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
Genealogy
Parents	Susanoo (father) Amaterasu (mother)
Siblings	Ame no Hohi Amatsuhikone Ikutsuhikone Kumanokusubi
Consort	Takuhadachiji-hime
Children	Ninigi-no-Mikoto, Amenohoakari

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][better source needed]}

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, which was 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

Family Tree

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Amaterasu[15]

Takamimusubi[16][17][18]

Ame-no-oshihomimi[15]

Takuhadachiji-hime[16][17][18][19][20][21]

Ōyamatsumi[22][23]

Ninigi-no-Mikoto[19][20][21][15][24] （天孫）

Konohanasakuya-hime[22][23]

Watatsumi[25][26][27][28]

Hoderi[22][23][29]

Hosuseri[22][23] （海幸彦）

Hoori[22][23][24] （山幸彦）

Toyotama-hime[25]

Utsushihikanasaku [ja][26][27][28][30]

Furutama-no-mikoto [ja]

Tensori no Mikoto [ja][29]

Ugayafukiaezu[24][31]

Tamayori-hime[25]

Azumi people[30]

（Owari clan Yamato clan)

Hayato people[29]

Itsuse[31]

Inahi[31]

Mikeiri[31]

Jimmu[31]

Ahiratsu-hime[32]

Imperial House of Japan

Tagishimimi[33][34][35][32]

• Red background is female.
• Green background means groups
• Bold letters are three generations of Hyuga.

See also

• Kuni-yuzuri