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Kisumimi-no-mikoto[1] is a character in Japanese mythology, a male deity and the son of the first Emperor Jimmu.[2][3] He appears in the middle volume of Kojiki, but not in Nihon Shoki.[2][4] and the name is not mentioned in the Kojiki.

There is also no mention of his achievements in the Kojiki, and no mention of his descendants.

References in Chronicles

In the "Record of Jimmu" in the middle volume of the "Kojiki," there is a sentence as follows.[1][2]

Therefore, when sitting in the sun, he took to wife the sister of Ata-no-Koji-kun, the son of Abirahime, Tagishimimi-no-Mikoto, and the next, Gisumi-no-Mikoto, the two pillars.
When Emperor Jimmu was in Hyuga, he married the sister of Ata's second son, Abira-hime, and they had two sons, Tagishimimi-no-Mikoto and Kisumimi-no-Mikoto.[1][5]

On the other hand, in "The Chronicles of Emperor Jimmu," vol. 3 of the Nihon Shoki, there is a sentence that is largely the same as the following. However, in this text, only the name of the child is given as "Tagishimi," and there is no mention of the person who corresponds to Gisumi-no-mikoto.[2]

The Emperor Jinmu took to wife Ahiratsuhime of Ata-eup in Hyuga Province.

（Emperor Jinmu took to wife Ahiratsuhime of Ata-eup in Hyuga Province, and Tagishimimino-no-Mikoto was born.[6]

In addition to this, in Sekaiyo Kyu-jihonki, Volume 6, "The Chronicles of the Emperors", the names "Tagishimimi-no-mikoto" and "Kenmimi-no-mikoto" appear as the two sons of Emperor Jimmu and Princess Ohirazu.[7] However, they do not appear in Volume 7, "The Chronicles of the Emperor".[8]

Various theories

The legend of the Jimmu's Eastern Expedition in the Chronicles of Japan gives the starting point as "Himuka" (Hyuga). There is a theory that this is Hyūga Province (equivalent to present-day Miyazaki Prefecture), and that the place names associated with Kisumimikonomikoto are also from southern Kyushu [a] For example, the mother's name "Ahira" is used for Aira no Koori in Osumi Province (present-day eastern Kagoshima Prefecture) and Aburatsu in southern Hyuga Province (present-day Miyazaki Prefecture). There is also a theory that he is related to Nichinan, Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Nichinan City. Similarly, there is a theory that Ata (Ata, Agata), which is thought to be his birthplace, is related to Ata-gun in Satsuma Province (western Kagoshima Prefecture) and Agata (present-day Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture) in southern Hyuga Province.[6][9][10]

The second book of the Chronicles of Japan, "Shindaishita," states that Higayasu-no-mikoto, who appears in the Hyuga mythology, is the "main ancestor of Agata-kun Kobashi, etc." If we equate "Agata-kun Kobashi" with "Ata-no-Koji-kun" in the Kojiki, then the mother of Kisumi-no-mikoto (Ahira-hime Ahiratsu-hime) has her roots in Kyushu. If we equate "Ata no Kochair-kun" with "Ahirahime Ahiratsuhime," then the mother of Kisumi no Mikoto (Ahirahime Ahiratsuhime) has roots in Kyushu.[6] There is a theory that "Kobashi" is a place name.[3]

In the "Nihon Shoki" (Chronicles of Japan), the name of Tagishimi is mentioned only in the "Kojiki" (Records of Ancient Matters), but there is no mention of his achievements or descendants. The same is true in the "Old Chronicle of the First Age". The name does not appear in Fudoki, Man'yōshū, or Shinsengumi Roku. In Kojiki-den, Motoori Norinaga, an Edo-period Kokugaku Motoori Norinaga, a scholar of Kokugaku, was given the name Tagishimimi in Kojiki-den. It is believed that the word "Tagishimi" was used to refer to one person, but was misidentified as two brothers.[8][11] The name "Kenmimi-no-mikoto" is mentioned in the "Sachiyo Kyu-jihonki", Vol. 6, "The Chronicles of the Imperial Grandchildren", while "Kenmimi-no-mikoto" does not appear in Vol. 7, "The Chronicles of the Emperors", which refers to "the four sons of Emperor Jimmu" (Tekenmimi-no-mikoto, Jinpaimimi-no-mikoto, Jingyanagawamimi-no-mikoto, and Hikoimimi-no-mikoto).[8]

After his brother

Emperor Jimmu later made an expedition to the east (Jimmu Tōkyoku) and ascended to the throne as the first emperor at Emperor Jimmu's Kashihara Palace. At this time, he welcomed Himetataraisuzu-hime(Himetataraisukeyorihime in the Kojiki) as his consort and made her his empress, and had her bear his children[b]. Mimi-no-Mikoto, Kannuma Kawamimi-no-Mikoto). As a result, Tagishimi and Kisumimi, sired by Ahirahime (Ahiratsuhime), took the position of bastards.[12] When Emperor Jimmu collapsed, Tagishimi, the bastard son, planned to kill his half-brothers born to Himetathalaisuhime, but he was exposed before he could do so and was defeated (Tagishimi's treason). After this, the youngest brother Shingyanagawamimi, born to Himetataraisuhime, ascended the throne as the second Emperor Emperor Suizei.

