The Emperor visited the Temple of Asuka, presented to the Buddha precious objects, and paid him reverence.
19th day. Mabito, Ahada no Ason, of Jiki-dai-shi rank, offered to transfer his rank to his father, but by an Imperial order this was disallowed.
On this day, Hiromaro, Tahema no Mabito, of Jiki-dai-san rank, died. For his services in the year Midzunoye Saru, he was granted the posthumous rank of Jiki-dai-ichi.
26th day. Maro, Takamuku no Ason, Ushi-kahi, Tsunu no Ason, and their people arrived back from Silla. Along with them arrived the student priests Kwanjo and Unkwan. The King of Silla sent presents of two horses, three dogs, two parrots, two magpies, and a variety of valuable objects.
6th month, 2oth day. Eleven houses were granted the title of Imiki, viz. Yamato no Muraji, Katsuraki no Muraji, 1 These domestic shrines (butsudan) are still to be seen in Japan.
2 No doubt a fall of volcanic ashes is referred to, perhaps from Asama- yama. I have seen a forest at the foot of this mountain all withered, probably from the same cause.
3 There has been already a notice to the same effect.
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Ofushi-kahachi no Muraji, Yamashiro no Muraji, Naniha no Muraji, Ki no Sakabito no Muraji, Higashi Aya no Muraji, Nishi Aya no Muraji, Hada no Muraji, Ohosumi no Atahe, and Fumi no Muraji. 7 Autumn, 7th month, 21st day. Worship was paid to the Deities of Hirose and Tatsuta.
26th day. The colours of the Court costumes for persons of the rank of Myo-i down to that of Shin-i were now settled for the first time. All persons of the rank of J6-i and above wore red, those of Sho-i rank deep purple, those of Jiki-i rank light purple, those of Gon-i rank dark green, those of Mu-i rank light green, those of Tsui-i rank deep grape-colour, and those of Shin-i rank light grape-colour.
27th day. The Emperor made a decree, saying:—‘ All persons of rank' in the provinces of the Tod-san-do from Mino eastwards, and of the To-kai-do from Ise eastwards, are absolved from rendering forced labour.”
8th month, 12th day. The Emperor visited the Temple of Jodoji?
13th day. The Emperor visited the Temple of Kahara, and gave alms of rice to the company of priests.
20th day. The Envoys sent to Tamna returned.
gth month, gth day. The Emperor gave a banquet in the Court of the Audience Hall of the old Palace.’
On this day presents of cloth of various values were given to everyone from the Prince Imperial down to the Imperial Prince Osakabe.
11th day. Prince Miyatoko, Prince Hirose, Prince Naniha, Prince Takeda, and Prince Mino were sent to the capital and to the Home provinces, each to hold an examination of the arms of the militia.‘ 15th day. Ushikahi, Tsunu no Ason, of Jiki-kw6-shi rank, was appointed Commissioner for the Tokaido, Mushina, Ishikaha no Ason, of Jiki-kwo-shi rank, Commissioner for the To-san-do, Sukunamaro, Sami no Ason, of Jiki-kwo-shi rank, Commissioner for the Sanyo-do, Ahaji, Kose no Ason, of Jiki- kwo-shi rank, Commissioner for the San-in-do, Tomi, Michi no Mabito, of Jiki-kw6-san rank, Commissioner for the Nan- 1 Of one of the official’ranks just mentioned.
2 The same as the Asukadera so often mentioned above. 3 Of Okamoto. Nimbu, a word usually applied to coolies.
TemMu. 371 kai-do, and Hirotari, Saheki no Sukune, of Jiki-kw6-shi rank, Commissioner for Tsukushi. Each took with him one Hangwan and one secretary, and made a tour to inspect the governors of provinces and of districts and the condition of the people.
On this day the Emperor made a decree, saying:—“‘ Let all singers, whether male or female, and all flute-players, transmit their art to their descendants, and make them practise singing and the flute.’’?
28th day. The Emperor took his place in the Great Hall of Audience, summoned to him the Princes and Ministers before the Hall, and made them gamble.
