• • Affiliation: Shinto
  • Kami of: –
  • Family: Kotoshironushi (father) Himetatara Isuzuhime (sister) Isuzuyorihime (sister) Nunasoko Nakatsuhime (daughter)

Kamo no Ōkimi

Kamo no Ōkimi (鴨王) is said to have been the father of Nunasoko Nakatsuhime¹² and a son of Kotoshironushi.²

Footnotes

1. Ponsonby, F. (1959) “The Imperial House of Japan.” Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society.
2. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.

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• Period: Legendary Period
• Occupation: Empress
• Family: Emperor Annei (husband) Tokotsuhikoirone (son) Emperor Itoku (son) Shikitsuhiko (son) Ikishimimi? (son) Kamo no Ōkimi (father)
• Birth: –
• Death: –

Nunasoko Nakatsuhime

Nunasoko Nakatsuhime (渟名底仲媛命) was the wife of Emperor Annei¹² and daughter of Kamo no Ōkimi.²³

Together they had several sons, though the amount differs depending on the source. In the Kojiki the three sons are said to have been Tokotsuhikoirone, Emperor Itoku and Shikitsuhiko. This is agreed in an alternate narrative in the Nihongi¹² but the main text of the Nihongi lists only two sons, these being Ikishimimi and Emperor Itoku.¹

The Nihongi says she was made Empress on the 3rd year, Spring, 1st Month, 5th day of Annei’s reign. She was later given the title of Kodaigo in the 1st year, 9th month, 14th day of Emperor Itoku’s reign.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. Ponsonby, F. (1959) “The Imperial House of Japan.” Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society.

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• • Affiliation: Shinto
  • Kami of: –
  • Family: Kotoshironushi (father) Emperor Suizei (husband) Emperor Annei (son) Himetatara Isuzuhime (sister) Kamo no Ōkimi (brother)

Isuzuyorihime

Isuzuyorihime (五十鈴依媛命) is said to have been the daughter of the kami Kotoshironushi. She was the wife of Emperor Suizei and together they had Emperor Annei.¹

She was appointed Empress on the 2nd year, Spring, 1st Month of Suizei’s reign. Emperor Annei then gave her the title of Kodaigo in the 1st year, Winter, 10th month, 11th day of his reign.²

She is stated as the ancestor of the Masters of Shiki.²

Footnotes

1. Ponsonby, F. (1959) “The Imperial House of Japan.” Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society.
2. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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• • Affiliation: Shinto
  • Kami of:
  • Family: Mizokuhi (wife) Himetatara Isuzuhime (daughter) Isuzuyorihime (daughter) Kamo no Ōkimi (son)

Kotoshironushi

Kotoshironushi (事代主神) is a Shinto kami seen in the Nihongi as husband to Mizokuhi and father of Himetatara Isuzuhime (wife of Emperor Jimmu). It is said he was transformed into a Wani before joining with Mizokuhi to have their child.¹

Isuzuyorihime is stated as another daughter of Kotoshironushi. This kami being the mother of the second Emperor Suizei.²

Footnotes

1. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.
2. Ponsonby, F. (1959) “The Imperial House of Japan.” Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society.

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• • Affiliation: Shinto
  • Kami of:
  • Family: Ōmiwa (father?) Kotoshironushi (father) Mizokuhi (mother) Emperor Jimmu (husband) Emperor Suizei (son) Isuzuyorihime (sister) Kamo no Ōkimi (brother)

Himetatara Isuzuhime

Himetatara Isuzuhime (媛蹈鞴五十鈴媛) is a Shinto kami said in one version of the Nihongi to have been the daughter of Ōmiwa.

In another version she is stated as the child of Kotoshironushi and Mizokuhi. It is said her father was transformed into a Wani and then married Mizokuhi before they had their daughter.

Himetatara later goes on to marry the first Emperor Jimmu and together they have the second Emperor Suizei.¹²³

Suizei gives the Empress the title of Kodaigō (Great Empress) on the 1st year, Spring, 1st Month, 8th Day of his reign.¹

Footnotes

1. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.
2. Ponsonby, F. (1959) “The Imperial House of Japan.” Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society.
3. Varley, H.P (1980) “A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.” New York: Columbia University Press.

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