Wakayamatoneko

- Period: Legendary Period
- Occupation: Prince
- Family: Emperor Keikō (father) Yasakairihime (mother) Emperor Seimu (brother) Ihokiirihiko (brother) Isakinoirihiko (brother) Ōsuwake (brother) Nunoshi no Iratsume (sister) Nunaki no Iratsume (sister) Ihokiirihime (sister) Oshiwake (brother) Kagoyorihime (sister) Kibinoehiko (brother) Takakinoirihime (sister) Otohime (sister)
- Birth: –
- Death: –
Wakayamatoneko
Wakayamatoneko (稚倭根子皇子) was the son of Emperor Keikō and Yasakairihime according to the nihongi.
An alternative version in that same book says he was instead the son of Harima no Inabi no Ōiratsume,1 this is also stated in the kojiki but the name given is merely Yamatoneko.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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