On this day the Emperor made presents of the Imperial upper garments and trousers to Prince Miyatoko, Prince Naniha, Prince Takeda, Tomotari, Mikuni no Mabito, Oho- tomo, Agata no Inukahi no Sukune, Miyuki, Ohotomo no Sukune, Ihashiki, Sakahibe no Sukune, Homuchi, Oho no Ason, Tsukura, Uneme no Ason, and Ohoshima, Fujihara no Ason, ten persons in all.
tgth day. The Emperor gave presents of Polar bear-skins ” and of skins of the mountain-goat to forty-eight Princes and Ministers from the Prince Imperial downwards, of varying value in each case.
20th day. The Envoys sent to the Land of Koryé returned.
24th day. On account of the Emperor being unwell, Buddhist scriptures were read for three days in the Great Temple of the Great Palace, and in the Temples’ of Kahara and Asuka. Rice was accordingly given to these three temples, in amounts varying in each case.
27th day. The immigrants from Koryé received presents of various amounts.
Winter, roth month, 4th day. The Pékché priest Syang-hwi was allowed a fief of thirty houses. This priest was a hundred years old.
8th day. Pép-chang, a priest of Pékché,? and Gonju, ‘ Those employed about the Palace are no doubt meant. See above, p. 257. The mountain-goat is probably the Kamo-shika, for which see Dickins in Introduction to “ Satow’s Handbook,” 2nd edit. p. [41]. * Perhaps this priest and the one named in the previous paragraph were not Coreans, but only priests of the Temple of Kudara, the Japanese name of Pékché, Their names would in that case be Jé-ki and H6-jo. Bb. 2 XXIX. 57.
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Masuda no Atahe, a lay member of the Buddhist Church,' were sent to Mino to make an infusion of Wokera.? They were accordingly given presents of coarse silk, floss silk, and cloth.
1oth day. Tarise, Karobe no Ason, Nihinomi, Takada no Obito,® and Maro, Aredawo no Muraji, were sent to Shinano with instructions to prepare a temporary Palace. The in- tention probably was that the Emperor should visit the hot springs of Tsukama.
12th day. Prince Hatsuse of J6-dai-shi rank, Uma-kahi, Kose no Ason, of Jiki-kwo-shi rank, with Hangwan and inferior officers to the number of twenty persons in all, were appointed to carry out the works * in the Home provinces.
17th day. Prince Ise and his colleagues went again to the Eastern provinces. They accordingly received presents of upper garments and trousers.
In this month the ‘‘ Kongo-hanya*® Sutra’”’ was expounded in the Palace.
r1th month, 2nd day. Ten thousand kin of store-iron were sent to the prefecture ° of Suwo. On the demand of the Vice- roy of Tsukushi the following store’ articles were sent down to Tsukushi, viz. 100 hiki of coarse silk, 100 kin of raw silk, 300 tan of cloth, 400 pieces of tax-cloth, 10,000 kin of iron, and 2000 bundles of bamboos for making arrows.
4th day. The Emperor gave orders to the provinces in all quarters, saying:—‘‘ All such things as great and small horns, drums, fifes, flags, crossbows,’ and stone-throwing engines should not be kept in private houses; they should all be stored in the Government house of the district.”’
‘ Ubasoku, the Sanskrit Upasaka. The title of Atahe seems to have been abolished by the edict given, XXIX. 48, and it is not found in the original text. The “Shtkai” editor has inserted it here, and something of the kind is evidently required.
2 A medicinal plant, the Atractylis Ovata. Hepburn.
3 Another title abolished by the edict on XXIX. 48, * The construction of a temporary palace, says the “ Shikai.”
6’ The term used means “the place of general control.” It occurs here for the first time.
7 From the Government stores. The use of coin was still very restricted, and remittances took such forms as this.
8 Large crossbows are meant, which it required several men to handle.
TEMMU. 873 6th day. The Emperor visited the park of Shira-nishiki.
The priests Pép-chang and Gonju presented to the Emperor an infusion of Wokera.'
