6th month, 1st day. The pregnant consort realized the words of Lord Kasyuni, and gave birth to a child in the island of Kahara in Tsukushi. So this child was given the name of Lord Shima.[1] Upon this Lord Kun straightway took a ship and sent Lord Shima to his country. He became King Munyöng. The people of Pèkché call this island Chuto.[2]
Autumn, 7th month. Lord Kun entered the capital. After this he had five children.
The Pèkché Shinsen says:—"In the year Kanoto ushi (A.D. 461[3]) King Kèro sent his younger brother, Lord Konchi, to Great Wa, to wait upon the Emperor and to confirm the friendship of former sovereigns."
A.D. 462.) 6th year, Spring, 2nd month, 4th day. The Emperor made an excursion to the small moor of Hatsuse. There, viewing the aspect of the hills and moors, in an outburst of feeling, he made a song, saying:—
The mountains of Hatsuse,
The secluded—
They stand out
Excellent mountains!
They run out
Excellent mountains!
The mountains of Hatsuse,
The secluded—
Are full of various beauties!
Are full of various beauties![4]
Hereupon he gave a name to the small moor, and called it Michi no Ono.[5]
- ↑ Shima is the Japanese for island. The Corean is syöm, the two words being no doubt identical. See "Early Japanese History" in "T.A.S.J.," Vol. XVI. i. p. 68.
- ↑ Master-island.
- ↑ This date is noteworthy as being the first in the "Nihongi" which is confirmed by Corean history. It is true that it occurs only in a note, which was probably added by a later hand. But the narrative of the text no doubt refers to the same event. From this time forward the "Nihongi" chronology is never grossly inaccurate, though it would be too much to say that it can yet be depended on. See "Early Japanese History" in "T.A.S.J.," XVI. i. p. 67.
- ↑ Metre irregular.
- ↑ i.e. the small moor of the road.
