Uchishikome

• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Empress
  • Family: Emperor Kōgen (husband) Ohobiko (son) Emperor Kaika (son) Sukunabikookokoro (son) Yamatotohime (daughter) Utsushikoo (brother)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Uchishikome

Uchishikome (欝色謎命) was the Empress of Emperor Kōgen.

Together they had four children Ohobiko, Emperor Kaika, Yamatotohime¹²³ and Sukunabikookokoro.²³ She is listed as the brother of Utsushikoo in the kojiki.²

She is said to have been made Empress in the “7th year, Spring, 2nd month, 2nd day” of her husbands reign.¹

Later she was given the title of Kodaigo by her son in the “1st year, Spring, 1st month, 4th day” of his reign.¹

She is additionally said to be the ancestor of the Hozumi no Omi.¹⁴

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.
4. Varley, H.P (1980) “A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.” New York: Columbia University Press.

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