Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters

Contents

1. 1The Beginning of Heaven and Earth1 paragraph
2. 2The Seven Divine Generations1 paragraph
3. 3The Island of Onogoro1 paragraph
4. 4Courtship of the Deities the Male-Who-Invites and the Female-Who-Invites1 paragraph
5. 5Birth of the Eight Great Islands1 paragraph
6. 6Birth of the Various Deities1 paragraph
7. 7Retirement of Her Augustness the Princess-Who-Invites2 paragraphs
8. 8The Slaying of the Fire-Deity2 paragraphs
9. 9The Land of Hades1 paragraph
10. 10The Purification of the August Person2 paragraphs
11. 11Investiture of the Three Deities the Illustrious August Children1 paragraph
12. 12The Crying and Weeping of His Impetuous-Male-Augustness1 paragraph
13. 13The August Oath1 paragraph
14. 14The August Declaration of the Division of the August Male Children and the August Female Children1 paragraph
15. 15The August Ravages of His-Impetuous-Male-Augustness1 paragraph
16. 16The Door of the Heavenly Rock-Dwelling1 paragraph
17. 17The August Expulsion of His-Impetuous-Male-Augustness1 paragraph
18. 18The Eight-Forked Serpent1 paragraph
19. 19The Palace of Suga2 paragraphs
20. 20The August Ancestors of the Deity-Master-of-the-Great Land1 paragraph
21. 21The White Hare of Inaba1 paragraph
22. 22Mount Tema1 paragraph
23. 23The Nether-Distant-Land1 paragraph
24. 24The Wooing of the Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears4 paragraphs
25. 25The Cup Pledge3 paragraphs
26. 26The Deities the August Descendants of the Deity Master-of-the-Great-Land1 paragraph
27. 27The Little-Prince-the-Renowned-Deity1 paragraph
28. 28The August-Luck-Spirit-the-August-Wondrous-Spirit1 paragraph
29. 29The August Children of the Great-Harvest-Deity and of the Swift-Mountain-Deity2 paragraphs
30. 30The August Deliberation for Pacifying the Land1 paragraph
31. 31The Heavenly-Young-Prince2 paragraphs
32. 32Abdication of the Deity Master-of-the-Great-Land1 paragraph
33. 33The August Descent from Heaven of his Augustness the August Grandchild1 paragraph
34. 34The August Reign in Himuka of His Augustness Prince Rice-ear-Ruddy-Plenty1 paragraph
35. 35The Duchess of Saru1 paragraph
36. 36The Deity Prince of Saruta at Azaka1 paragraph
37. 37The Curse of the Deity Great-Mountain-Possessor1 paragraph
38. 38The August Child-Bearing of Princess-Blossoming Brilliantly-Like-the-Flowers-of-the-Trees1 paragraph
39. 39The August Exchange of Luck1 paragraph
40. 40The Palace of the Ocean-Possessor1 paragraph
41. 41Submission of His Augustness Fire-Shine1 paragraph
42. 42The Parturition-House of Cormorants’ Feathers3 paragraphs
43. 43The August Children of His Augustness Cormorant-Thatch-Meeting-Incompletely1 paragraph
44. 44Reign of the Emperor Jim-mu (Part I.—His Progress Eastward, and Death of His Elder Brother)1 paragraph
45. 45Emperor Jim-mu (Part II.—The Cross-sword Sent Down from Heaven)1 paragraph
46. 46Emperor Jim-mu (Part III.—The Gigantic Crow and Gods with Tails)1 paragraph
47. 47Emperor Jim-mu (Part IV.—The Ukashi Brethren)2 paragraphs
48. 48Emperor Jim-mu (Part V.—The Earth-spiders of the Cave of Osaka)2 paragraphs
49. 49Emperor Jim-mu (Part VI.—The Prince of Tomi and the Shiki Brethren)4 paragraphs
50. 50Emperor Jim-mu (Part VII.—The Empire Pacified)1 paragraph
51. 51Emperor Jim-mu (Part VIII.—He Weds I-suke-yori-hime)6 paragraphs
52. 52Emperor Jim-mu (Part. IX—Troubles Which Followed His Decease)3 paragraphs
53. 53Emperor Jim-mu (Part X.—Genealogies)1 paragraph
