Itsuse no Mikoto

{{Short description|Older brother of the first Emperor of Japan}}

{{Infobox deity

| type = Shinto

| father = Ugayafukiaezu

| mother = Tamayori-hime

| cult_centre = Kamayama Shrine

Ani Shrine

| cult_center = Ani Shrine

| image = Itsuse_no_Mikoto.jpg

}}

Itsuse no Mikoto (Japanese: 彦五瀬命, Killed 663 BC, according to traditional dating) is a Japanese deity.{{Cite book |last=Frydman |first=Joshua |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kst1EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PT69 |title=The Japanese Myths: A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits (Myths) |date=2022-07-05 |publisher=Thames & Hudson |isbn=978-0-500-77735-0 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Various |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P1mLEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PT18 |title=Japan: From the Japanese Government History |date=2022-09-16 |publisher=DigiCat |language=en}} He was the older brother of Emperor Jimmu.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jf4KAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Itsuse%22 |title=Acta Asiatica: Bulletin of the Institute of Eastern Culture |date=1976 |publisher=Tōhō Gakkai |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-03-21 |title=Kamuyamatoiwarebiko {{!}} 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム |url=https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=9379 |access-date=2023-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321165628/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=9379 |archive-date=2023-03-21 }}

His name means virtue and glory of the imperial throne.{{Cite book |last=Authors |first=Various |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XEIiEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PA355 |title=RLE: Japan Mini-Set F: Philosophy and Religion (4 vols) |date=2021-03-18 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-90356-4 |language=en}}

In the Kojiki and Nihongi, he died from a random arrow{{Cite book |last=Bunko (Japan) |first=Tōyō |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZnWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Itsuse%22 |title=Memoirs of the Research Department |date=1975 |language=en}} during Jimmu's Eastern Expedition at a battle at the Hill of Kusaka, traditionally dated 663 BC{{Cite book |last1=Monbushō |first1=Japan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXoLAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PA24 |title=History of the Empire of Japan |last2=Brinkley |first2=Frank |date=1893 |publisher=Dai Nippon Tosho Kabushiki Kwaisha, by order of the Department of Education. Printed at the Japan Mail Office, Yokohama |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=Jeremy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xdfgjV2kw6oC&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PA63 |title=Japanese Mythology A to Z |date=2009 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-2802-3 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Anonymous |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YDXaEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PA148 |title=The Great Events: Vol. 1 |date=2023-09-29 |publisher=BoD – Books on Demand |isbn=978-3-368-19823-7 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Weiss |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nLnMEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PA99 |title=The God Susanoo and Korea in Japan's Cultural Memory: Ancient Myths and Modern Empire |date=2022-01-13 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-350-27119-7 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=James |first=David H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q540U2rrWKcC&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PA363 |title=The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire |date=2010-11-01 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-92547-4 |language=en}} near modern day Osaka.{{Cite book |last=Perez |first=Louis G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fEzEEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PA161 |title=Japan at War: An Encyclopedia |date=2013-01-08 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-59884-742-0 |language=en}} He was hit in the hand{{Cite book |last=Olson |first=Carl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9VcZttQMhMAC&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PA335 |title=Original Buddhist Sources: A Reader |date=2005 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-3564-7 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Nichiren |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FvYAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Itsuse%22 |title=The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin |date=2003 |publisher=Soka Gakkai |isbn=978-4-88417-007-3 |language=en}} or elbow.{{Cite book |last=Wei |first=Tʻing-sheng |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UYMJAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Itsuse%22 |title=The Birth of Japan |date=1975 |publisher=China Academy |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Brinkley |first1=Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DAtFAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Itsuse%22 |title=A History of the Japanese People: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era |last2=Kikuchi |first2=Dairoku |date=1914 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica Company |language=en}} He died at Mount Kama and was buried at the spot by his two remaining brothers{{Cite book |last=Authors |first=Various |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ay0hEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PA114 |title=RLE: Japan Mini-Set C: Language and Literature (8 vols) |date=2021-03-04 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-90101-0 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vPbPAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PT186 |title=Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest of Times to A.D. 697 |date=2011-07-12 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-0037-4 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=roEfAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PA114 |title=Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 |date=1896 |publisher=Society |isbn=978-0-524-05347-8 |language=en}} in the Kii Province.{{Cite book |last=Ashkenazi |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tb3OEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Itsuse%22&pg=PA89 |title=Handbook of Japanese Mythology |date=2003-11-05 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-57607-468-8 |language=en}} Some scholars believe he was Emperor before Jimmu. Jimmu continued the expedition.

He is the primary deity of Kamayama Shrine where he is buried.