Ame-no-oshihomimi

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ConsortTakuhadachiji-hime
ChildrenNinigi-no-Mikoto, Amenohoakari

Amenooshihomimi (天忍穗耳尊,天之忍穂耳命)[1][2] or Oshihomimi for short, is the first son of Amaterasu.[3]

He is believed to be the ancestor to the Japanese Imperial family.[4]

Name and etymology

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Amenooshihomimi name means "Ruling Rice Ears of Heaven". He also goes by other names like Masakatsu-akatsukachi-hayahi-ame-no-oshihomimi which means "Truly Winning Have I Won with Rushing Might Ruling Grand Rice Ears of Heaven".[1][better source needed]

Mythology

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Birth

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Oath between Amaterasu and Susanowo (based on the Kojiki)

He was born out of a kami-making competition between Amaterasu and Susanoo.

In many versions, Susanoo took Amaterasu's beads and crushed them within his mouth, which created five male kami.[5][1] The first one to be born was Amenooshihomimi, second was Ame-no-hohi, third was Amatsuhikone, fourth was Ikutsuhikone, and Kumanokusubi was the fifth.[3][6][7][8]

Offer to rule

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In some versions, Amaterasu gave Amenooshihomimi a bronze mirror, which was called Yata no Kagami.[9] In many versions, Amenooshihomimi is the first to be offered as the ruler of earth however, he turns it down.[10][11]

He fell in love with Takuhadachiji-hime, and then later on fathered Ninigi-no-Mikoto.[12][13]

Worship

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Family Tree

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Amaterasu[15]Takamimusubi[16]
Ame-no-oshihomimi[15]Takuhadachiji-hime[16]Ōyamatsumi[17]
Ninigi-no-Mikoto[15]
（天孫）		Konohanasakuya-hime[17]Watatsumi[18]
Hoderi[17][19]Hosuseri[17]
（海幸彦）		Hoori[17]
（山幸彦）		Toyotama-hime[18]Utsushihikanasaku [ja]Furutama-no-mikoto [ja]
Tensori no Mikoto [ja][19]Ugayafukiaezu[20]Tamayori-hime[18]Azumi people（Owari clan
Yamato clan)
Hayato people[19]Itsuse[20]Inahi[20]Mikeiri[20]Jimmu[20]Ahiratsu-hime
Imperial House of JapanTagishimimi[21]
  • Red background is female.
  • Green background means groups
  • Bold letters are three generations of Hyuga.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Amenooshihomimi • A History of Japan - 日本歴史". A History of Japan - 日本歴史. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  2. ^ "[Soul of Japan] The Divine Age of Shinto". JAPAN Forward. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. ^ a b Havens, Norman; Inoue, Nobutaka (2006). An Encyclopedia of Shinto (Shinto Jiten): Kami. Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics Kokugakuin University. ISBN 978-4-905853-08-4.
  4. ^ Isomae, Jun'ichi; Subramanian, Mukund (2016-04-08). Japanese Mythology: Hermeneutics on Scripture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-94908-3.
  5. ^ Seigo Takahashi (1917). A Study of the Origin of the Japanese State. W. D. Gray.
  6. ^ "Shinto Portal – IJCC, Kokugakuin University".
  7. ^ "The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese". 1990.
  8. ^ "Encyclopedia of Shinto – Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Kumanokusubi". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  9. ^ Jones, Lindsay (2005). Encyclopedia of religion. Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN 978-0-02-865734-9.
  10. ^ Roberts, Jeremy (2009). Japanese Mythology A to Z. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-2802-3.
  11. ^ 成蹊大学文学部紀要 (in Japanese). 成蹊大学文学部. 1977.
  12. ^ Picken, Stuart D. B. (2010-12-28). Historical Dictionary of Shinto. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7372-8.
  13. ^ "Encyclopedia of Shinto – Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Ninigi". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  14. ^ RLE: Japan Mini-Set F: Philosophy and Religion (4 vols). Routledge. 2021-03-18. p. 325. ISBN 978-1-136-90356-4.
  15. ^ a b c Borgen, Robert; Ury, Marian (April 1990). "Readable Japanese Mythology: Selections from Nihon shoki and Kojiki" (PDF). The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese. 24 (1). American Association of Teachers of Japanese: 61–97. doi:10.2307/489230. JSTOR 489230. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  16. ^ a b https://archive.today/20230406174104/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=9716
  17. ^ a b c d e Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, translated from the original Chinese and Japanese by William George Aston. Book II, page 73. Tuttle Publishing. Tra edition (July 2005). First edition published 1972. ISBN 978-0-8048-3674-6
  18. ^ a b c Akima, Toshio (1993). "The Origins of the Grand Shrine of Ise and the Cult of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami". Japan Review. 4 (4): 143. ISSN 0915-0986. JSTOR 25790929.
  19. ^ a b c Tsugita, Masaki (2001) [1977]. 古事記 （上） 全訳注 [Complete Translated and Annotated Kojiki, Part 1]. Vol. 38. 講談社学術文庫. p. 205. ISBN 4-06-158207-0.
  20. ^ a b c d e The History of Nations: Japan. Dept. of education. Japan. H. W. Snow. 1910.
  21. ^ The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters. Tuttle Publishing. 19 June 2012. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-4629-0511-9.


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