Yamato no Kuni no Miyatsuko explained

Province Of Origin:Yamato Province
Home Province:Yamato Province
Image Caption:Oyamato Shrine, their main shrine
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Yamato no Kuni no Miyatsuko was a title held by the clan who ruled the central region of the later Yamato Province.[1] Kuni no Miyatsuko were regional rulers subordinate to the Emperor of Japan. After the position was abolished they remained prominent as the priests of Ōyamato Shrine. Other kuni no miyatsuko this happened to include the Izumo clan of Izumo-taisha, the Aso clan of Aso Shrine, the Owari clan of Atsuta Shrine, the of Munakata Taisha,[2] and the Amabe clan of Kono Shrine[3]

Their Ujigami or clan god is Yamato Okunitama of Ōyamato Shrine[4] Some scholars interpret the kami as being a variant or epithet of Ōmononushi who has much more widespread worship.[5] [6] There is a complex myth about the origins of modern worship of Yamato Okunitama during the reign of Emperor Sujin.[7] [8] [9]

History

During Jimmu's Eastern Expedition was given the position of governor of Yamato Province by Emperor Jimmu.[10] And Saonetsuhiko became their ancestor.[11]

There is a complex myth about the reign of Emperor Sujin and its link to the worship of Yamato Okunitama and Amaterasu. There was a crisis during his reign and eventually the worship of Amaterasu and Yamato Okunitama were moved out of the imperial palace to separate shrines.

Worship of Amaterasu moved to Hibara Shrine and then many other shrines called until eventually reaching Ise Jingu.[5]

By contrast the worship of Yamato Okunitama moved to Oyamato Shrine, near Hibara Shrine and Omiwa Shrine. Yamato Okunitama was first entrusted to a daughter of Emperor Sujin named, but shortly afterwards, her health began to fail. It is recorded that she became emaciated and lost all of her hair, which rendered her unable to perform her duties.[12] These efforts still did not alleviate the ongoing plague, so Sujin decreed that a divination be performed sometime during the 7th year of his reign, that would involve him making a trip to the plain of Kami-asaji, and invoking the eighty myriad deities.

After the divination,, a descendant of would conduct the rites pertaining to Okunitama, replacing the emaciated Nunaki-iri-hime.[5] would be the ancestor of the Yamato no Kuni no Miyatsuko.[13]

was a notable member of the clan and governor of Yamato Province[14]

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Notes

  1. Yōko . ISSE . 2019 . Revisiting Tsuda Sōkichi in Postwar Japan: "Misunderstandings" and the Historical Facts of the Kiki . Japan Review . 34 . 139–160 . 26864868 . 0915-0986.
  2. https://archive.today/20231025020641/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8839
  3. Web site: 海部氏系図 . Amebe shikeizu . August 20, 2020 . . Japanese.
  4. Web site: International Symposium "Perspectives on Japanese history and literature from ancient historical records" . 2023-05-04 . Top Global University Project: Waseda Goes Global . en.
  5. Ellwood . Robert S. . 1990 . The Sujin Religious Revolution . Japanese Journal of Religious Studies . 17 . 2/3 . 199–217 . 10.18874/jjrs.17.2-3.1990.199-217 . 30234018 . 0304-1042. free .
  6. Book: Hardacre, Helen . Shinto: A History . 2017 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-062171-1 . en.
  7. Web site: D . John . 2012-11-10 . Teeuwen on Shinto . 2023-05-04 . Green Shinto . en-GB.
  8. https://www.japanpolicyforum.jp/pdf/2016/no35/DJweb_35_cul_02.pdf
  9. https://freidok.uni-freiburg.de/fedora/objects/freidok:4635/datastreams/FILE1/content
  10. Web site: Friday: Kojiki (「乞食」ではなく『古事記』ですヨ！！) #26 . 2023-05-04 . Japanese Experts Net . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2023-10-26 . Saonetsuhiko 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム . 2023-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231026183115/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/id=9159 . 2023-10-26 .
  12. Book: Aston, William George. . Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, Volume 2 . 1896 . The Japan Society London . 9780524053478 . 150–164 . William George Aston.
  13. Web site: Page:Nihongi by Aston.djvu/208 . 2023-10-24 . en.wikisource.org . en.
  14. Web site: Episode 61: Bad Behavior and the People that Excuse It . 2023-05-04 . Sengoku Daimyo . April 2022 . en-US.

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