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    Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇, Jinmu-tennō) was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki. His ascension is traditionally dated...
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    Jimmu's Eastern Expedition (神武東征, Jinmu tōsei) refers to a series of legends in which Emperor Jimmu became the first emperor of Japan, after defeating...
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    crow was sent from heaven by Takamimusubi as a guide for legendary Emperor Jimmu on his initial journey from the region which would become Kumano to what...
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    Amaterasu. His great-grandson was Kan'yamato Iwarebiko, later known as Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan. Ōkuninushi (大国主) A god of nation-building,...
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    imperial family. The tale of first Emperor Jimmu is considered the origin of the Imperial family. Emperor Jimmu is considered to be the human descendant...
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  • children, the youngest of which became Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan. She is the mother of Emperor Jimmu (the first Emperor) and the sister of Toyotama-hime...
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  • Emperor Jimmu. The names of the Imperial palaces are in parentheses: Kashihara, Yamato at the foot of Mount Unebi during reign of Emperor Jimmu Kazuraki...
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    Emperor Jimmu. Although details vary, her parents are described as an influential Yamato woman and a kami. She is said to have married Emperor Jimmu and given...
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    similar uses of attributive verb forms in certain epithets, such as Emperor Jimmu's Hatsu Kunishirasu Sumeramikoto (始馭天下之天皇, 'His Majesty Who First Rules the...
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    foundation of Japan by the legendary Emperor Jimmu was celebrated based on the Nihon Shoki, which states that Emperor Jimmu ascended to the throne on the first...
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    shaver'). Ahiratsu-hime The daughter of Hosuseri and the first wife of Emperor Jimmu, though she was not made Empress and her children would not inherit the...
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    Cola & Jimmu) Cola & Jimmu: director 2014 Open Up Your Chakra (as Cola & Jimmu) Cola & Jimmu: director 2014 Transcend Our Love (as Cola & Jimmu) Cola &...
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  • Ahiratsu-hime was the first wife of Emperor Jimmu, first Emperor of Japan. Jimmu later married Himetataraisuzu-hime who became the first Empress of Japan...
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    another world war, while the 26th Centenary of the Enthronement of Emperor Jimmu celebrations took place on a grand scale to boost morale and increase the...
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  • figure in Japanese mythology and one of the three brothers born to Emperor Jimmu and his wife Himetataraisuzu-hime. He is best known for his role in the...
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    pottery, and metallurgy from China and Korea. According to legend, Emperor Jimmu (descendant of Amaterasu) founded a kingdom in central Japan in 660 BC,...
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    throne. He was born sometime in 632 BC, and was one of the sons of Emperor Jimmu and his chief wife Himetataraisuzu-hime. The account in the Kojiki states...
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    Emperor, Emperor Jimmu, is said to have acceded to the throne on 11 February 660 BC at the Kashihara-gū. The Mausoleum of Emperor Jimmu is found on the...
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  • The era after the enthronement of Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇即位紀元, Jinmu-tennō sokui kigen), colloquially known as the Japanese imperial year (皇紀, kōki) or "national...
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    is in Japanese mythology, the father of Japan's first Emperor, Emperor Jimmu. In the Kojiki, his name appears as Amatsuhiko Hiko Nagisatake Ugayafukiaezu...
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    is no evidence of Jimmu's existence, that the traditional narrative of the imperial family's founding is mythical, and that Jimmu is a mythical figure...
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  • Kotoshironushi Tamakushi-hime Takeminakata Susa Clan JAPANESE EMPERORS 711–585 BC Jimmu 660–585 BC(1) Himetataraisuzu-hime Kamo no Okimi Mirahime [ja] 632–549 BC...
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    was the vanquisher of the star god. Takemikazuchi's sword aided Emperor Jimmu in his subjugation of the east. At Kumano, the Emperor and his troops were...
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    the Gods (神代, Kami-yo/Jindai) is the period preceding the accession of Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan. The kamiyo myths are chronicled in the "upper...
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    Japan in legendary, Emperor Jimmu, marking the establishment of the imperial dynasty. However, no historical evidence that Jimmu actually existed and his...
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  • son of Emperor Jimmu and Empress Himetataraisuzu-hime. His brothers are Kamuyaimimi and Emperor Suizei. After the death of Emperor Jimmu, Empress Himetataraisuzu-hime...
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  • following is a family tree of the emperors of Japan, from the legendary Emperor Jimmu to the present monarch, Naruhito. Modern scholars have come to question...
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    Japan, is traditionally said to have originated with the mythical Emperor Jimmu. The first verifiable historiographical evidence begins with Emperor Kinmei...
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    since the legendary founding year of 660 BC. Most historians regard Emperor Jimmu to have been a mythical ruler. Emperor Ōjin, traditionally considered the...
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    stages The Aso clan originally descended from Kamuyaimimi, a son of Emperor Jimmu and Himetataraisuzu-hime. It is speculated that many members may be buried...
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