On this day the ceremony of ‘calling on the spirit” was performed for the Emperor’s sake.” | 27th day. Silla sent Kim Chi-syang, of Pha-chin-son rank, and Kim Kon-hun, of Té-ason rank, to request governance and to bring tribute.
12th month, 4th day. The frontier guards sent to Tsukushi were tossed about in mid ocean, and all lost their clothing. Accordingly 450 tan of cloth were sent to Tsukushi to make clothing for them.
toth day. There was an earthquake. It began from the West.
16th day. Alms of coarse silk, floss silk, and cloth were given to the priests of the Great Temple in the Great Palace.
19th day. The Empress-consort presented the Princes and high officials, to the number of fifty-five persons, with Court costume, one suit to each.
Shucho,’ rst year, Spring, rst month, 2nd day. The Em- peror took his place in the Great Hall of Audience and gave a banquet to the Princes and High Officials.
1 See above, XXIX. 57.
2 When the Sun-goddess sent down Ninigi no Mikoto to rule the lower world, she gave him, according to the “ Kiujiki” (II. 2), ten auspicious Heavenly treasures, viz. one mirror of the offing, one mirror of the shore, one eight-span sword, one jewel of birth, one jewel of return from death, one sufficing jewel, one jewel of the returning path, one dragon’s fin, one bee’s fin, and one fin of various articles. The Heavenly ancestor then instructed him, saying:—‘“ In case of ailment, say to these ten treasures, ‘ //z, fu, mz, yo, itsu, mu, nana, ya, kokono, tart’ (or according to another version, * Hi, fu, mi, yo, i, mu, na, ya, ko, to’] (i.e. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten), and shake them yura-yura (an onomatopoetic word). If thou dost so, the dead will come to life again.” This was the origin of the ceremony of fur (shaking).
The interlinear Kana calls this ceremony mitama-furishiki (shaking the august jewels). The Chinese characters mean “invitation of the spirit.” It was performed with the object of renewing the Emperor’s vigour and prolonging his life..
3 Shuché means red-bird. The “ Nihongi” has no year-periods for the early part of the reign of Temmu, but some chronologists give Shujaku for 672 and Hakuho for 673-685.
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On this day the Emperor decreed, saying:—‘‘ We shall now propose conundrums’ to the Princes and High Officials, and we promise prizes to those who give the right answers.”
Upon this the Imperial Prince Takechi gave the right answers to the questions and received a present of 3 suits of Imperial garments of hari-suri,? 2 pairs of brocade trousers, with 20 hiki of coarse silk, 50 kin of raw silk, 100 kin of floss silk, and 100 tan of cloth. Prince Ise also gave right answers, and was presented with 3 suits of black Imperial garments, 2 pairs of purple trousers, 7 hiki of coarse silk, 20 kin of raw silk, 40 kin of floss silk, and 40 tan of cloth.
On this day Kudara no Nihiki, a man of the province of Settsu, presented to the Emperor a white agate.
gth day. An invitation was given to the three higher eccle- slastics, the Risshi,* and also to the director and clerks of the Great Temple of the Great Palace, nine priests in all, and they were entertained at a lay * banquet. Moreover alms were given them of coarse silk, floss silk, and cloth, varying in value in the case of each.
roth day. The Princes and High Officials received a present of upper garments and trousers, one suit each.
13th day. Men of talent, scholars, professors of Philosophy,’ and physicians, more than twenty persons in all, were sum- moned to the Palace. Food was given them and presents made to them.
14th day. At the hour of the cock® the Treasury Depart- ment at Naniha took fire and all the Palace was burnt. Some said that the fire broke out in the house of Kusuri, Ato no Muraji, and that it spread from there to the Palace. But the Arsenal offices were not burnt.
16th day. The Emperor invited the Princes and High Officials to a banquet in the Great Audience Hall, and made 1 Literally things with no end, i.e. without head or tail—nonsensical questions. Here is a specimen. ‘“ Why does a horse, after a rapid run, listen to the earth? Why does a dog, when he goes slowly, raise his leg?”
2 A dye..
A rank in the Buddhist priesthood.
