Nunasokonakatsu-hime

Nunasokonakatsu-hime (渟名底仲媛命) was the legendary empress consort of Japan from 546 to 510 BC^[1][2] and then empress dowager from 510 BC according to traditional dates.^[2]

Nunasokonakatsu-hime
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure	546–510 BC
Empress dowager of Japan
Tenure	appointed in 510 BC
Spouse	Emperor Annei
Issue	Tokotsuhikoirone Emperor Itoku Ikisomimi no mikoto Shikitsuhiko
Father	Kamo no Okimi
Mother	Mirahime

Life

There exact number of her children differs between the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. In the Kojiki she and her husband have 3, Tokotsuhikoirone, Emperor Itoku, and Shikitsuhiko.^[3] Yet in the Nihon Shoki they have another, Ikisomimi.^[4] only the Kojiki states her father as Kamo no Okimi.^[3][5] The Empress's life is not recorded in the Kojiki or Nihon Shoki but for her family and titles.^[3][4][6]

Family tree

v t e Genealogy of early Japanese emperors and empresses

Nunakawahime[7] Ōkuninushi[8][9]: 278  (Ōnamuchi)[10] Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto[11] Kotoshironushi[12][13] Tamakushi-hime[11] Takeminakata[14][15] Susa Clan[16] 1 Jimmu[17] 1Himetataraisuzu-hime[17] Kamo no Okimi[12][18] Mirahime [ja] 2 Suizei[19][20][21][22][23][24] 2Isuzuyori-hime[22][23][24][18][25] Kamuyaimimi[19][20][21] 3 Annei[26][12][22][23][24] 〔Ō clan[27][28]〕 〔Aso clan[29]〕 3 Nunasokonakatsu-hime[30][12] Kamo clan Takakuraji Miwa clan 4 Itoku[26][12] Ikisomimi no mikoto [ja][26] Ame no Murakumo [ja] 4Amatoyotsuhime no Mikoto [ja][26] Amaoshio no mikoto [ja] 5 Emperor Kōshō[26][12][31] 5Yosotarashi-hime[12] Okitsu Yoso [ja] 6 Emperor Kōan[12] Prince Ameoshitarashi [ja][31] Owari clan 6Oshihime [ja][12][31] 〔Wani clan〕[32] 7 Emperor Kōrei[33][12][31][34] 7Kuwashi-hime[34] 8 Emperor Kōgen[35][34] 8Utsushikome [ja][35] Princess Yamato Totohi Momoso[33] Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto[36] Wakatakehiko [ja] 9Ikagashikome[a] [38][39] Hikofutsuoshi no Makoto no Mikoto [ja][39] 9 Emperor Kaika[35] Prince Ohiko [ja][40] 〔Kibi clan〕 Yanushi Otake Ogokoro no Mikoto [ja][39] 10 Emperor Sujin[41][42] 10Mimaki-hime[43] 〔Abe clan〕[40] Takenouchi no Sukune[39] 11 Emperor Suinin[44][45] 11Saho-hime[46] 12Hibasu-hime [ja][47] Yasaka Iribiko[48][49][50] Toyosukiiri-hime [ja][51] Nunaki-iri-hime [ja][33] Yamatohime-no-mikoto[52] 〔Katsuragi clan〕 13Harima no Inabi no Ōiratsume [ja] 12 Emperor Keiko[45][47] 14Yasakairi-hime[48][49][50] Otoyo no mikoto [ja] Futaji Irihime [ja][53] Yamato Takeru[54][55] Miyazu-hime Takeinadane [ja] Ioki Iribiko 13Emperor Seimu[54][55] 14Emperor Chūai[54][55] [56] 15Empress Jingū[57] Homuda Mawaka 15Emperor Ōjin[57] 16Nakatsuhime[58][59][60] 16Emperor Nintoku[61]

Notes

1. There are two ways this name is transcribed: "Ika-gashiko-me" is used by Tsutomu Ujiya, while "Ika-shiko-me" is used by William George Aston.^[37]