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Many kami are considered the ancient ancestors of entire clans (some ancestors became kami upon their death if they were able to embody the values and virtues of kami in life). Traditionally, great leaders like the Emperor could be or became kami .
ancestry: Ikagashikome [a] 273–158 BC Kōgen 214–158 BC (8) Kibitsuhiko: Yamatototohimomoso-hime: Kuninazu no oukashima [60] Hikofutsuoshi no Makoto: 208–98 BC Kaika 157–98 BC (9) Omikiyama no Mikoto [60] 148–30 BC Sujin 97–30 BC (10) Hikoimasu: Nakatomi no Ikatsu [60] son or grandson: Takenouchi no Sukune: Yasaka Iribiko: 69 BC ...
Out of an abundance of caution, the Emperor also appointed Ikagashikoo (伊香色雄) as kami-no-mono-akatsu-hito (神班物者), or one who sorts the offerings to the gods. [7] To this day the Miwa sept of the Kamo clan claim to be descents from Ōtataneko , while Ikagashikoo was a claimed ancestor of the now extinct Mononobe clan. [7]
The following is a family tree of the emperors of Japan, from the legendary Emperor Jimmu to the present monarch, Naruhito. [1]Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors; Kōgen's descendant, Emperor Sujin (98 BC – 30 BC?), is the first for whom many agree that he might have actually existed. [2]
Many Kami are considered the ancient ancestors of entire clans, and some ancestors became Kami upon their death if they were able to embody the values and virtues of Kami in life. Traditionally, great or charismatic leaders like the Emperor could be kami. The deities of Japan are not all Shinto; many are Buddhist.
In the early Heian period, Kogo Shūi describes Kamimusubi as the ancestor of the Ki clan. [4]During the medieval and early modern periods, Motoori Norinaga in his commentary on the Kojiki wrote that Kamimusubi and Takamimusubi are the “First Ancestors of heaven and earth, of the kami, and of all existence”, [6] placing greater importance on them over Ame-no-Minakanushi.
The Kojiki (古事記, "Records of Ancient Matters" or "An Account of Ancient Matters"), also sometimes read as Furukotofumi [1] or Furukotobumi, [2] [a] is an early Japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, genealogies, oral traditions, and semi-historical accounts down to 641 [3] concerning the origin of the Japanese archipelago, the kami (神), and the Japanese imperial line.
Later, when Ugayafukiaezu reached adulthood, he married his aunt, Tamayori-hime, and they had four children: Hikoitsuse, Inai, Mikeirinu, and Hikohohodemi (later Emperor Jimmu). [1] Mikeirinu traveled to Tokoyo no kuni, the "Everworld", and Inai went into the ocean to be with his mother. The eldest and youngest set forth to rule the land and ...