Not confined to vegetarian dishes.
° Of the Yin and Yang system of Chinese philosophy. 6 pein.
C= wo b TEMMU. 375 them presents of coarse silk, floss silk, and cloth, varying according to the rank of each.
On this day conundrums were put to the Ministers, and more presents of fine and coarse silk given to those who made the right answers on the spot.
17th day. A banquet was given in the hinder Palace.’
18th day. There was a great revel at Court.
On this day the Emperor took his place in front of the Im- perial muro” building and made presents to performers, of various values. He also gave presents of clothing to singers.
19th day. There was an earthquake. | In this month Prince Kahachi, of Jo-kwo-shi rank, Yasu- ‘maro, Ohotomo no Sukune, of Jiki-kwo-san rank, Ohoshima Fujihara no Ason, of Jiki-dai-shi rank, Konoshiro, Sakahibe no Sukune, of Jiki-kwo-shi rank, and Mushimaro, Hodzumi no Ason, of Jiki-kwo-shi rank, were sent to Tsukushi to entertain Kim Chi-syang, of Silla.
2nd month, 4th day. The Emperor took his place in the Great Reception Hall and conferred the rank of Gon-i on six Ministers who attended him personally.
5th day. The Emperor commanded that nine meritorious governors of provinces should be selected and the rank of Gon-i conferred on them.
3rd month, 6th day. Yakuni, Hata no Mabito, of Jiki-dai- san rank, holding the office of Daiben, took ill. On his behalf three men entered religion as priests..
roth day. Snow.
25th day. Yakuni, Hata no Mabito, died. On account of his services in the year Midzunoye Saru, he was granted the posthumous rank of Jiki-dai-ichi.
Summer, 4th month, 8th day. The rank ot Jiki-kwo-shi was bestowed on Kato, Kuhabara no Sukuri, the Emperor’s body-physician. He was also granted the title of Muraji.
13th day. For the entertainment of the Silla guests, the music of the Temple of Kahara was transported to Tsukushi. Accordingly, 5000 sheaves of rice, the private property of 1 The Empress-consort’s rooms.
2 Muro, ff, see Vol. I. p. 71, note. For a long time there has been no mention of this kind of dwelling in the “ Nihongi.” Or perhaps Mimuro is simply the name of a particular building.
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the Empress-consort’s Palace, were paid to the Temple of Kahara.'
1gth day. The Silla tribute was brought up from Tsukushi. It consisted of more than 100 articles, including one good horse, one mule, two dogs, vessels of chased gold as well as gold and silver, rose-tinted brocades, silk gauze, tiger and leopard skins, and drugs. Moreover Chi-syang and Kén-hun presented separately such things as gold and silver, rose-tinted brocades, silk gauze, vessels of gold, screens, saddle-skins, thin cloth stuffs, and drugs, of each more than sixty kinds. There were separate presents for the Empress-consort, the Prince Imperial, and the Princes of the Blood, a certain number of articles for each.
27th day. The Imperial Princess Taki, the Princess Yama- shiro no hime, and the Lady Ishikaha were sent to the Shrine of Ise.
5th month, 9th day. The Imperial Princess Taki and her companions returned from Ise.
On this day Ok-in,? a man of Pékché, the body-physician of the Emperor, took- ill. When he was on the point of death, he was granted the rank of Gon-dai-ichi and a fief of 100 houses.
14th day. By Imperial command, a fief of 700 houses was granted to the Great Temple of the Great Palace, and taxes given it to the amount of 30,000 sheaves (of rice).
17th day. Promotion in rank was granted to the officials of the Palace.; 24th day. The Emperor’s body was ill at ease. Accord- ingly the “ Sutra of Yakushi”’ * was expounded in the Temple of Kahara, and a ‘‘ retreat ’’’ was held within the Palace.
29th day. Kim Chi-syang and his colleagues were enter- tained in Tsukushi. Each having received presents of various amounts, they took their departure from Tsukushi.
