Hikosajima

• Period: Legendary Period
• Occupation: Prince
• Family: Emperor Kōrei (father) Haeirode (mother) Wakatakehiko (brother)
• Birth: –
• Death: –

Hikosajima

Hikosajima (彦狭島命) was the son of Emperor Kōrei and Haeirodo¹² and brother to Wakatakehiko.²

In the kojiki his name differs slightly to the nihongi where he is called Hikosamame.²

He is listed as the Ancestor of the Grandess of Uzhika in Harima.³

Footnotes

1. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.
2. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
3. Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.

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