(literally "[all] beneath Heaven"), here rendered "Empire," see Sect. XXVII, Note 13.So then His Augustness Nigi-hayabi 1 waited on and said to the august child of the Heavenly Deity: "As I heard that [thou], the august child of the Heavenly Deity, hadst descended from Heaven, I have followed
down to wait on thee." Forthwith presenting to him the heavenly symbols, 2 he respectfully served him. So His Augustness Nigi-hayabi wedded the Princess of Tomi, 3 [145] sister of the Prince of Tomi, and begot a child, His Augustness Umashi-ma-ji. 4 (He was the ancestor of the Chiefs of the Warrior-Clan, 5 of the Grandees of Hodzumi; 6 and of the Grandees of the Neck-Clan). 7 So having thus subdued and pacified the savage Deities, and extirpated the unsubmissive people, [His Augustness Kamu-yamato-ihare-biko] dwelt at the palace of Kashibara 8 near Unebi 9 and ruled the Empire. 10
177:1 The component parts of this name, rendered according to the analogy of that in Sect. XXXIII, Note 5, may be interpreted to signify "Plenty-Swift." The genealogy of this god is not known.
178:2 I.e., the swords, quivers, bow, and arrows mentioned in Sect. XXXIII, as having been brought down from Heaven by the divine attendants of the Emperor Jim-mu's grandfather.
178:3 Tomi ya-bime, The syllable ya is inexplicable, but perhaps merely an Expletive.
178:4 The signification of this name is by no means clear; but, rendered according to the characters with which it is written in the "Chronicles," it would mean "Savoury-True-Hand."
178:5 Mononobe no murazhi. This and the two following are of course "gentile names."
178:6 Hodzumi no omi. Hodzumi, which is the name of a place, signifies "rice-ears piled up."
178:7 Une-be no omi. The interpretation of this name is given according is Motowori, who explains that the members of this family,--in particular the female members,--waited at the Emperor's table, and wore veils over their necks when so employed. The name is commonly corrupted to uneme.
178:8 Better known as Kashihabara. The name signifies "oak-moor," or rather "a place planted with oaks." This is usually, though without sufficient foundation, reckoned the earliest of the historical capitals of Japan. It is in Yamato.
178:9 Unebi is the name of a hill in Yamato. The etymology of the word is obscure.
178:10 p. 179 I.e., "ruled the Empire from his palace of Kashibara near Unebi. For the expression
(literally "[all] beneath Heaven"), here rendered "Empire," see Sect. XXVII, Note 13.