54. 54Emperor Jim-mu (Part XI.—His Age and Place of Burial)1 paragraph
55. 55Emperor Sui-zei1 paragraph
56. 56Emperor An-nei1 paragraph
57. 57Emperor I-toku1 paragraph
58. 58Emperor Kō-shō2 paragraphs
59. 59Emperor Kō-an1 paragraph
60. 60Emperor Kō-rei1 paragraph
61. 61Emperor Kō-gen1 paragraph
62. 62Emperor Kai-kuwa1 paragraph
63. 63Emperor Sū-jin (Part I.—Genealogies)1 paragraph
64. 64Emperor Sū-jin (Part II.—A Pestilence is Staid by Oho-tata-ne-ko)1 paragraph
65. 65Emperor Sū-jun (Part III.—Story of Oho-taka-ne-ko’s Birth)1 paragraph
66. 66Emperor Sū-jin (Part IV.—War with King Take-hani-yasu)2 paragraphs
67. 67Emperor Sū-jin (Part V.—Peace Restored and Tribute Levied)1 paragraph
68. 68Emperor Sū-jin (Part VI.—His Age and Place of Burial)1 paragraph
69. 69Emperor Sui-nin (Part I.—Genealogies)1 paragraph
70. 70Emperor Sui-nin (Part II.—Conspiracy of King Saho-biko and the Empress Saho-bime)1 paragraph
71. 71Emperor Sui-nin (Part III.—Birth of Prince Homu-chi-wake and Death of the Conspirators)1 paragraph
72. 72Emperor Sui-nin (Part IV.—The Dumb Prince Homu-chi-wake)1 paragraph
73. 73Emperor Sui-nin (Part V.—His Later Wives)1 paragraph
74. 74Emperor Sui-nin (Part VI.—Tajima-mori Brings Back the Orange from the Eternal Land)1 paragraph
75. 75Emperor Sui-nin (Part VII.—His Death and That of the Empress Hibasu.)1 paragraph
76. 76Emperor Kei-kō (Part I.—Genealogies)1 paragraph
77. 77Emperor Kei-kō (Part II.—The Maidens Ye-hime and Oto-hime)1 paragraph
78. 78Emperor Kei-kō (Part III.—Various Deeds)1 paragraph
79. 79Emperor Kei-kō (Part IV.—Yamato-take Slays His Elder Brother)1 paragraph
80. 80Emperor Kei-kō (Part V.—Yamato-take Slays the Kumaso Bravoes)1 paragraph
81. 81Emperor Kei-kō (Part VI.—Yamato-take Slays the Idzumo Bravo)2 paragraphs
82. 82Emperor Kei-kō (Part VII.—Yamato-take is Sent to Subdue the East, and Visits His Aunt at Ise)1 paragraph
83. 83Emperor Kei-kō (Part VIII.—Yamato-take Slays the Rulers of Sagamu)1 paragraph
84. 84Emperor Kei-kō (Part IX.—Yamato-take’s Empress Stills the Waves.)2 paragraphs
85. 85Emperor Kei-kō (Part X.—Yamato-take Slays the Deity of the Ashigara Pass)1 paragraph
86. 86Emperor Kei-kō (Part XI.—Yamato-take Dwells in the Palace of Sakawori)3 paragraphs
87. 87Emperor Kei-kō (Part XII.—Yamato-take Wooes Princess Miyazu)3 paragraphs
88. 88Emperor Kei-kō (Part XIII.—Yamato-take Meets the Deity of Mount Ibuki)1 paragraph
89. 89Emperor Kei-kō (Part XIV.—Yamato-take Sickens and Dies)6 paragraphs
90. 90Emperor Kei-kō (Part XV.—Yamato-take Turns into a White Bird)5 paragraphs
91. 91Emperor Kei-kō (Part XVI.—Yamato-take’s Butler)1 paragraph
92. 92Emperor Kei-kō (Part XVII.—Yamato-take’s Descendants)1 paragraph
93. 93Emperor Kei-kō (Part XVIII.—His Age and Place of Burial)1 paragraph
94. 94Emperor Sei-mu1 paragraph
95. 95Emperor Chiū-ai (Part I.—Genealogies)1 paragraph
96. 96Emperor Chiū-ai (Part II.—The Possession of Korea Divinely Promised)1 paragraph
97. 97Emperor Chiū-ai (Part III.—Preparations for the Conquest of Korea)1 paragraph
98. 98Emperor Chiū-ai (Part IV.—The Empress Jin-gō Conquers Korea)1 paragraph
99. 99Emperor Chiū-ai (Part V.—The Empress Jin-gō Fishes in Tsukushi)1 paragraph
100. 100Emperor Chiū-ai (Part VI.—The Empress Jin-gō Subdues Yamato)2 paragraphs
101. 101Emperor Chiū-ai (Part VIII.—The Heir Apparent Exchanges Names with the Great Deity Izasa-Wake)1 paragraph
102. 102Emperor Chiū-ai (Part VIII.—The Empress Jin-gō Presents Liquor to the Heir Apparent)3 paragraphs
103. 103Emperor Chiū-ai (Part IX.—His Death and That of the Empress Jin-gō)1 paragraph
