Toyosukiiri-hime
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| Toyosukiiri-hime | |
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| Saigū | |
 Hibara Shrine at the foot of Mount Miwa in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. The shrine is identified as the place where the Yata-no-Kagami and the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi were first enshrined after they were removed from the imperial palace. | |
| Successor | Yamatohime-no-mikoto |
| House | Imperial House of Japan |
| Father | Emperor Sujin |
Toyosukiiri-hime (豊鍬入姫命ja:豊鍬入姫命) was a Japanese mythological figure[1]. She was the first Saigū,[2]
Mythical narrative[edit]
Amaterasu (via the Yata-no-Kagami and the Kusanagi sword) and Yamato-no-Okunitama, the tutelary deity of Yamato, were originally worshipped in the great hall of the imperial palace.[3][4]
Pestilence struck during the 5th year of Sujin's rule, killing half the Japanese population. The following year peasants abandoned their fields and rebellion became rampant.[5] To help relieve the suffering of his people, the Emperor turned his attention towards the gods. At the time, both the sun goddess Amaterasu and the god Yamato-no-Okunitama (倭大国魂神) were enshrined at the Imperial Residence. Sujin became overwhelmed with having to cohabit with these two powerful deities and set up separate enshrinements to house them. Amaterasu was moved to Kasanui village (笠縫邑) in Yamato Province (Nara), where a Himorogi altar was built out of solid stone.[5] Sujin placed his daughter Toyosukiiri-hime (豊鍬入姫命) in charge of the new shrine, and she would become the first Ise Saiō,[2]entrusting with her the mirror and sword, she brought them to the Kasanui village (笠縫邑).[3][4]
She moved across many Moto-Ise Shrines throughout her life.[6]
During the reign of Sujin's son and successor, Emperor Suinin, custody of the sacred treasures were transferred from Toyosukiirihime to Suinin's daughter Yamatohime, who took them first to "Sasahata in Uda" to the east of Miwa. Heading north to Ōmi, she then eastwards to Mino and proceeded south to Ise, where she received a revelation from Amaterasu:
Now Ama-terasu no Oho-kami instructed Yamato-hime no Mikoto, saying:—"The province of Ise, of the divine wind, is the land whither repair the waves from the eternal world, the successive waves. It is a secluded and pleasant land. In this land I wish to dwell." In compliance, therefore, with the instruction of the Great Goddess, a shrine was erected to her in the province of Ise. Accordingly an Abstinence Palace was built at Kaha-kami in Isuzu. This was called the palace of Iso. It was there that Ama-terasu no Oho-kami first descended from Heaven.[7]
This account serves as the origin myth of the Grand Shrine of Ise, Amaterasu's chief place of worship.
Genealogy[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ KansaiOdyssey (2017-07-26). "Oh Gods! The Tales of Omononushi". Kansai Odyssey. Retrieved 2023-10-03.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Saigū | 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム". 2022-05-22. Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Aston, William George (1896). . Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. pp. – via Wikisource.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kogoshūi: Gleanings from Ancient Stories. Translated with an introduction and notes. Translated by Katō, Genchi; Hoshino, Hikoshirō. Meiji Japan Society. 1925. pp. 29–30. Search this book on
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Aston, William George. (1896). Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, Volume 2. The Japan Society London. pp. 150–164. ISBN 9780524053478. Search this book on
- ↑ Kidder, J. Edward (2007-02-28). Himiko and Japan's Elusive Chiefdom of Yamatai: Archaeology, History, and Mythology. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-3035-9. Search this book on
- ↑ Aston, William George (1896). . Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. pp. – via Wikisource.
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