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Section CXVII. Emperor Ō-jin (Part XVI.—Genealogies)

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English · Basil Hall Chamberlain

Section CXVII. Emperor Ō-jin (Part XVI.—Genealogies)

Again this Heavenly Sovereign Homuda’s august child King Waka-nuke-futa-mata wedded his mother’s younger sister Momo-shiki-iro-be, another name for whom was Her Augustness Oto-hime-ma-waka-hime, and begot children: Oho-iratsuko, another name for whom was King Oho-hodo; next Her Augustness Osaka-no-oho-mika-tsu-hime; next Tawi-no-naka-tsu-hime; next Tamiya-no-naka-tsu-hime; next Fujihara-no-koto-fushi-no-iratsume; next Queen Torime; next King Sane. (Seven Kings [and Queens].) So King Oho-hodo (was the ancestor of the Dukes of Mikuni, the Dukes of Hata, the Dukes of Okinaga, the Dukes of Sakabito of Sakata, the Dukes of Yamaji, the Dukes of Meta in Tsukushi, and the Dukes of Fuse). Again King Netori wedded his younger half-sister the Lady Mihara, and begot children: King Naka-tsu-hiko; next King Iwashima. (Two Kings.) Again the child of King Katashiha was King Kunu.

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Basil Hall Chamberlain's translation (1882). Following the conventions of his time, he put a few sexually explicit passages into Latin rather than English.

“Ko-ji-ki,” or Records of Ancient Matters, translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain, Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, vol. X, supplement (Yokohama, 1882). Public domain. Transcribed and proofread by English Wikisource volunteers. · Source ↗

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