• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Princess
  • Family: Emperor Suinin (husband) Ikobayawake (son) Azamitsuhime (daughter) Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi (father) Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume (mother?) Hibasuhime (sister) Mikadawake (brother) Otohime (sister) Matonuhime (sister) Nubatanoiribika (sister) Takanohime (sister) Utakorihime (sister) Yehime (sister)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Azaminoiribime

Azaminoiribime (薊瓊入媛) was the daughter of Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi.¹²

She is summoned to the Emperor in the nihongi alongside her sisters Matonuhime, Hibasuhime, Nubatanoiribika and Takanohime by the Emperor after his first wife, Sahobime, recommended them as future marriage candidates.

She was then made one of his concubines and together they had Ikobayawake and Azamitsuhime.¹²³

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.
3. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Princess
  • Family: Emperor Suinin (husband) Nutarashiwake (daughter) Igatarashihiko (son) Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi (father) Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume (mother?) Hibasuhime (sister) Mikadawake (brother) Otohime (sister) Matonuhime (sister) Azaminoiribime (sister) Takanohime (sister) Utakorihime (sister) Yehime (sister)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Nubatanoiribika

Nubatanoiribika (渟葉田瓊入媛) was the daughter of Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi.¹²

She is summoned to the Emperor in the nihongi alongside her sisters Matonuhime, Hibasuhime, Azaminoiribime and Takanohime by the Emperor after his first wife, Sahobime, recommended them as future marriage candidates.

She was then made one of his concubines and together they had Nutarashiwake and Igatarashihiko.¹²³

The kojiki differs slightly saying that she came with Matonuhime, Hibasuhime and another sister called Utakorihime.¹²

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.
3. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Princess
  • Family: Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi (father) Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume (mother?) Hibasuhime (sister) Mikadawake (brother) Matonuhime (sister) Nubatanoiribika (sister) Azaminoiribime (sister) Takanohime (sister) Yehime (sister) Otohime (sister)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Utakorihime

Utakorihime (歌凝比売命) was the daughter of Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi.¹²

She is summoned to the Emperor in the kojiki, coming with her sisters Matonuhime, Nubatanoiribika and Hibasuhime,. However, after the emperor saw her and Matonuhime he sends them away saying they were ugly.¹²

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.

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• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Princess
  • Family: Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi (father) Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume (mother?) Hibasuhime (sister) Mikadawake (brother) Matonuhime (sister) Nubatanoiribika (sister) Azaminoiribime (sister) Takanohime (sister) Utakorihime (sister) Otohime (sister)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Yehime

Yehime (媛) was the daughter of Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi.

She is seen mentioned within the kojiki during the events following the attempted murder of Emperor Suinin by Sahobime.

When the Emperor asks his wife/attempted murderer who should remove the girdle that had been placed around their sons waist she replies that it should be Otohime and her sister Yehime as they had unsullied parentage.

It seems she is later mentioned with her sister in the kojiki when Ōsu is sent to bring her and her sister to Emperor Keikō so he can confirm their beauty. Ōsu instead marries them and sends different women to the Emperor.¹²

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.

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There are currently three people with the same name of Otohime all from the Imperial House, see below:

For the character from Folklore see – Otohime Sama

Otohime (Tatasumichinoushi)

• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Princess
  • Family: Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi (father) Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume (mother) Hibasuhime (sister) Mikadawake (brother) Matonuhime (sister) Nubatanoiribika (sister) Azaminoiribime (sister) Takanohime (sister) Utakorihime (sister) Yehime (sister)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Otohime (弟比売命) was the daughter of Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume and Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi.

She is seen mentioned within the kojiki during the events following the attempted murder of Emperor Suinin by Sahobime.

When the Emperor asks his wife/attempted murderer who should remove the girdle that had been placed around their sons waist she replies that it should be Otohime and her sister Yehime as they had unsullied parentage.

It seems she is later mentioned with her sister in the kojiki when Ōsu is sent to bring her and her sister to Emperor Keikō so he can confirm their beauty. Ōsu instead marries them and sends different women to the Emperor.¹²

Otohime (Emperor Keikō)

• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: –
  • Family: Yasakairihime (sister)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Otohime was the sister of Yasakairihime. The Emperor Keikō forcefully had sex with her with Otohime afterwards stating the marriage would be inconvenient, that she was ugly, and that she was unworthy of the Emperor.

She then offered her sister as a replacement and the Emperor accepted.³

Otohime (Emperor Keikō’s Daughter)

• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: –
  • Family: Emperor Keikō (father) Yasakairihime (mother)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Otohime (弟姫皇女) was the daughter of Emperor Keikō and Yasakairihime according to the nihongi.³

The kojiki gives no name for her mother simply stating it was ‘another concubine.’¹²

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.
3. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Princess
  • Family: Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi (father) Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume (mother) Hibasuhime (sister) Mikadawake (brother) Otohime (sister) Nubatanoiribika (sister) Azaminoiribime (sister) Takanohime (sister) Utakorihime (sister) Yehime (sister)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Matonuhime

Matonuhime (真砥野比売命) was the daughter of Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume and Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi.¹²

She is summoned to the Emperor in the nihongi alongside her sisters Nubatanoiribika, Hibasuhime, Azaminoiribime and Takanohime by the Emperor after his first wife, Sahobime, recommended them as future marriage candidates.

