Ame-no-oshihomimi

Amenooshihomimi (天忍穗耳尊,天之忍穂耳命)[1][2] or Oshihomimi for short, is the first son of Amaterasu.[3]

Oshihomimi
Personal information
Parents
SiblingsAme-no-hohi (brother)

Amatsuhikone (brother) Ikutsuhikone (brother)

Hinohayahi (brother)
ConsortTakuhadachiji-hime
ChildrenNinigi-no-Mikoto, Amenohoakari
Mythology
Mythologies
Types
Lists
Related concepts
See also

He is believed to be the ancestor to the Japanese Imperial family.[4]

Name and etymology

Amenooshihomimi name means "Ruling Rice Ears of Heaven". He also goes by other names like Masakatsu-akatsukachi-hayahi-ame-no-oshihomimi which means "Truly Winning Have I Won with Rushing Might Ruling Grand Rice Ears of Heaven".[1]

Mythology

Birth
Oath between Amaterasu and Susanowo (based on the Kojiki)

He was born out of a kami making competition between Amaterasu and Susanoo.

In many versions, Susanoo took Amaterasu's beads and crushed them within his mouth, which created five male kami.[5][1] The first one to be born was Amenooshihomimi, second was Ame-no-hohi, third was Amatsuhikone, fourth was Ikutsuhikone, and Kumanokusubi was the fifth.[3][6][7][8]

Offer to rule

In some versions, Amaterasu gave Amenooshihomimi a bronze mirror and this mirror, called Yata no Kagami.[9] In many versions, Amenooshihomimi is the first to be offered as the ruler of earth however, he turns it down.[10][11]

He fell in love with Takuhadachiji-hime, and then later on fathered Ninigi-no-Mikoto.[12][13]

Worship
  • The shrine Nogami-jinja is dedicated to Oshihomimi and his wife.[14]
  • The shrine Hikosan Jingū also worships him

See also

References
  1. "Amenooshihomimi • A History of Japan - 日本歴史". A History of Japan - 日本歴史. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  2. "[Soul of Japan] The Divine Age of Shinto". JAPAN Forward. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  3. Havens, Norman; Inoue, Nobutaka (2006). An Encyclopedia of Shinto (Shinto Jiten): Kami. Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics Kokugakuin University. ISBN 978-4-905853-08-4.
  4. Isomae, Jun'ichi; Subramanian, Mukund (2016-04-08). Japanese Mythology: Hermeneutics on Scripture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-94908-3.
  5. Seigo Takahashi (1917). A Study of the Origin of the Japanese State. W. D. Gray.
  6. "Shinto Portal – IJCC, Kokugakuin University".
  7. "The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese". 1990.
  8. "Encyclopedia of Shinto – Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Kumanokusubi". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  9. Jones, Lindsay (2005). Encyclopedia of religion. Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN 978-0-02-865734-9.
  10. Roberts, Jeremy (2009). Japanese Mythology A to Z. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-2802-3.
  11. 成蹊大学文学部紀要 (in Japanese). 成蹊大学文学部. 1977.
  12. Picken, Stuart D. B. (2010-12-28). Historical Dictionary of Shinto. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7372-8.
  13. "Encyclopedia of Shinto – Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Ninigi". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  14. RLE: Japan Mini-Set F: Philosophy and Religion (4 vols). Routledge. 2021-03-18. p. 325. ISBN 978-1-136-90356-4.


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