104. 104Emperor Ō-jin (Part I.—Genealogies)1 paragraph
105. 105Emperor Ō-jin (Part II.—He Divides the Inheritance Between His Three Sons)1 paragraph
106. 106Emperor Ō-jin (Part III.—He Wooes Princess Miya-nushi-ya-kaha-ye)3 paragraphs
107. 107Emperor Ō-jin (Part IV.—He Grants Princess Kami-naga to His Son Oho-sazaki)4 paragraphs
108. 108Emperor Ō-jin (Part V.—Songs of the Territorial Owners of Yeshinu)3 paragraphs
109. 109Emperor Ō-jin (Part VI.—Various Deeds)1 paragraph
110. 110Emperor Ō-jin (Part VII.—Tribute From Korea)1 paragraph
111. 111Emperor Ō-jin (Part VIII.—The Emperor Intoxicated)2 paragraphs
112. 112Emperor Ō-jin (Part IX.—Troubles Which Followed His Decease)3 paragraphs
113. 113Emperor Ō-jin (Part X.—Princes Oho-sazaki and Uji-no-waki-iratsuko Cede the Empire to Each Other)1 paragraph
114. 114Emperor Ō-jin (Part XI.—Ama-no-hi-boko Crosses Over to Japan)1 paragraph
115. 115Emperor Ō-jin (Part XII.—Descendants of Ama-no-hi-boko, and Treasures Brought by Him)1 paragraph
116. 116Emperor Ō-jin (Part XIII.—The Youth-of-the-Glow-on-the-Autumn-Mountains and the Youth-of-the-Haze-on-the-Spring-Mountains)1 paragraph
117. 117Emperor Ō-jin (Part XVI.—Genealogies)1 paragraph
118. 118Emperor Ō-jin (Part XV.—His Age and Place of Burial)1 paragraph
119. 119Emperor Nin-toku (Part I.—Genealogies)1 paragraph
120. 120Emperor Nin-toku (Part II.—Various Deeds)1 paragraph
121. 121Emperor Nin-toku (Part III.—He Remits the Taxes)1 paragraph
122. 122Emperor Nin-toku (Part IV.—He Loves Princess Kuro)5 paragraphs
123. 123Emperor Nin-toku (Part V.—The Empress Retires to Yamashiro)3 paragraphs
124. 124Emperor Nin-toku (Part VI.—He Follows the Empress Into Yamashiro)6 paragraphs
125. 125Emperor Nin-toku (Part VII.—He Loves Yata-no-waki-iratsume)3 paragraphs
126. 126Emperor Nin-toku (Part VIII.—Death of King Hayabusa-wake and Queen Medori)6 paragraphs
127. 127Emperor Nin-toku (Part VIII.—Queen Medori’s Armlet)1 paragraph
128. 128Emperor Nin-toku (Part IX.—A Wild-goose Lays an Egg)4 paragraphs
129. 129Emperor Nin-toku (Part X.—A Vessel is Made Into a Lute)2 paragraphs
130. 130Emperor Nin-toku (Part XI.—His Age and Place of Burial)1 paragraph
131. 131Emperor Ri-chiū (Part I.—Genealogies)1 paragraph
132. 132Emperor Ri-chiū (Part II.—He is Taken to Iso-no-Kami)4 paragraphs
133. 133Emperor Ri-chiū (Part III.—His Rebellious Brother and the Latter’s Retainer Sobakari are Slain)1 paragraph
134. 134Emperor Ri-chiū (Part IV.—Various Deeds)1 paragraph
135. 135Emperor Ri-chiū (Part V.—His Age and Place of Burial)1 paragraph
136. 136Emperor Han-zei1 paragraph
137. 137Emperor In-giyō (Part I.—Genealogies)1 paragraph
138. 138Emperor In-giyō (Part II.—His Sickness is Cured by a Korean Physician)1 paragraph
139. 139Emperor In-giyō (Part III.—He Rectifies the People’s Names)1 paragraph
140. 140Emperor In-giyō (Part IV.—His Age and Place of Burial)1 paragraph
141. 141Emperor In-giyō (Part V.—Prince Karu Loves His Sister Princess So-tohoshi)3 paragraphs
142. 142Emperor In-giyō (Part VI.—War Between Prince Karu and Prince Anaho)4 paragraphs
143. 143Emperor In-giyō (Part VII.—Death of Prince Karu and Princess So-tohoshi)7 paragraphs
144. 144Emperor An-kō (Part I.—He Slays King Oho-kusaka)1 paragraph
145. 145Emperor An-kō (Part II.—He is Slain by King Ma-yowa)1 paragraph
146. 146Emperor An-kō (Part III.—Prince Oho-hatsuse Slays Princes Kuro-biko and Shiro-biko)1 paragraph
147. 147Emperor An-kō (Part IV.—Death of Prince Ma-yowa and of the Grandee Tsubura)1 paragraph
