Wakatakehiko

There are currently two people with the same name of Wakatakehiko both from the Imperial House, see below:

Wakatakehiko (Emperor Kōrei)

• Period: Legendary Period
• Occupation: Prince
• Family: Emperor Kōrei (father) Haeirode (mother) Hikosajima (brother) Harima no Inabi no Ōiratsume (daughter)
• Birth: –
• Death: –

Wakatakehiko (稚武彦命) was the son of Emperor Kōrei and Haeirodo¹² and brother of Hikosajima.² He is also said to have been the father of Harima no Inabi no Ōiratsume.⁴

He is listed as the ancestor to the Kibi no Omi¹ more specifically the ancestor to the Shimotsumichi in Kibi and the Grandess of Kasa.³

In the pages of the kojiki it is said that with his half-brother Kibitsuhiko they laid sacred jars on the River Hi in Harima. After this they went to subdue and pacify the area of Harima.²

Wakatakehiko (Yamato Takeru)

• Period: Legendary Period
• Occupation: Prince
• Family: Yamato Takeru (father) Ototachibanahime (mother)
• Birth: –
• Death: –

Wakatakehiko (稚武彦王) was the son of Yamato Takeru and Ototachibanahime.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.
4. Ponsonby, F. (1959) “The Imperial House of Japan.” Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society.

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