The other day, I had an traffic accident. The week before last and last week, I had a hospital many times. Now, I am much better, and I will go to school from the beginning of next week. I have some tension. But still my feeling is not fine... I want to paint as soon as possible!
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Today's topic is...
Japanese Emperor and the myths
In the two previous entry, I wrote about difference between Kojiki and Nihon-shoki. In that entry, I pointed out the relationship between the Japanese emperor and the Japanese mythology. This entry, I'll write about it more deeply.
Japanese myth and Japanese emperor
In Kojiki's crymax of Japanese myth, the story is almost emperor's story. Nihon-shoki's crymax, the story describe in the same way. The difference in this point of Kojiki and Nihon-shoki, Nihon-shoki was describing more emperor than Kojiki. Why that two books describe about emperor? The answer was hidden in that Japanese myth has been thinking as "mythology". There appear many gods in the myth and children of god is also god. In other words, emperor was god because they was born from god. Emperor is wanted to be god. The reason why emperor wanted to be god is that emperor and authorities wanted to contlol people. I am going to write about the question of that why it nessesary to contlol them. This entry, I'll write emperores appeared Japanese myth.
Kanyamatoiwarehiko(神倭伊波礼毘古命) was born from Ugayahukiaezu(鵜草葺不合命) in the last of chapter of the era of god. He grow up and became first Emperor Jinmu after. After Emperor Jinmu enthroned, his children apeaared the story and enthroned,too. There written emperor's grave in Kojiki and Nihon-shoki. It is cleard thing. So, no peoblem written in two books. But before of Emperor Jinmu has been questioned in historical studies. Especially, Kesshi-hachidai(欠史八代) has been most questioned matter. Kesshi-hachidai is that there are era or generation of existing genealogy but no merit. Appropriate genereations are second Emperor Suizei(綏靖天皇), third Emperor Annei (安寧天皇), fourth Emperor Itoku(懿徳天皇), fifth Emperor Koushou(孝昭天皇), sixth Emperor Kouan(孝安天皇), seventh Emperor Kourei(孝霊天皇), eighth Emperor Kougen(孝元天皇) and ninth Emperor Kaika(開化天皇).
There are two theory about existing these generation. One is they were no exist. Because they made after generation to show that emperor has venerable pedigree and old origin. There are some evidenxe of no existing. First, Chinese characters of their name used Wahu-shigo(和風諡号). This way was used since 6 century and the generation must been born before 6 century. So, this name was hard to believe. Second, all of them has been passed down from father to son. But the way started more and more after. Third, they have no merit and their graves. The other is they ware exist. In this theory, there are many theories more. For example, "They were exist. But they followed in later generations" , "They ware no emperor's blood rerative but leading powerful families", "The literature about their merit was just only lost" and so on.
I think that I couldn't get certain information in the period which had no smartphone, computer, telephon and internet. The wisdom of authority of the past was very terrible and surprised. They knew the matter they mixed emperor's story in Japanese myth which told among the people how affect. Originally, Japanese myth is only folklore and legend. Authorities use it well.
Thanks your reading:)
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Referenced by - wave.ap.teacup.com/renaissancejapan/115.html, Wikipedia
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