148. 148Emperor An-kō (Part V.—Prince Oho-hatsuse Slays Prince Oshiha)1 paragraph
149. 149Emperor An-kō (Part VI.—Flight of Princes Ohoke and Woke)]1 paragraph
150. 150Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part I.—Genealogies)1 paragraph
151. 151Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part II.—Various Deeds)1 paragraph
152. 152Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part III.—The Roof of the House of the Great Departmental Lord of Shiki)1 paragraph
153. 153Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part IV.—He Wooes Princess Waka-kusaka-be)2 paragraphs
154. 154Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part V.—Story of the Woman Akawi-ko)5 paragraphs
155. 155Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part VI.—He Makes a Progress to Yeshinu)1 paragraph
156. 156Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part VII.—The Horse-fly and the Dragon-fly)2 paragraphs
157. 157Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part VIII.—Adventure with a Wild Boar)1 paragraph
158. 158Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part IX.—Revelation of the Great Deity of Kadzuraki, Lord of One Word)1 paragraph
159. 159Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part X.—The Mound of the Metal Spade)2 paragraphs
160. 160Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part XI.—The Leaf in the Cup)4 paragraphs
161. 161Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part XII.—Songs by the Emperor and Princess Wodo)3 paragraphs
162. 162Emperor Yū-riyaku (Part XIII.—His Age and Place of Burial)1 paragraph
163. 163Emperor Sei-nei (Part I.—Search for a Successor to Him)1 paragraph
164. 164Emperor Sei-nei (Part II.—Princes Ohoke and Woke Are Discovered)2 paragraphs
165. 165Emperor Sei-nei (Part III.—The Grandee Shibi)7 paragraphs
166. 166Emperor Sei-nei (Part IV.—Prince Ohoke Cedes the Empire to Prince Woke)1 paragraph
167. 167Emperor Ken-zō (Part I.—The Old Woman Oki-me)2 paragraphs
168. 168Emperor Ken-zō (Part II.—He Slays the Boar-herd)1 paragraph
169. 169Emperor Ken-zō (Part III.—The Emperor Yū-riyaku’s Mausoleum is Disfigured)1 paragraph
170. 170Emperor Ken-zō (Part IV.—His Age and Place of Burial)1 paragraph
171. 171Emperor Nin-ken1 paragraph
172. 172Emperor Mu-retsu1 paragraph
173. 173Emperor Kei-tai1 paragraph
174. 174Emperor An-kan1 paragraph
175. 175Emperor Sen-kuwa1 paragraph
176. 176Emperor Kim-mei1 paragraph
177. 177Emperor Bi-datsu1 paragraph
178. 178Emperor Yō-mei1 paragraph
179. 179Emperor Su-jun1 paragraph
180. 180Empress Sui-ko1 paragraph

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• Kojiki 112.248%Thereupon the troops that had heen hidden on the river-hank rose up simultanously on this side and on that side, and fixing their arrows [in their bows], let him go floating down. So he sank on reaching Kawara Point. So on their searching with hooks the place where he had sunk, [the hooks] struck on the armour inside his clothes, and made a rattling sound. So the place was called by the name of Kawara Point. Then when they hooked up his hones, the younger King sang, saying: “Catalpa bow, Evonymus standing by the ferry-bank of Uji! My heart had thought to cut [you], my heart had thought to take [you]; but at the base methought of the lord, at the extremity methought of the younger sister; grievously methought of this, sorrowfully methought of that; and I come [back] without cutting it,—the Catalpa bow, the Evonymus.”75:5.4The Default of Adam and EveUpon the realization of what had happened, Serapatatia was overcome with consternation and beside himself with fear and remorse. The next day he drowned himself in the great river.
