Sonotakebime

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Sotakebime — Crest of the Imperial Chrysanthemum Throne.

- Period: Legendary Period
- Occupation: –
- Family: Emperor Keikō (husband) Kunisewake (son) Toyotowake (son) Kunichiwake (son)
- Birth: –
- Death: –

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Sonotakebime

Sonotakebime (襲武媛) was one of the several wives of Emperor Keikō. Together they had three sons by the name of Kunisewake, Toyotowake and Kunichiwake according to the nihongi.¹

The kojiki list another child for her, this being Nunoshi no Iratsume.²

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.

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