Genealogy

A genealogical tree based on the Kojiki
Himetataraisuzu-himeEmperor JimmuAhiratsu-hime
KamuyaimimiHikoyai‡Emperor SuizeiTagishimimiKisumimi

‡ not in the Nihon Shoki


Footnotes

Notes

  1. ^ There is also a theory that "Himuka" in Chronicles merely indicates a direction and is not interpreted as Hyuga Province (Miyazaki Prefecture).
  2. ^ In the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan), the names of two princes are given (Kannaiyai-no-mikoto and Kannu-nagawamimi-no-mikoto), and in the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters), the names of three princes are given (Hikoyai-no-mikoto, Kannaiyamimi-no-mikoto and Kannu-nagawamimi-no-mikoto).

Sources

  1. ^ a b c "Ancient Japanese Encyclopedia" p341 "Kisumi no Mikoto (Kisumi Mimei)"
  2. ^ a b c d "Dictionary of Japanese Gods and Buddha" p400 "Kisumi no Mikoto [Kisumi Mimei]"
  3. ^ a b "Japanese God Reading Dictionary" p118 "Kisumi Mimei"
  4. ^ Kenji Kawaguchi. Genealogy of the Gods. Tokyo Bijutsu. p. 11. ISBN 978-4808700225. There is no mention of Kisumimi-no-Mikoto in the Nihon Shoki,
  5. ^ "Japanese God Name Dictionary" p151 "Kismimi Kisumimi"
  6. ^ a b c "Illustrated Emperor Jimmu" p37-41 "Emperor Jimmu"
  7. ^ "Ancient Japanese Encyclopedia" p340 "Kismimi no Mikoto (Kimimi no Mikoto)"
  8. ^ a b c Yoshii "The Story of Ibarata Ren's Ancestor Tradition and Ibarata Tsutsumi Construction" (Manyo No. 71, P1-p21, 1969) Manyo Society
  9. ^ "Overview of the Genealogy of Empresses of All Time", p26-27 "The First Emperor Jimmu Empress Himetataraisuzu Himetataraisuzu"
  10. ^ Kida, p255-257 "Empress Ahiratsu-hime"
  11. ^ 日本人名大辞典+Plus, デジタル版. "岐須美美命とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-01-12.
  12. ^ Kojiki and a book about Japanese gods" p90-91 "The story of Isukeyorihime

Bibliographic information

  • "Dictionary of Japanese Divine Names", Jinja-Shimpo-Sha, 1994, 1995 (2nd edition), ISBN 4-915265-66-8
  • "Dictionary of Japan's Ancient Shinto Gods", Kazunori Yoshida/editor, Chunichi Press, 2000, ISBN 4-88519-158-0
  • "Dictionary of Japanese Gods and Buddha", Takehiko Oshima, Minoru Sonoda, Fumio Keimuro, Setsu Yamamoto (eds.), Taishukan Shoten, 2001, ISBN 4-469-01268-8
  • "Nihon no Kami Yomiwake Jiten" (An Encyclopedia of Japanese Gods), Kenji Kawaguchi/editor, Kashiwa Shobo, 1999, 2009 (9th printing), ISBN 4-7601-1824-1
  • "Kojiki to Nihon no Kami ga Kunderu Hon" (The Book of Ancient Matters and Understanding Japanese Gods), Kunihiro Yoshida, Gakken Publishing, 2015, ISBN 978-4-05-406340-2
  • "Illustrated Chronicle of the Rekiyo Emperors", Edited by Masao Mitobe, Kazuo Higo, Shizuko Akagi, Shigetaka Fukuchi, Akita Shoten, 1989, ISBN 4-253-00297-8
  • "A Genealogical Directory of the Empresses of the Rekishi Era" (Bessatsu Rekishi Yomihon 24, Vol. 27, No. 29, 618), edited by Minoru Sato, Shinninjin Oraisha, 2002
  • "The History of Hyuga Province: An Ancient History" by Sadakichi Kida, Toyo-do, 1943
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