• Kojiki 37.147%Hereupon His Augustness Heaven’s-Sun-Height-Prince-Rice-ear-Ruddy-Plenty met a beautiful person at the august cape of Kasasa, and asked her whose daughter she was. She replied, saying: “I am a daughter of the Deity Great-Mountain-Possessor, and my name is the Divine-Princess-of-Ata, another name by which I am called being Princess-Blossoming-Brilliantly-Like-the-Flowers-of-the-Trees.” Again he asked: “Hast thou any brethren?” She replied, saying: “There is my elder sister, Princess-Long-as-the-Rocks.” Then he charged her [,saying]: “Ego sun cupidus soiendi tecum. Tibi quomodo videtur?” She replied, saying: “I am not able to say. My father the Deity Great-Mountain-Possessor will say.” So he sent a request [for her] to her father the Deity Great-Mountain-Possessor, who, greatly delighted, respectfully sent her off, joining to her her elder sister Princess Long-as-the-Rocks, and causing merchandise to be carried on tables holding an hundred. So then, owing to the elder sister being very hideous, [His Augustness Prince-Rice-ear-Ruddy-Plenty] was alarmed at the sight of her, and sent her back, only keeping the younger sister Princess-Blossoming-Brilliantly-Like-the-Flowers-of-the-Trees, whom he wedded for one night. Then the Deity-Great-Mountain-Possessor was covered with shame at Princess Long-as-the-Rocks being sent back, and sent a message [to His Augustness Prince-Rice-ear-Ruddy-Plenty], saying: “My reason for respectfully presenting both my daughters together was that, by sending Princess-Long-as-the-Rocks, the august offspring of the Heavenly Deity, though the snow fall and the wind blow, might live eternally immovable like unto the enduring rocks, and again that by sending Princess-Blossoming-Brilliantly-Like-the-Flowers-of-the-Trees, [they] might live flourishingly like unto the flowering of the blossoms of the trees: to insure this, I offered them. But owing to thy thus sending back Princess Long-as-the-Rocks, and keeping only Princess-Blossoming-Brilliantly-Like-the-Flowers-of-the-Trees, the august offspring of the Heavenly Deity shall be but as frail as the flowers of the trees.” So it is for this reason that down to the present day the august lives of Their Augustnesses the Heavenly Sovereigns are not long.77:5.5The Midway CreaturesA company of twenty-seven followed Adamson northward in quest of these people of his childhood fantasies. In a little over three years Adamson’s party actually found the object of their adventure, and among these people he discovered a wonderful and beautiful woman, twenty years old, who claimed to be the last pure-line descendant of the Prince’s staff. This woman, Ratta, said that her ancestors were all descendants of two of the fallen staff of the Prince. She was the last of her race, having no living brothers or sisters. She had about decided not to mate, had about made up her mind to die without issue, but she lost her heart to the majestic Adamson. And when she heard the story of Eden, how the predictions of Van and Amadon had really come to pass, and as she listened to the recital of the Garden default, she was encompassed with but a single thought — to marry this son and heir of Adam. And quickly the idea grew upon Adamson. In a little more than three months they were married.
