no Omi, Chita no Omi, Muza no Omi, Tsunuyama no Omi, Ise no Ihitaka no kimi, Ichishi no kimi and Chikatsu Atsufumi kuni no miyatsuko.²

Footnotes

1. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.
2. Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.
3. Ponsonby, F. (1959) “The Imperial House of Japan.” Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society.

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