Nunakinobime

- Period: Legendary Period
- Occupation: Princess
- Family: Emperor Sujin (father) Ohoamahime (mother) Ohohiriki (brother) Tohochinoiribime (sister) Yasakanoiribiko (brother)
- Birth: –
- Death: –
Nunakinobime
Nunakinobime (渟名城入姫命) was the daughter of Emperor Sujin and Ohoamahime.123
The nihongi relates that when the Emperor seperated the worship of Amaterasu and Ōkuninushi, Ōkuninushi was placed under her care. However it states that she was bald and lean and therefore unfit for the role.1
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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