In this month, by Imperial command, the Ohotoneri of the Right and Left were sent to cleanse the Halls and Pagodas of ‘One reading has fifty sheaves of rice. The interlinear Kana has Kure-gaku, i.e. music of Kure, the Japanese name for the province of Wu in China.
2 The interlinear Kana has Wokuni.
® “ Bhéchadjya Radja,” i.e. the medical King. Eitel.
TEMMU. 77 ‘the Temples. Accordingly a general pardon throughout the Empire was proclaimed, and the prisons were empty.
6th month, rst day. Kachimaro, Tsukimoto no Sukuri, was granted the title of Muraji, raised to the rank of Gon-dai-ichi, and given a fief of twenty houses.
2nd day. Official rank was bestowed on thirty-four persons, including architects, professors of philosophy, body-physicians of the Emperor, students of Great Thang, and one or two officials.
7th day. A selection was made of twenty-eight functionaries who had rendered good service, and they were promoted in rank.
toth day. It was ascertained by divination that the -Emperor’s disease was owing to acurse from the Kusa-nagi sword.’ The same day it was sent to the shrine of Atsuta, in Wohari, and deposited there.
12th day. Prayer was made for rain.
16th day. Prince Ise and a number of officials were sent to the Temple of Asuka, to communicate to the priests the Em- peror’s commands, as follows:--‘‘ Of late Our body is ill at ease, and We request that the dread power of the Three Precious Things may be invoked, in order to pbtain repose for Our person. Let the S6jo, the Sodzu, and the general body of priests therefore put up prayers.” Offerings of rare and valuable things were accordingly made to the Three Precious Things. On this day the three higher ecclesiastics, with the Risshi and the abbots’ of the four temples, the directors, and the priests of professorial rank then in residence, received each alms of one suit of Imperial garments and one Imperial coverlet.
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Kahara to exhibit lanterns and make offerings of food. So there was a great, vegetarian feast, and repentance was made for sin.
2 The Sinico-Japanese is Osho, the equivalent of the Sanskrit ipacilya Osho is the polite word for a priest in Japan at the present day. The four temples were doubtless the great temples which remained under official administration after the disendowment measure described above, Nar, 378 NIHONGI.
20th day. The priests Hojin and Gisho were granted fiefs © of thirty houses each, to support them in their old age.
22nd day.’ The kitchen office? at Nabari was burnt.
Autumn, 7th month, znd. day. The Emperor commanded that men should again wear leggings, and that women should let down their hair on their backs, as was formerly the practice.
On this day the Sojd and Sédzu came into the Palace, and performed a penitential service.
3rd day. The Emperor commanded the provinces to perform the ceremony of Oho-barahi.° 4th day. Half the commuted taxes were remitted through- out the Empire, and all forced labour was dispensed with.
5th day. Offerings were made to Kuni-gakari no Kami,‘ who dwells in the province of Kii, to the four shrines of Asuka, and to the Great God of Sumiyoshi.
8th day. One hundred priests were invited into the Balanes and made to read the Kon-kwo-my6 Sutra.
roth day. There was lightning in the south, with a great clap of thunder. The buildings used by the Department of the Interior, for the storage of tax-cloth, met with destruction from Heaven. Some said that the fire broke out in the Palace of the Imperial Prince Osakabe, and that it spread to the Department of the Interior.
15th day. The Emperor gave orders that all matters of the Empire, without distinction of great and small, should be referred to the Empress-consort and the Prince Imperial.
On this day a general amnesty was granted.
16th day. Worship was paid to the Deities of Hirose and Tatsuta.
19th day. An Imperial edict was issued, as follows:—‘‘ Let all common people throughout the Empire who, owing to poverty, have contracted debts in rice or in valuables, whether to the State or to private persons, on or before the 30th day of 1 Something is wrong with the dates here.
2 An agency for the supply of victuals for the Imperial table. These offices seem to have taken the place of some of the Be of more ancient times. The “ Yengishiki’” mentions such offices in Idzumi, Kii, Ahaji, Afumi, and Wakasa.
’ Great purification. 4 Said by the “ Shiki” to be a Corean deity.
