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This is a family tree of Japanese deities. It covers early emperors until Emperor Ojin, the first definitively known historical emperor, see family tree of Japanese monarchs for a continuation of the royal line into historical times.

Key

  • Pink is female.
  • Blue is male.
  • Grey means other or unknown.
  • Clans, families, people groups are in green.
  • Vital figures are in bold text.

Family tree

SHINTO
DEITIES
(legendary
genealogy)
Ame-no-Minakanushi
Takamimusubi
Kamimusubi
Kuni-no-Tokotachi
Umashiashikabihikoji
Amenotokotachi
Kuni-no-Tokotachi
Toyokumono [ja]
Uhijini [ja]Suhijini [ja]
Tsunugui [ja]Ikugui [ja]
Otonoji [ja]Otonobe [ja]
Omodaru [ja]Ayakashikone [ja]
Izanagi Izanami
WakumusubiMizuhanomeYakusanoikazuchi (eight thunder deities)RaijinFūjinHaniyasu-hikoHaniyasu-hime
Tsukuyomi
ToyoukeRaitaro
Nakisawame
Amaterasu ŌyamatsumiKaya-no-hime SusanooEbisuUkemochiKagutsuchi
Eight unknown deitiesTakiribimeIchikishimahimeTagitsuhimeKuraokamiFutsunushiAmatsumikaboshiTakemikazuchi
Kamuōichihime
ŌtoshiUkanomitama
OyamakuiAshinazuchiTenazuchiKonohanachiruhime [ja]Iwanagahime
FutodamaTakuhadachiji-himeAme no
Oshihomimi		Ame-no-hohiAmatsuhikoneKumanokusubiIkutsuhikoneKushinadahimeunnamed deities
Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto
Watatsumi
Inbe clanNigihayahi Ninigi Konohana
Sakuyahime		Haji clanIzumo priests
(Izumo clan)
Utsushihikanasaku [ja]Yashimajinumi
Mononobe clanTamanoya Hoderi
(Umisachi-hiko)		 Hohodemi
(Hoori)		 Toyotama
-hime		Azumi peopleHikawahime [ja]Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu [ja]
Fukabuchi-no-Mizuyarehana [ja]Ame-no-Tsudoechine [ja]Funozuno [ja]
Sashikuni Okami [ja]OmizunuFutemimi [ja]
Sashikuniwakahime [ja]Ame-no-Fuyukinu
son or
6th-generation
descendant
Shinabe clanHayato people Ugayafu
-kiaezu		 Tamayori
-hime		 Ōkuninushi
(Ōnamuchi)		NunakawahimeAme-no-Koyane
Kamo clanHosuseri Kotoshironushi Tamakushi-himeAme-no-Oshikumone [ja] (Nakatomi clan progenitor) Susa Clan
(clan of priests at Susa Shrine)		 Takeminakata Yasakatome

JAPANESE
EMPERORS
Inahi Itsuse no Mikoto Ahiratsu-hime711–585 BC

Jimmu
660–585 BC 		Himetataraisuzu-himeKamo no OkimiAmenotaneko [ja]
Miwa clan
Kisumimi Tagishimimi 632–549 BC

Suizei
581–549 BC		 Isuzuyori-hime Hikoyai Kamuyaimimi
d.577 BC		Usami no Mikoto [ja]
567–511 BC

Annei
549–511 BC		Ikisomimi no mikoto [ja]Mishokutsuomi no Mikoto [ja]
553–477 BC

Itoku
510–476 BC		Amonotoyototsu-hime [ja]Ikatsuomikoto [ja]
Yosotarashi-hime 501–393 BC

Kōshō
475–393 BC		Nashitomi [ja]
Ametarashihiko
kunioshihito		 427–291 BC

Kōan
392–291 BC		Kamikikikatsu [ja]
Oshihime 342–215 BC

Kōrei
290–215 BC		Kushiukameshi no Mikoto [ja]
ancestry
Ikagashikome 273–158 BC

Kōgen
214–158 BC		 Kibitsuhiko Yamatototohimomoso-himeKuninazu no oukashima [ja]
Hikofutsuoshi
no Makoto		 208–98 BC

Kaika
157–98 BC		Omikiyama no Mikoto [ja]
148–30 BC

Sujin
97–30 BC		 HikoimasuNakatomi no Ikatsu [ja]
son or grandson
Takenouchi
no Sukune		 Yasaka Iribiko 69 BC–70 AD

Suinin
29 BC–70 AD		 Yamashiro
no Ōtsutsuki
Mawaka		O-o-obase-no-mikoto (大小橋命)
Yasaka Iribime 13 BC–130 AD

Keikō
71–130		Kanime IkazuchiNakatomi no Amahisa-no-kimi
Soga no
Ishikawa
Sukune
(Soga clan progenitor)		 84–190

Seimu
131–191		 Ioki Iribiko Yamato Takeru Futaji Irihime Okinaga
no Sukune		Nakatomi no Abiko
Soga
no Machi		 Homuda
Mawaka		 149–200

Chūai
192–200
Jingū
200–270		Nakatomi no Mahito
Nakatsuhime 201–310

Ōjin
270–310		Nakatomi no Kamako

See also

Notes

  1. There are two ways this name is transcribed: "Ika-gashiko-me" is used by Tsutomu Ujiya, while "Ika-shiko-me" is used by William George Aston.

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