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hi-momo-so bime no Mikoto and of Hiko-i-saseri-hiko no Mikoto [also called Kibi-tsu-hiko no Mikoto], and Yamato-toto-waka-ya-bime no Mikoto.

Another concubine Haye-iroto was the mother of Hiko-sajima no Mikoto and of Waka-take-hiko no Mikoto. The younger of these, namely, Waka-take-hiko no Mikoto, was the first ancestor of the Kibi no Omi.[1]

B.C. 255. 36th year, Spring, 1st month, 1st day. Hiko-kuni-kuru no Mikoto was made Prince Imperial.

B.C. 215. 76th year, Spring, 2nd month, 8th day. The Emperor died.

(IV. 13.) THE EMPEROR OHO-YAMATO-NEKO-HIKO-KUNI-KURU.

(KŌGEN[2] TENNŌ.)

The Emperor Oho-Yamato-neko-hiko-kuni-kuru was the eldest child of the Emperor Oho-Yamato-neko-hiko-futo-ni. His mother's name was Hoso-bime, daughter of Oho-me,[3] Agata-nushi of Shiki. He had been created Prince Imperial in Spring, the 1st month of the 36th year of the reign of the Emperor Oho-Yamato-neko-hiko-futo-ni. He was then nineteen years of age. The Emperor Oho-Yamato-neko-hiko-futo-ni died in Spring, the 2nd month of the 76th year of his reign.

B.C. 214. 1st year, Spring, 1st month, 14th day. The Prince Imperial assumed the Imperial Dignity. He honoured the Empress with the title of Grand Empress. This year was the year Hinoto I of the cycle.

B.C. 211. 4th year, Spring, 3rd month, 11th day. The capital was removed to Karu. It was called the Palace of Sakahibara.

B.C. 209. 6th year, Autumn, 9th month, 6th day. The Emperor Oho-Yamato-neko-hiko-futo-ni was buried in the Misasagi on Muma-zaka[4] at Kataoka.

  1. The "Kojiki" genealogies differ a good deal. One must be wrong; and both, doubtless, leave much to be desired in accuracy.
  2. Filial-duty-origin.
  3. Great-eyes.
  4. The home-acclivity.