Isuzuyori-hime
| Isuzuyori-hime | |
|---|---|
| Empress consort of Japan | |
| Tenure | 580–548 BC[1] |
| Empress dowager of Japan | |
| Tenure | appointed in 548 BC[1] |
| Spouse | Emperor Suizei |
| Issue | Emperor Annei |
| Father | Kotoshironushi |
| Religion | Shinto |
Isuzuyori-hime (Japanese: 五十鈴依媛) was the legendary empress consort of Japan as the wife of Emperor Suizei, the second legendary emperor of Japan. She was the mother of Emperor Annei. According to historical records, she is regarded as the ancestor goddess of the Masters of Shiki.[2]
Life
In the second year, during the spring season of Suizei's reign, she was appointed empress. Later on, in the first year, on the 10th month, 11th day of her son Emperor Annei's reign, he bestowed upon her the title of Kodaigo (empress dowager).[3] It is said that she was born as the daughter of the deity Kotoshironushi,[4] and the sister of Himetataraisuzu-hime, who was the first empress of Japan, and the first wife of Emperor Jimmu.[4][5][6] She was an important mythological figure in the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan).[7]
Notes
References
- ^ a b Anston, W.G. (1896). Transactions and Proceedings of The Japan Society, London. Supplement I. Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Vol. 1. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trüber, & Co., Limited. p. 132.
- ^ Aston, W. G. (18 October 2010). Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan From the Earliest Times to A D 697. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-90234-5.
- ^ Brown, Delmer; Ishida, Ichiro (8 January 2021). The Future and the Past: A Translation and Study of the Gukansho, an Interpretative History of Japan written in 1219. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-33688-9.
- ^ a b "「五十鈴依媛命」の用例・例文集 - 用例.jp". yourei.jp. Archived from the original on 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Ponsonby Memorial Society. p. 29 & 418.
- ^ Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida (1979). A Translation and Study of the Gukanshō, an Interpretative History of Japan Written in 1219. University of California Press. p. 251. ISBN 9780520034600.
- ^ 日本書紀通釋 (in Japanese). 日本書紀通釋刋行會. 1940.