• Kojiki 76.145%The Heavenly Sovereign Oho-tarashi-hiko-oshiro-wake dwelt in the palace of Hishiro at Makimuku, and ruled the Empire. This Heavenly Sovereign wedded the Elder Lady of Inabi in Harima, daughter of Waka-take, Prince of Kibi, ancestor of the Grandees of Kibi, and begot august children: King Kushi-tsunu-wake; next His Augustness Oho-usu; next His Augustness Wo-usu, another name for whom is His Augustness Yamato-wo-guna; next His Augustness Yamato-ne-ko; next King Kamu-kushi. Again wedding Her Augustness Princess Yasaka-no-iri, daughter of His Augustness Prince Yasaka-no-iri, he begot august children: His Augustness Prince Waka-tarashi; next His Augustness Prince Iho-ki-no-iri; next His Augustness Oshi-no-wake; next Her Augustness Princess Iho-ki-no-iri. Children by another concubine were King Toyo-to-wake; next the Lady Nunoshiro. Children by another concubine were: the Lady Nunaki; next Her Augustness Princess Kago-yori; next King Prince Waka-ki-no-iri; next King the Elder Prince of Kibi-no-ye; next Her Augustness Princess Takaki; next Her Augustness Princess Oto. Again wedding Princess Mi-hakashi of Himuka, he begot an august child: King Toyo-kuni-wake. Again wedding the Younger Lady of Inabi, younger sister of the Elder Lady of Inabi, he begot august children: King Ma-waka; next King Hiko-hito-no-oho-ye. Again wedding Princess Ka-guro, daughter of King Prince Sume-iro-oho-naka-tsu-hiko, great-grandchild of His Augustness Yamato-take, he begot an august child: King Oho-ye. The august children of this Heavenly Sovereign Oho-tarashi-hiko numbered in all twenty-one kings and queens of whom there is a register, and fifty-nine kings and queens of whom there is no record,—eighty kings and queens altogether, out of whom His Augustness Waka-tarashi-hiko and also His Augustness Yamato-take, and also His Augustness Prince I-ho-ki-no-iri,—these three Kings,—bore the name of Heirs Apparent. The seventy-seven kings and queens beside these were all granted Rulerships in the various lands, or else [posts as] Lords, Territorial Lords or Departmental Chiefs. So His Augustness Waka-tarashi-hiko [was he who afterward] ruled the Empire. His Augustness Wo-usu subdued the savage deities and likewise the unsubmissive people in the East and West. The next, King Kushi-tsunu-wake (was the ancestor of the chiefs of Mamuta). The next, His Augustness Oho-Usu, (was the ancestor of the Dukes of Mori, of the Dukes of Ohota and of the Dukes of Shimada.) The next, King Kamu-kushi, (was the ancestor of the Sakabe Abiko in the Land of Ki, and of the Sakabe of Uda). The next, King Toyo-kuni-wake (was the ancestor of the Rulers of the Land of Himuka).70:6.4The Evolution of Human GovernmentThe succession of kings was eventually regarded as supernatural, the royal blood being thought to extend back to the times of the materialized staff of Prince Caligastia. Thus kings became fetish personalities and were inordinately feared, a special form of speech being adopted for court usage. Even in recent times it was believed that the touch of kings would cure disease, and some Urantia peoples still regard their rulers as having had a divine origin.

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Translator

Basil Hall Chamberlain

Year

1882

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Japanese (Shinto)

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