Politics
2009年4 月22日 (水)
2009年4 月21日 (火)
Ancient Feudalism in Japan?
Judging from the behaviors of the Sumera-mikoto and Oto-Ukeshi, in those days, the mutual relation between them seems to be resemble with that between a feudal lord and a vassal in the medieval age, because Oto-Ukeshi, who came to stand by the force of the Sumera-mikoto, should never thought that his nation was conquered. Rather, he might expect that his territory would be guaranteed by the authority of the descendant of the heavenly deities.
2009年4 月19日 (日)
The Sumera-mikoto and the Kume-uta
At the dinner in celebration of the avoidance of the assassination, the Sumera-mikoto handed out good fare among every soldier and sang a ballad; At Takaki of Uda, I laid a snare for ducks and waited for. But I could not get a duck but a falcon…. This song was called Kume-uta, which the royal orchestra has sung in accordance with the ancient rite as such spreading arms widely and narrowly and varying voices lowly and loudly.
2009年4 月18日 (土)
The Dinner for the Sumera-mikoto
Be cause E-Ukeshi deceived the descendant of heavenly deities, he could not excuse himself and lost his life in falling in the trap which he had laid by himself formerly. Oto-Ukeshi, who informed the crises and saved the life of the Sumera-mikoto, received the party of the Sumera-mikoto warmly with a gorgeous dinner and thanked them for their troubles.
2009年4 月17日 (金)
Michi-no-omi-no-mikoto and E-Ukeshi
Michi-no-omi-no-mikoto was so angry at the foul play of E-Ukeshi that reproved him severely. He said, “What a coward you are! You shall enter into the room that you built.” With his sward at ready, Michi-no-omi-no-mikoto gradually cornered E-Ukeshi into the room set up a trick.
2009年4 月15日 (水)
The Investigation of Michi-no-omi-no-mikoto
The Sumera-mikoto, who was previously informed the plot of E-Ukeshi, send Michi-no-omi-no-mikoto to the palace in order to investigate the dirty trick within it. As the result of the minute investigation, Michi-no-omi-no-mikoto was fully convinced that E-Ukeshi had an intention to assassinate the Sumera-mikoto.
2009年4 月14日 (火)
The Plot of E-Ukeshi
Oto-Ukeshi, who had determined to take sides with the Smera-mikoto, reverently informed the Sumera-mikoto the plot of his elder brother, E-Ukeshi. He said, “Hearing that the divine army of the descendant from the heaven has been coming, my brother had a plan to assault the army with his soldiers. However, because the royal army looked too mighty to overcome, he attempted you by inviting you a temporally palace in which he made his soldiers hide themselves. Please be careful, Your Majesty!”
2009年4 月12日 (日)
The Sumera-mikoto and Oto-Ukeshi
Invited by the Sumera-mikoto, however, each of the Ukashi brothers, E-Ukeshi and Oto-Ukeshi, made their final decisions separately, which were completely reverse. The invitation would signify a tacit question whether they stood willingly by the force of the Sumera-mikoto, or not. Between the Ukeshi brothers, only Oto-Ukeshi came to the encampment of the Sumera-mikoto.
2009年4 月11日 (土)
Ukeshi Brothers
In autumn, on the second of August, E-Ukeshi and Oto-Ukeshi, who were brother and chiefs of Uda-no-Agata, were invited to the encampment of the Sumera-mikoto. The Ukeshi brother suggests us that in those days, there would have been diarchy system generally by two brothers.
2009年4 月10日 (金)
Yata-no-karasu and Hi-no-omi-no-mikoto
Therefore, as a leader of the great royal army, Hi-no-omi-no-mikoto, who was an ancestor of the Ootomo tribe, under the guidance of the Yata-no-karasu, climbed up and down mountains, blazed their own trail and arrived at Shimo-tu-Koori in Uda. In praise of the bravery of Hi-no-omi-no-mikoto, the Sumera-mikoto renamed his name from Hi-no-omi-no-mikoto to Michi-no-omi, which means the ministry of the road.
