Itsuse no Mikoto explained

Type:	Shinto
Father:	Ugayafukiaezu
Mother:	Tamayori-hime
Cult Centre:	Kamayama Shrine Ani Shrine
Cult Center:	Ani Shrine

Itsuse no Mikoto (Japanese: 彦五瀬命) is a Japanese deity.^{[1] [2]} He was the older brother of Emperor Jimmu.^{[3] [4]}

His name means virtue and glory of the imperial throne.^[5]

In the Kojiki he died from a random arrow^[6] during Jimmu's Eastern Expedition at a battle at the Hill of Kusaka,^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]} near modern day Osaka.^[12] He was hit in the hand^{[13] [14]} or elbow.^{[15] [16]} He died at Mount Kama and was buried at the spot by his two remaining brothers^{[17] [18] [19]} in the Kii Province.^[20] Some scholars believe he was Emperor before Jimmu. Jimmu continued the expedition.

He is the primary deity of Kamayama Shrine where he is buried.

Legacy

A man of the same name was sent to Tsushima Island to refine gold.^{[21] [22] [23]}

Notes and References

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7. Book: Monbushō . Japan . History of the Empire of Japan . Brinkley . Frank . 1893 . Dai Nippon Tosho Kabushiki Kwaisha, by order of the Department of Education. Printed at the Japan Mail Office, Yokohama . en.
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21. Book: Japan, Asiatic Society of . Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan . 1934 . The Society . en.
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