Takenouchi no Sukune
武内宿禰
Takenouchi no Sukune drawn by Kikuchi Yosai
Ōomi
Personal details
Born84 AD
DiedUnknown
Children
  • Hata no Yashiro
  • Kose no Okara
  • Soga no Ishikawa
  • Heguri no Tsuku
  • Ki no Tsuno
  • Kume no Matio-hime
  • Nonoiro-hime
  • Katsuragi no Sotsuhiko
  • Wakugo no Sukune
Parent
  • Yanushi Otake Ogokoro no Mikoto (father)

Takenouchi no Sukune (武内宿禰) or Takeshiuchi no Sukune was a legendary Japanese hero-statesman of the 1st century, and a Shinto kami.

He is recorded in Japan's earliest literary texts, the Kojiki (ca. 712) and the Nihon Shoki (720).

Life

Takenouchi no Sukune was supposedly the son of Princess Kagehime, and is said to be grandson to Prince Hikofutsuoshinomakoto (彦太忍信命). Descended from Emperor Kōgen, Takenouchi no Sukune served under five legendary emperors, Emperor Keikō, Emperor Seimu, Emperor Chūai, Emperor Ōjin, and Emperor Nintoku, but was perhaps best known for his service as Grand Minister (Ōomi) to the Regent Empress Jingū, with whom he supposedly invaded Korea. While Jingu was regent to her son, Ojin, Takenouchi was accused of treason. He underwent the "ordeal of boiling water" as a way to prove his innocence.

In addition to his martial services to these emperors, he was reputedly also a saniwa, or spirit medium.

He is said to have been the grandson of HIkofutsuoshinomakoto in the Nihon Shoki, where as the Kojiki states that he was the son of Hikofutsuoshinomakoto.[1]

Legacy

Twenty-eight Japanese clans are said to be descended from Takenouchi no Sukune, including Takeuchi and Soga. He is a legendary figure, and is said to have drunk daily from a sacred well, which helped him live to be 280 years old. He is enshrined as a Kami at the Ube shrine, in the Iwami district of the Tottori Prefecture and at local Hachiman shrines.

His portrait has appeared on the Japanese yen, and dolls of him are popular Children's Day gifts.

Yen bill with a representative drawing attributed to Takenouchi no Sukune on its obverse.
  • First convertible silver yen bill (1889-1958)
  • First five yen bill (1899-1939)
  • Third five yen bill (1916-1939)
  • Second one-yen bill (1943-1958)
  • Second 200 yen bill (1945-1946)

Family

  • Father: Yanushi Otake Ogokoro no Mikoto (屋主忍男武雄心命, ?–?)
  • Mother: Yamashita no Kage-hime (影媛), sister of Kiinokuni no Miyatsukuko Uzuhiko (Ujihiko) (山下影日売)
    • Wife(s): unknown
      • Son: Hata no Yashiro (羽田矢代, ?–?), ancestor of the Hata clan (波多氏).
      • Son: Kose no Okara (許勢小柄, ?–?), ancestor of the Kose clan (巨勢氏).
      • Son: Soga no Ishikawa (蘇我石川, ?–?), ancestor of the Soga clan (蘇我氏).
      • Son: Heguri no Tsuku (平群木菟, ?–?), ancestor of the Heguri clan (平群氏).
      • Son: Ki no Tsuno (紀角, ?–?), ancestor of the Ki clan (紀氏).
      • Daughter: Kume no Matio-hime (久米能摩伊刀比売, ?–?)
      • Daughter: Nonoiro-hime (怒能伊呂比売, ?–?)
      • Son: Kazuragi no Sotsuhiko (葛城襲津彦, ?–?), ancestor of the Katsuragi clan (葛城氏).
      • Son: Wakugo no Sukune (若子宿禰)

Family tree

Genealogy of early Japanese Emperors and Empresses
Nunakawahime[2] Ōkuninushi[3][4]: 278 
(Ōnamuchi)[5]		Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto[6]
Kotoshironushi[7][8] Tamakushi-hime[6] Takeminakata[9][10] Susa Clan[11]
1 Jimmu[12]1Himetataraisuzu-hime[12]Kamo no Okimi[7][13]Mirahime
2 Suizei[14][15][16][17][18][19] 2Isuzuyori-hime[17][18][19][13][20]Kamuyaimimi[14][15][16]
3 Annei[21][7][17][18][19]〔Ō clan[22][23]〕〔Aso clan[24]〕3 Nunasokonakatsu-hime[25][7]Kamo clan
TakakurajiMiwa clan
4 Itoku[21][7]Ikisomimi no mikoto[21]Ame no Murakumo
4Amatoyotsuhime no Mikoto[21]Amaoshio no mikoto
5 Emperor Kōshō[21][7][26]5Yosotarashi-hime[7]Okitsu Yoso
6 Emperor Kōan[7]Prince Ameoshitarashi[26]Owari clan
6Oshihime[7][26]〔Wani clan〕[27]
7 Emperor Kōrei[28][7][26][29] 7Kuwashi-hime[29]
8Utsushikome[30]8 Emperor Kōgen[30][29]Princess Yamato Totohi Momoso[28]Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto[31]Wakatakehiko
Hikofutsuoshi no Makoto no Mikoto9 Emperor Kaika[30]9Ikagashikome[lower-alpha 1] [33]Prince Ohiko[34]〔Kibi clan〕
Yanushi Otake Ogokoro no Mikoto10 Emperor Sujin[35][36]10Mimaki-hime[37]〔Abe clan〕[34]
Takenouchi no Sukune11 Emperor Suinin[38][39]11Saho-hime[40]12Hibasu-hime[41]Yasaka Iribiko[42][43][44]Toyosukiiri-hime[45]Nunaki-iri-hime[28]
〔Katsuragi clan〕13Harima no Inabi no Ōiratsume12 Emperor Keiko[39][41]14Yasakairi-hime[42][43][44]
Otoyo no mikoto
Futaji Irihime[46]Yamato Takeru[47][48]Miyazu-himeTakeinadane Ioki Iribiko13Emperor Seimu[47][48]
14Emperor Chūai[47][48] [49]15Empress Jingū[50] Homuda
Mawaka
15Emperor Ōjin[50]16Nakatsuhime[51][52][53]
16Emperor Nintoku[54]

Artwork

Notes

  1. ↑ There are two ways this name is transcribed: "Ika-gashiko-me" is used by Tsutomu Ujiya, while "Ika-shiko-me" is used by William George Aston.[32]

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