Itoshiwake

• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Prince
  • Family: Emperor Suinin (father) Karibatatobe (mother) Ochiwake (brother) Ikatarashihiko (brother)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Itoshiwake

Itoshiwake (伊登志別王) was the son of Emperor Suinin and Karibatatobe.¹²³

He is said to have had no children and so made the Itoshibe his proxy. This would be the first instance of adoption historically in Japan.¹²

Footnotes

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

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