Kaguyahime

• • For the woman from folklore see: Kaguya Hime.

• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Wife
  • Family: Emperor Suinin (husband) Wozabe (son) Ohotsutsukitarine (father)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Kaguyahime

Kaguyahime (迦具夜比売命) was the wife of Emperor Suinin and together the had a son by the name of Wozabe. This is seen in the kojiki.

She is said to have been the daughter of Ohotsutsukitarine.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.

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