Isuzuyori-hime

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]

Isuzuyori-hime
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure580–548 BC[1]
Empress dowager of Japan
Tenureappointed in 548 BC[1]
SpouseEmperor Suizei
IssueEmperor Annei
FatherKotoshironushi
ReligionShinto

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]

Family tree
Susanoo[8][9] Ōyamatsumi[10]
Ashinazuchi[11]TenazuchiKonohanachiruhime[12]
Kushinadahime[13]
Yashimajinumi[12]
Kagutsuchi[14]
Kuraokami[15]
Hikawahime[16]Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu[17]
Fukabuchi-no-MizuyarehanaAme-no-TsudoechineFunozuno
Sashikuni OkamiOmizunuFutemimi
Sashikuni WakahimeAme-no-Fuyukinu[18][19]Takamimusubi
Futodama
Nunakawahime Ōkuninushi[20]
(Ōnamuchi)[21]		Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto
Kotoshironushi[22] Tamakushi-hime Takeminakata Susa Clan[23]

JAPANESE
EMPERORS
711–585 BC

Jimmu
660–585 BC(1) 		Himetataraisuzu-hime[24]Kamo no Okimi
632–549 BC

Suizei
581–549 BC(2)		 Isuzuyori-hime Hikoyai Kamuyaimimi
d.577 BC		Miwa clan and Kamo clan Nunasokonakatsu-hime
  • Pink is female.
  • Blue is male.
  • Grey means other or unknown.
  • Clans, families, people groups are in green.

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "「五十鈴依媛命」の用例・例文集 - 用例.jp". yourei.jp. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  5. Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Ponsonby Memorial Society. p. 29 & 418.
  6. 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.
  7. 日本書紀通釋 (in Japanese). 日本書紀通釋刋行會. 1940.
  8. Atsushi, Kadoya (10 May 2005). "Susanoo". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  9. "Susanoo | Description & Mythology". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  10. Kaoru, Nakayama (7 May 2005). "Ōyamatsumi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  11. Fr?d?ric, L.; Louis-Frédéric; Roth, K. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press reference library. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  12. "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Yashimajinumi". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp.
  13. "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Kushinadahime". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp.
  14. "Kagutsuchi". World History Encyclopedia.
  15. Ashkenazi, M. (2003). Handbook of Japanese Mythology. Handbooks of world mythology. ABC-CLIO. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-57607-467-1. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  16. Chamberlain, B.H. (2012). Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters. Tuttle Classics. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0511-9. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  17. Herbert, J. (2010). Shinto: At the Fountainhead of Japan. Routledge Library Editions: Japan. Taylor & Francis. p. 402. ISBN 978-1-136-90376-2. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  18. Philippi, Donald L. (2015). Kojiki. Princeton University Press. p. 92.
  19. Chamberlain (1882). Section XX.—The August Ancestors of the Deity-Master-Of-The-Great Land.
  20. Atsushi, Kadoya; Tatsuya, Yumiyama (20 October 2005). "Ōkuninushi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  21. Atsushi, Kadoya (21 April 2005). "Ōnamuchi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  22. Atsushi, Kadoya (28 April 2005). "Kotoshironushi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  23. Tanigawa Ken'ichi 『日本の神々 神社と聖地 7 山陰』（新装復刊） 2000年 白水社 ISBN 978-4-560-02507-9
  24. Kazuhiko, Nishioka (26 April 2005). "Isukeyorihime". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.



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