Takakuraji
{{Short description|Japanese mythological figure and god}}
{{Infobox deity
| type = Shinto
| father = Amenohoakari
| mother = {{ill|Amemichihime|ja|天道日女命}}
| children = {{ill|Ame no Murakumo|ja|大沼主命}}
}}
Takakuraji is a Japanese mythological figure. He helped with Jimmu's Eastern Expedition. Takemikazuchi placed his sword {{Nihongo|{{ill|Futsu-no-mitama|ja|布都御魂}}|布都御魂}} in Takakuraji's warehouse. Takakuraji found it and gave it to Jimmu, after being told to do such in a dream.{{Cite web |title=Page:Nihongi by Aston.djvu/146 - Wikisource, the free online library |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Nihongi_by_Aston.djvu/146 |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=en.wikisource.org |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Ashkenazi |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tb3OEAAAQBAJ&dq=Takakuraji&pg=PA89 |title=Handbook of Japanese Mythology |date=2003-11-05 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-57607-468-8 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-05-23 |title=Futsunomitama {{!}} 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=9414 |access-date=2023-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523140733/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=9414 |archive-date=2023-05-23 }}{{Cite book |last=Authors |first=Various |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ay0hEAAAQBAJ&dq=Takakuraji&pg=PA115 |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 |last=Olson |first=Carl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GETPEAAAQBAJ&dq=Takakuraji&pg=PA554 |title=Sacred Texts Interpreted [2 volumes]: Religious Documents Explained [2 volumes] |date=2017-10-05 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-4408-4188-0 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOvnhnN_VqsC&dq=Takakuraji&pg=PA115 |title=Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A |date=2008-01-01 |publisher=Cosimo, Inc. |isbn=978-1-60520-145-0 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=roEfAAAAYAAJ&dq=Takakuraji&pg=PA115 |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}}
The Kujiki says he is the son of Nigihayahi.
He is also said to be the great-grandson of Watatsumi and ancestor of the Owari clan.{{Cite book |last=Hoga |first=Toshio |title=Tango no Amabe-shi no Shutsuji to sono ichizoku, Kokigi no Heya (丹後の海部氏の出自とその一族) |year=2006 |location=Japan}}
Genealogy
The {{nihongo|Amabe clan genealogy|海部氏系図|Amabe-shi Keizu|}} is a famous document housed at Kono Shrine. It is from early Heian period, it is considered the oldest family tree in Japan. The clan claims descent from Amenohoakari, and served as at the kuni no miyatsuko of Tanba Province before it was divided into Tamba and Tango. The document records 82 generations of descent from Amenohoakari. It was designated a National Treasure in 1972.{{cite web |title=海部氏系図 |trans-title=Amebe shikeizu |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/201/777 |accessdate=August 20, 2020 |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |language=Japanese}}
In Shinsen Shōjiroku, the descendants of Amatsuhikone, Ame-no-hohi, and {{ill|Amanomichine|ja|天道根命}}, together with the descendants of Amenohoakari are referred to as Tenson-zoku. The Tenson-zoku descended from Takamagahara (Plain of High Heaven) to Owari and Tanba provinces, and are considered to be the ancestors of Owari clan, {{ill|Tsumori clan|lt=Tsumori|ja|津守氏}}, Amabe clan, and {{ill|Tanba clan|lt=Tanba|ja|丹波氏}} clans.{{Cite book |last=Hanawa |first=Hokiichi |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/959773242 |title=Shinsen Shōjiroku (新撰姓氏錄) |date=1983 |publisher=Onkogakkai |location=Japan |oclc=959773242}}
However, Toshio Hoga argues that Amabe clan genealogy, which records these four clans as descendants of Amenohoakari, is a forged document,{{Cite book |last=Hoga |first=Toshio |title=Kokuho「Amabe-shi Keizu」he no gimon, Kokigi no Heya (国宝「海部氏系図」への疑問 古樹紀之房間) |year=2006 |location=Japan}} and that these clans actually descended from the sea deity Watatsumi. In addition, Owari clan's genealogy includes the great-grandson of Watatsumi, Takakuraji, as their ancestor, and he argues this is the original genealogy.
{{Generations of Jimmu}}