She was then made one of his concubines.³

The kojiki differs slightly saying that she came with Nubatanoiribika, Hibasuhime and another sister called Utakorihime. However, after the emperor saw her and Utakorihime he sends them away saying they were ugly.

Matonuhime devastated says when people hear of this on their return home it will be mortifying. And so she tries to kill herself by hanging from a tree in Yamashiro, where she tried it now called Sagariki (hanging tree). This failed, and so later she jumps into a deep pool in a place now called Ochikuni where she died.¹²

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.
3. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Prince
  • Family: Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi (father) Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume (mother) Hibasuhime (sister) Matonuhime (sister) Otohime (sister) Nubatanoiribika (sister) Azaminoiribime (sister) Takanohime (sister) Utakorihime (sister) Yehime (sister)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Mikadawake

Mikadawake (朝廷別王?) was the son of Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi and Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume.

He is said to be the ancestor of the Mikaha no Ho no wake.¹²

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.

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• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: –
  • Family: Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi (husband) Hibasuhime (daughter) Matonuhime (daughter) Otohime (daughter) Mikadawake (son)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume

Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume (丹波之河上之摩須郎女) was the wife of Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi. Together they had four children by the names of Hibasuhime, Matonuhime, Otohime and Mikadawake.¹¹

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.

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• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Prince
  • Family: Hikoimasu (father) Okinaganomidzuyorihime (mother) Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume (wife) Hibasuhime (daughter) Matonuhime (daughter) Otohime (daughter) Mikadawake (son) Nubatanoiribika (daughter) Azaminoiribime (daughter) Takanohime (daughter) Utakorihime (daughter) Yehime (daughter) Kamuohone (brother) Midzuhonomawaka (brother) Midzuhonoihoyorihime (sister) Mimitsuhime (sister)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi

Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi (丹波比古多多須美知能宇斯王) was the son of Hikoimasu and Okinaganomidzuyorihime. He was also known as Michnoushi (丹波道主命)

Through his marriage to Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume he had 4 children, these being Hibasuhime, Matonuhime, Otohime, Mikadawake.¹²

He additionally is noted to have had 5 others daughters, these being Nubatanoiribika¹²³, Azaminoiribime, Takanohime³, Utakorihime, and Yehime¹².

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.
3. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Empress
  • Family: Emperor Suinin (husband) Inishikinoiribiko (son) Emperor Keikō (son) Ohonakatsuhiko (son) Yamatohime (daughter) Wakakiiribiko (son) Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi (father) Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume (mother) Mikadawake (brother) Matonuhime (sister) Otohime (sister) Nubatanoiribika (sister) Azaminoiribime (sister) Takanohime (sister) Utakorihime (sister) Yehime (sister)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Hibasuhime

Hibasuhime (日葉酢媛命) was the wife of Emperor Suinin.¹ Together they had 5 children called Inishikinoiribiko, Emperor Keikō, Ohonakatsuhiko, Yamatohime and Wakakiiribiko.²³

Ancestry

She was a member of the Imperial family prior to her marriage to the Emperor as she is a descendant of Emperor Kaika. Her parents were Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi and Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume.²³⁴

Marriage

According to the nihongi she was made Empress in the ’15th year, Autumn, 8th month, 1st day’ of his reign.

This was after she had been summoned alongside her sisters Nubatanoiribika, Matounuhime, Azaminoiribime and Takanohime by the Emperor after his first wife, Sahobime, recommended them as future marriage candidates.⁴

The kojiki differs slightly with Hibasuhime summoned with her sisters Nubatanoiribika, Matonuhime and another sister by the name of Utakorihime.²³

Death

In the nihongi it states she died in the ’32nd year, Atumn, 7th month, 6th day’ of her husbands reign.⁴

Upon her death the Emperor asked what should be done for her funeral. Some of the ministers stated that they should follow the tradition carried out upon the death of Yamatohiko, in that her retainers should be buried alive alongside her.

However, Nomi no Sukune devised an alternative as he thought this form of sacrifice was contrary to a benevolent government. Nomi no Sukune took 300 potters and made images from clay, the Emperor liking what had been created decreed they would be used instead of burying peoples retainers alive. These items became known as haniwa. This event is recorded in the nihongi but not the kojiki.¹⁴

When she was buried the Ishikitsuhuri (Stone Coffin Makers) and the Hanishibe were established.Her mausoleum resides at Terama near Saki.²³

When Tajima Mori returns from the mythical land of Tokoyo he place 40 leafy branches and 40 bare branches from Tokoyo upon her grave.²³

Footnotes

1. Borgen, R. (1975) “The Origins of the Sugawara. A History of the Haji Family”. Monumenta Nipponica. Vol.30 No.4 pp.405-422
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. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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