Yamatonokunikahime

• Period: Legendary Period
• Occupation: Concubine
• Family: Emperor Kōrei (husband) Yamatototohimomosobime (daughter) Kibitsuhiko (son) Yamatototowakayabime (daughter) Hikosashikatawake (son)
• Birth: –
• Death: –

Yamatonokunikahime

Yamatonokunikahime (倭国香媛) was a concubine of Emperor Kōrei.

Together they are said to have had two daughters and two sons.

The daughters Yamatototohimomosobime and Yamatototowakayabime as well as the son Kibitsuhiko are mentioned in the kojiki and nihongi.¹²

An extra son by the name of Hikosashikatawake is seen mentioned only in the kojiki.¹

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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