History
2009年5 月29日 (金)
2009年5 月28日 (木)
The Command of Michi-no-omi-no-mikoto
Then, Michi-no-omi-no-mikoto, who obeyed the secret order by the Sumera-mikoto, dug a large hall at Oshi-saka, selected stout soldiers and commanded them to accompany with the enemies who had invited a feast friendly. In collusion with them, he told, “I will dance in the thick of the banquet. Stab the enemies all at once just the moment when you hear my voice.”
2009年5 月27日 (水)
Takamimusuhi-no-mikoto and Michi-no-omi-no-mikoto
Concerning the temporal succession of the spirit of Takamimusuhi-no-mikoto, the story would be related with Michi-no-omi-no-mikoto, to whom the Sumera-mikoto commanded the furtive wiles. Because, according to the Sinsenn-seishiroku, which is an official document of pedigrees of ancient powerful clans in Japan, it described that the ancestor of Michi-no-omi-no-mikoto was Takamimusuhi-no-mikoto.
2009年5 月26日 (火)
Ninigi-no-mikoto as the Symbol of the National Integration
If one tries to integrate three nations by means of matrimonial unions, it certainly needs two-generation marriages, the first one or engagement for two of three and the second one for the rest on the following generation. Therefore, the grandson must be regarded as a symbol of the integration of three nations. The reason why the Sumara-mikoto has succeeded the spirit of the Ninigi-no-mikoto would be that he was a sacred symbol among Takama-no-hara, Ashihara-no-naka-tu-kuni and Kuna-kuni actually. We can trace the origin of the symbolic position of the Sumera-mikoto for the national integration into the events which would have occurred in the Yayoi era.
2009年5 月25日 (月)
The Sumera-mikoto and the Spirit of Ninigi-no-mikoto
From generation to generation, the Sumera-mikoto has succeeded the spirit of Ninigi-no-mikoto, who was a grand-son of Amaterasu-oomikami and Susanow-no-mikoto in the paternal lineage and of Takamimusuhi-no-mikoto in the maternal lineage, until the present. It is very important, Yuuko Kunranishi points out, that Ninigi-no-mikoto was a grandson of three deities who have symbolized three powerful nations existing in the Yayoi era of Japan, Takama-no-hara, Ashihara-no-naka-tu-kuni and Kuna-kuni.
2009年5 月24日 (日)
The Sumera-mikoto and the Spirit of Takamimusuhi-no-mikoto
However, we can find an implicit excuse or prevarication for the tricky behavior of the Sumera-mikoto in this scene. It was not the spirit of Ninigi-no-mikoto, but that of Takamimusuhi-no-mikoto, that the Sumera-mikoto had received through the sacred ritual before he became a strategist. We remember that Takamimusuhi-no-mikoto played a role of a leader when Takama-no-hara launched into the task to subdue Ashihara-no-naka-tu-kuni in the age of the Mythology.
2009年5 月23日 (土)
The Plan of the Surprise Attack on the Remnants of Yaso-takeru
The wiles were to build a large hall at Osaka village in cooperation with Ookume-tribe, to give a feast for the remnants of enemies and to attack them by surprise. This was very same as that of E-Ukeshi! Reading this description, we are often disappointed that this trick was as unscrupulous methods as the Sumera-mikoto took, because the Sumera-mikoto should be celestial and virtuous existence.
2009年5 月22日 (金)
The Wiles of the Sumera-mikoto
Even though the force of the Sumera-mikoto had beaten the chief of the enemy, Yaso-takeru, there remained so many remnants here and there that the Sumera-mikoto was concerned about how things would work out. Then, the Sumera-mikoto ordered secretly Michi-no-omi-no-mikoto to wile the enemies at the head of an army of Ookume-tribe.
2009年5 月20日 (水)
The Victory of the Sumera-mikoto over Yaso-takeru
On the first of October in this winter, the Sumera-mikoto took the sacred offerings and went to war with well-regulated fighting forces. Firstly, they fought against Yaso-takeru who set up a camp on the hill of Kunimi and gained a victory over him. At this moment, the Sumera-mikoto had felt an assurance of victory.
2009年5 月19日 (火)
Iwai-no-ushi
Then, the Sumera-mikoto, regarding himself as Tkakamimusuhi-no-mikoto, compared Michi-no-omi to Iwai-no-ushi, who would have been a divine female like a shrine maiden, and named him Itu-hime. Furthermore, the Sumera-mikoto named earthy wares Itu-he, fire Itu-no-kagututi, water Itu-no-mituha-no-me, food Itu-no-uka-no-me, kindling Itu-no-yamatuti and grass Itu-no-nozuchi.