TEMMU. 379 the 12th month of the year Kinoto Tori (685) be absolved from payment.”
22nd day. The style of the year was changed to Shucho, Ist year. [The characters 4 | are read aka-mitort, red- august-bird.] The Palace was accordingly entitled the Palace of Asuka! no Kiyomibara.
28th day. Seventy persons of pure conduct’ were selected to retire from the world. A feast of vegetable food was provided in the Palace in front of the Emperor’s muro * residence.
In this month the Princes and Ministers made images of Kwannon,‘ for the Emperor’s sake. Accordingly the Kwan- ze-on Sutra*® was expounded in the Great Temple of the Great Palace.
8th month, rst day. For the sake of the Emperor, eighty priests were received into religion.
and day. Priests and nuns, to the number of roo in all, entered religion. Accordingly, 100 Bosatsu® were set up within the Palace, and 200 volumes of the Kwannon Sutra read.
gth day. On account of the illness of the Emperor, prayer was made to the (Shintd) Gods of Heaven and Earth.
13th day. Ihakatsu, Hada no Imiki, was sent to make offerings to the Great God of Tosa.
On this day the Prince Imperial, the Imperial Prince Ohotsu, and the Imperial Prince Takechi had each 400 houses added to their fiefs. The Imperial Princes Kahashima and Osakabe had each additions of 100 houses.
15th day. The Imperial Princes Shiki and Shigi received additions of 200 houses each.
The Temples of Hinokuma, Karu, and Ohokubo were each granted fiefs of 100 houses, limited to a term of thirty years.
' Asuka is written with two Chinese characters which mean “ flying- bird.”
? Who practised the precepts of Buddhism.
3 See above, XXXIX. 60.
* In Sanskrit, Avalokités’vara. V7de Eitel.
® Part of the “ Hokkeky6,’ or “Saddharma Pundarika Siitra,” called Fumonbon. Kwan-ze-on is another form of the word Kwannon.
® Bodhisattva. The images of Kwannon made by the Princes and Ministers are probably meant.
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23rd day. A fief of 200 houses was granted to the Temple .of Kose.
oth month, 4th day. All, from the Princes of the Blood down to the Ministers, assembled in the Temple of Kahara, and put up vows for the Emperor’s illness, etc., etc.
goth day. The Emperor’s disease having shown no sign of abatement, he died in the principal Palace.
11th day. Lament was begun for him, and a temporary burial Palace erected in the South Court.
24th day. The Emperor was temporarily interred in the ~South Court and mourning began.
At this time the Imperial Prince Ohotsu conspired against the Prince Imperial.
27th day. At dawn, all the priests and nuns having made lament in the Court of Temporary Interment, retired. On this day, for the first time, offerings were made at the tomb and eulogies pronounced.
First of all, Aragama, Ohomi no Sukune, pronounced a eulogy regarding the Imperial Princes; next, Prince Ise, of 'Jo-dai-shi rank, pronounced a eulogy regarding the other Princes; next, Ohotomo, Agata no Mukahi no Sukune, of Jiki-dai-san rank, pronounced a eulogy regarding the officials of the Household generally; next, Prince Kahachi, of Jo-kw6-shi rank, pronounced a eulogy regarding the Oho- toneri of the right and left; next, Kunimi, Tahema no Mabito, of Jiki-dai-san rank, pronounced a_ eulogy regarding the Guards of the right and left; next, Tsukura, Uneme no Ason, of Jiki-dai-shi rank, pronounced a eulogy regarding the lady officials of the Palace; and next, Mabito, Ki no Ason, of Jiki-kwo-shi rank, pronounced a eulogy regarding the Stewards of the Palace. | 28th day. All the priests and nuns again made lament in the Court of Temporary Interment.
