futo-ni[1] (two Deities). So His Augustness Oho-yamato-ne-ko-hiko-futo-ni [was he who afterwards] ruled the Empire. The Heavenly Sovereign’s august years were one hundred and twenty-three. His august mausoleum is on the Mound of Tamade.[2]
[Sect. LX.—Emperor Kō-rei.]
His Augustness Oho-yamato-ne-ko-hiko-futo-ni dwelt at the palace of Ihodo at Kuruda,[3] and ruled the Empire. This Heavenly Sovereign wedded Her Augustness Princess Kuhashi,[4] daughter of Ohome,[5] ancestor of the Departmental Lords of Tohochi,[6] and begot an august child: His Augustness Oho-yamato-ne-ko-hiko-kuni-kuru[7] (one Deity). Again he wedded Princess Chiji-haya-ma-waka of Kasuga,[8] and begot an august child: Her Augustness Princess Chiji-haya[9] (one Deity). Again wedding Her Augustness Princess Oho-yamato-kuni-are,[10] he begot august children: Her Augustness Yamato-to-mo-so-bime;[11] next His Augustness Hiko-sashi-kuta-wake;[12] next His Augustness Hiko-isa-seri-biko,[13]
- ↑ This name seems to signify “Great Yamato’s Lord Prince, the Vast Jewel.”
- ↑ Tamade no woka. In Yamato. For this name see Motowori’s Commentary, Vol. XXI, pp. 37–38.
- ↑ In Yamato. Iho-do signifies “hut door.” Kuru-da (Kuro-da would be the more natural reading) signifies “black rice-field.”
- ↑ Kuhashi-hime-no-mikoto. The name signifies “beautiful princess.”
- ↑ This seems to have been originally not a personal name, but the name of a place in Wohari.
- ↑ Tohochi no agata-nushi. Tohochi is a district in Yamato. The name seems to signify “ten marts.”
- ↑ This name signifies “great Yamato’s lord prince who rules the land.”
- ↑ Kasuga-no-chiji-haya-ma-waka-hime. This name probably signifies “the thousandfold brilliant truly young princess of Kasuga.” For Kasuga see Sect. LVIII, Note 7.
- ↑ Chiji-haya-hime-no-mikoto, i.e., probably “thousand-fold brilliant princess.”
- ↑ Oho-yamato-kuni-are-hime-no-mikoto. See Sect. LVI, Note 16.
- ↑ Motowori assigns to this name the signification of “Yamato’s hundred thousand-fold illustrious princess,” and has a very long note on the subject in Vol. XXI, p. 42, et. seq.
- ↑ The signification of this name is not clear.
- ↑ I.e., “prince valorously advancing prince.” The alternative name signifies “Great Prince of Kibi,” and both refer to his conquest of the province of Kibi as
