Kagurohime

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Kagurohime
Crest of the Imperial Chrysanthemum Throne.

Hikohitonoohoye

Kagurohime (迦具漏比売) was one of several concubines of Emperor Keikō and together they had a son called Ohoyenomiko.

The kojiki says she was the daughter of Sumeiroohonakatsuhiko who was the great-grandson of Yamato Takeru. This would have to be an error in the records as it would mean the Emperor married his great-great-granddaughter.1

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.

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