On this day, Miaruji, Fuse no Ason, of Jiki-dai-shi rank, pronounced a eulogy regarding the Council of State; next, Maro, Isonokami no Ason, of Jiki-kwo-san rank, pro- nounced a eulogy regarding the judicial officers; next, Takechi-maro, Oho-miwa no Ason, of Jiki-dai-shi rank, pro- nounced a eulogy regarding the administrative officials; next, Yasumaro, Ohotomo no Sukune, of Jiki-kwo-san rank, ‘TEMMU. 351 pronounced a eulogy regarding the Treasury; and next, Ohoshima, Fujihara no Ason, of Jiki-dai-shi rank, pronounced a eulogy regarding the war officials.
2gth day. The priests and nuns again raised lament.
On this day, Maro, Abe no Kunu no Ason, of Jiki-kwo-shi rank, pronounced a eulogy regarding the Board of Punish- ments; next, Yumibari, Ki no Ason, of Jiki-kwo-shi rank, pronounced a eulogy regarding the Department of the Interior; next, Mushi-maro, Hodzumi no Ason, of Jiki-kwo- shi rank, pronounced a eulogy regarding the Governors of Provinces; next, the Ohosumi no Ata no Hayato, and the two Muma-kahi-be no Miyakko of Yamato and Kahachi each pronounced eulogies.
30th day. The priests and nuns made lament.
On this day, the Pékché prince Nyang-u pronounced a eulogium on behalf of his father, Prince Chon-kwang. Next, the Miyakko of the various provinces, as they came, each pronounced his eulogy. There were also performances of all manner of singing and dancing., XXIX. 66, BOOK XXX.
THE EMPRESS TAKAMA NO HARA HIRO-NO NO HIME. ' (JITO?, TENNO) THE Empress Takama no hara hiro-no no hime’s name as a child was the Imperial Princess Uno no Sarara. She was the second daughter of the Emperor Ame-mikoto hirakasu wake.’ Her mother’s name was Wochi no Iratsume. [Also called Minodzuko hime.] She was of reserved manners and a liberal disposition. Inthe third year ofthe Empress Ame-toyo takara ikashihi tarashi hime, she was united to the Emperor Ame no Nunahara oki no Mabito as his consort. Although the daughter of an Emperor, she loved courtesy and economy, and was possessed of motherly virtues. In the first year of the Emperor Ame-mikoto hirakasu wake, she gave birth to His Highness the Imperial Prince Kusakabe in the palace of Ohotsu. In the tenth month of the tenth year (of the same reign) she followed the Shamon the Emperor Ame no Nunahara oki no Mabito to Yoshino in order to avoid the sus- picious dislike of the.Court, as has been related in the history of the Emperor Ame no Nunahara oki no Mabito. In the first year of the reign of the Emperor Ame no Nunahara oki no Mabito, summer, the sixth month, she followed the Emperor when he took refuge in the Eastern provinces. She addressed the troops and mingled with the throng, until at length they together formed a plan by which several tens of thousands of fearless men were separately ordered to take up their posts in all the most defensible positions. In autumn, the seventh month, the Mino generals acting in concert with the Yamato heroes slew the Imperial Prince Ohotomo and sent his head to 1 High-Heaven broad-plain princess. 2 Jits means “holding supreme control.” 3 Tenchi Tenno.
TT JiTO: 383 be shown at the Fuha Palace. Inthe second year she was raised to the rank of Empress-consort. The Empress-consort from the beginning until now had assisted the Emperor in pacifying the Empire. It constantly happened that in the con- duct of business, her ready advice on Government matters was of the greatest assistance.'
In the first year of Shucho, on the ninth day of the ninth month, the Emperor Ame no Nunahara oki no Mabito died. The Empress-consort presided over the Court and exercised control.
Winter, roth month, 2nd day. The Imperial Prince Ohotsu’s treason was discovered and he was placed under arrest. There were arrested at the same time Wotokashi, Yakuchi no Ason, of Jiki-kwo-shi rank, Hakatoko, Yuki no Muraji, of Lower Sho- sen rank,? and also the Ohotoneri Omi-maro, Nakatomi no Ason, Tayasu, Kose no Ason, a Silla priest named Héng-sin, with Tobari, Toki no Michi-dzukuri, and others, more than thirty persons in all, who had been led astray by the Imperial Prince Ohotsu.
