tenson kōrin

In Japanese mythology, the {{Nihongo|tenson kōrin|天孫降臨}} is the descent of Amaterasu's grandson Ninigi-no-Mikoto from Heaven (Takamagahara) to Ashihara no Nakatsukuni; according to legend, the direct place of descent is at Takachiho-gawara in Japan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.japanhoppers.com/en/kyushu_okinawa/kirishima/kanko/1348/|title=Takachiho-gawara {{!}} Kirishima {{!}} Japan Travel Guide - Japan Hoppers|last=Guide|first=Japan Hoppers Travel|website=Japan Hoppers - Free Japan Travel Guide|language=en|access-date=2019-02-05}}{{cite book|title=Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions|year=2006|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-3002-1|pages=131|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4vuHBV0FpIIC&pg=PA131|editor1=Chilson, Clark |editor2=Swanson, Paul }} Following the tenson kōrin, Ninigi's son, Hoori, was born.

Three generations of Hyuga

After the Tenson Korin there were the Three Generations of Hyuga until Jimmu's Eastern Expedition when the Imperial House of Japan was founded.{{Cite web |date=2021-08-04 |title=みやざきの神話と伝承101：概説 |url=https://www.pref.miyazaki.lg.jp/contents/org/chiiki/seikatu/miyazaki101/shinwa_densho/outline.html |access-date=2022-06-12 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804121336/https://www.pref.miyazaki.lg.jp/contents/org/chiiki/seikatu/miyazaki101/shinwa_densho/outline.html |archive-date=4 August 2021 |url-status=dead}}

Alternate tellings

In some versions of this story, more gods came down from heaven besides Ninigi-no-Mikoto.{{Cite book |last=Sonoda |first=Minoru |title=Nihon no kamigami no jiten : Shinto saishi to yaoyorozu no kamigami |last2=Mogi |first2=Sakae |publisher=Gakken |year=1997 |isbn=9784056016291 |pages=68, 69 |language=ja |oclc=42978057 |author-link=:ja:薗田稔}}

References

Category:Japanese mythology