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Section CXXXVIII. Emperor In-giyō (Part II.—His Sickness is Cured by a Korean Physician)

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Section CXXXVIII. Emperor In-giyō (Part II.—His Sickness is Cured by a Korean Physician)

The Heavenly Sovereign, when first about to rule the succession of Heaven’s Sun, declined, saying: “I have a long sickness; I cannot rule the sun’s succession.” Nevertheless, as from the Empress downwards all the magnates strongly urged him, he forthwith ruled the Empire. At this time the ruler of Shiragi dutifully sent eighty-one vessels with august tribute. Then the chief envoy sent with the august tribute, whose name was Komu-ha-chimu-kamu-ki-mu, was a man deeply versed in the medical art. So he cured the Heavenly Sovereign’s august sickness.

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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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