3rd day. Death was bestowed on the Imperial Prince Ohotsu in his house at Wosada. He was twenty-four years of age. His consort, the Imperial Princess Yamanobe, hastened thither with her hair dishevelled and her feet bare, and joined him in death. All who witnessed sighed and sobbed.
The Imperial Prince Ohotsu was the third child of the Emperor Ame no Nunahara oki no Mabito.* His demeanour was noble and his language refined. He was beloved by the Emperor Ame mikoto hirakasu wake. When he grew to man- hood he showed an eminent talent for learning, and was very fond of writing. The practice of composing Chinese verses had its origin with Ohotsu.
29th day. An Imperial decree was issued as follows:—‘‘ The Imperial Prince Ohotsu has been guilty of treason and has led astray officials and people, so that We, within the curtain, had no alternative.*. The Imperial Prince Ohotsu has now perished. His followers deserve the same sentence as the 1 This sentence is borrowed from a Chinese author.
* This rank had been abolished some years before.
3 Temmu Tenno.
* The Empress is the speaker. Hence the phrase, “ Within the curtain.”
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Prince, but We pardon them all. Toki no Michi-dzukuri is however, banished to Idzu.” It was further decreed, saying: — ‘We cannot bring ourselves to inflict punishment on the Silla priest Héng-sin, who was an accomplice in the Imperial Prince Ohotsu’s treason. He is therefore exiled to the temple of the province of Hida.”
t1th month, 16th day. The Imperial Princess Ohoku, who had been sent to attend at the shrine of Ise, returned to the capital.
17th day. There was an earthquake.
i2th month, tgth day. On behalf of the Emperor ne no Nunahara oki no Mabito, a universal great assembly was held in the following five Temples, viz., of the Great Palace, of Asuka, of Kahara, of Toyora in Woharida, and of Sakata.
26th day. Presents of cloth and silk stuffs of various values were made to the orphans, to the childless and widowed, and to the aged people of the capital.
Intercalary 12th month. The Viceroy of Tsukushi sent as tribute common people, both men and women, of the three countries of Koryé, Pékché, and Silla, and also sixty-two priests and nuns.
In this year a serpent and a dog copulated. Presently they both died together.
rst year,' Spring, Ist month, 1st day. The Prince Imperial, accompanied by the Ministers and public functionaries, pro- ceeded to the Palace of temporary interment and made lament. The Nagon?® Miaruji Fuse no Ason performed the ceremony of pronouncing a eulogy. When the eulogy was over they all raised a lament. Next the common people made lament. Upon this Mabito, Ki no Ason, and others of the High Stewards ofthe Palace, made offerings of food. When this was done, the Uneme of the Steward’s Department raised a lament. Then music was performed by the officials of the Department of Music.
5th day. The Prince anaes accompanied by the Ministers and public functionaries, proceeded to the Palace of temporary 1 The nengo or year periods are dropped again and the old method of reckoning by the year of the reign reverted to.
2 More familiar in the combinations Dainagon and Chunagon. The word means Speaker, not inappropriate to his function on the present occasion.
Jiro. 385 interment and made lament. The common people followed and raised lamentation.
15th day. Presents of various values, of coarse silk and floss silk, were given to those residents of the capital who were eighty years of age or more, to invalids whose cases were grave, and to poor persons who were unable to support themselves.
19th day. Norimaro, Tanaka no Ason, of Jiki-kwo-shi rank, _with Karita, Mori no kimi, of Tsui-dai-ni rank, and others were sent to Silla to announce the Emperor’s decease.
3rd month, 15th day. Fifty-six immigrants from Koryé were settled in the province of Hitachi. They were given lands, received an allowance of grain, and made to pursue their avoca- tions in peace.
2oth day. An ornamental chaplet was offered at the Palace of temporary interment. This was called Mikage.’
On this day, Maro, Tajihi no Mabito, performed the ceremony of pronouncing a eulogy. — 22nd day. Fourteen immigrants from Silla were settled in the province of Shimotsukenu. They were given land and received an allowance of grain, and made to pursue their avocations in peace.