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Empress Jingū 神功皇后
Woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1843-44
Empress of Japan
Reign	201–269 (de facto)
Predecessor	Chūai (traditional)
Successor	Ōjin (traditional)
Empress consort of Japan
Tenure	192–200
Born	169
Died	269 (aged 100) (Kojiki)
Burial	Semashiro Tatetsura Ikegami Gosashi tomb (狭城楯列池上陵五社神古墳) (location: Nara)
Spouse	Emperor Chūai
Issue	Emperor Ōjin
Posthumous name Chinese-style shigō: Empress Jingū (神功皇后) Japanese-style shigō: Okinagatarashihime no Mikoto (気長足姫尊)
House	Imperial House of Japan
Father	Okinaga no Sukune [ja]

Empress Jingū (神功皇后, Jingū-kōgō) was a legendary Japanese empress suspected to be of Buyeo origin who ruled as a regent following her husband's death in 200 AD. Both the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki (collectively known as the Kiki) record events that took place during Jingū's alleged lifetime. Legends say that after seeking revenge on the people who murdered her husband, she then turned her attention to a "promised land." Jingū is thus considered to be a controversial monarch by historians in terms of her alleged invasion of the Korean Peninsula. This was in turn possibly used as justification for imperial expansion during the Meiji period. The records state that Jingū gave birth to a baby boy whom she named Homutawake three years after he was conceived by her late husband.

Jingū's reign is conventionally considered to have been from 201 to 269 AD, and was considered to be the 15th Japanese imperial ruler until the Meiji period. Modern historians have come to the conclusion that the name "Jingū" was used by later generations to describe this legendary Empress. It has also been proposed that Jingū actually reigned later than she is attested. While the location of Jingū's grave (if any) is unknown, she is traditionally venerated at a kofun and at a shrine. It is accepted today that Empress Jingū reigned as a regent until her son became Emperor Ōjin upon her death. She was additionally the last de facto ruler of the Yayoi period.

Legendary narrative

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The Japanese have traditionally accepted this regent's historical existence, and a mausoleum (misasagi) for Jingū is currently maintained. The following information available is taken from the pseudo-historical Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, which are collectively known as Kiki (記紀) or Japanese chronicles. These chronicles include legends and myths, as well as potential historical facts that have since been exaggerated and/or distorted over time. According to extrapolations from mythology, Jingū's birth name was Okinaga-Tarashi (息長帯比売), she was born sometime in 169 AD. Her father was named Okinaganosukune (息長宿禰王), and her mother Kazurakinotakanuka-hime (葛城高額媛). Her mother is noted for being a descendant of Amenohiboko (天日槍), a legendary prince of Korea (despite the fact that Amenohiboko is believed to have moved to Japan between the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, at least 100 years after the extrapolated birth year of his granddaughter Jingū). At some point in time she wed Tarashinakahiko (or Tarashinakatsuhiko), who would later be known as Emperor Chūai and bore him one child under a now disputed set of events. Jingū would serve as "Empress consort" during Chūai's reign until his death in 200 AD.

Emperor Chūai died in 200 AD, having been killed directly or indirectly in battle by rebel forces. Okinagatarashi-hime no Mikoto then turned her rage on the rebels whom she vanquished in a fit of revenge. She led an army in an invasion of a "promised land" (sometimes interpreted as lands on the Korean Peninsula), and returned to Japan victorious after three years. The Nihongi of 720 A.D. gives Jingu's route of conquest, beginning with Koryong (Taegu) and continuing southward, overrunning the Gaya League cities and pushing the resisting remnants up the eastern coast of Korea. The route followed is reasonable and militarily brilliant. However, in order to revise history and make Jingu a Japanese, the court histories needed to start Jingu from Kyushu and take her to Koryong and then backtrack southward (in other words she passed peacefully over south Korean territory, and then reversed her route, fighting all the way).

An interesting little indication of Jingu's ancestral roots in the extreme north, near the mighty Yalu River, someway crept into the Nihongi and has been preserved; perhaps not being understood. It goes as follows: When Jingu subjugated "the King of Silla," he promised to faithfully serve her as a vassal "until the "River Arinarae" runs backward in its course." William George Aston, the Nihongi's translator had no nationalistic ax to grind, and he considered this river to be the Yalu, which forms the western half of the present border of North Korea. Would Jingu, if she were indeed a native of Japan, have even heard of this river? Why should she consider an oath by this remote northern spot especially binding? The ”King of Silla" might have knowledge of this river in memories which the Eastern Buyeo had brought down to Gaya with them. The oath indicates that the king of the territory referred to as ”Silla" in later times (eighth century) and Jingu shared a common heritage. While returning to Japan she was nearly shipwrecked but managed to survive thanks to praying to Watatsumi, and she made the shrine to honor him. Ikasuri Shrine and Ikuta Shrine and Watatsumi Shrine were both also made at the same time by the Empress. She then ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne as Empress Jingū, and legend continues by saying that her son was conceived but unborn when Chūai died.

According to a certain source Empress Jingu had sex with the god Azumi-no-isora while pregnant with Emperor Ojin after he said from the womb that it was acceptable, and then Azumi no Isora gave her the tide jewels, and she later strapped a stone to her stomach to delay the birth of her son. After those three years she gave birth to a baby boy whom she named Homutawake.

The narrative of Empress Jingū invading and conquering the Korean Peninsula is now considered controversial and up for debate due to the complete lack of evidence and involvement of both the Japanese and Korean points of view. According to the Nihon Shoki, the king of Baekje gifted Jingū a Seven-Branched Sword sometime in 253 AD.

Empress Jingū was the de facto ruler until her death in 269 at the age of 100. The modern traditional view is that Chūai's son (Homutawake) became the next Emperor after Jingū acted as a regent. She would have been de facto ruler in the interim.

Known information

Empress consort Jingū is regarded by historians as a legendary figure, as there is insufficient material available for further verification and study. The lack of this information has made her very existence open to debate. If Empress Jingū was an actual figure, investigations of her tomb suggest she may have been a regent in the late 4th century AD or late 5th century AD.

There is no evidence to suggest that the title tennō was used during the time to which Jingū's regency has been assigned. It is certainly possible that she was a chieftain or local clan leader, and that the polity she ruled would have only encompassed a small portion of modern-day Japan. The name Jingū was more than likely assigned to her posthumously by later generations; during her lifetime she would have been called Okinaga-Tarashi respectively. Empress Jingū was later removed from the imperial lineage during the reign of Emperor Meiji as a way of making sure the lineage remained unbroken. This occurred when examining the emperors of the Northern Court and Southern Court of the fourteenth century. Focus was given on who should be the "true" ancestors of those who occupied the throne.

Gosashi kofun

While the actual site of Jingū's grave is not known, this regent is traditionally venerated at a kofun-type Imperial tomb in Nara. This kofun is also known as the "Gosashi tomb", and is managed by the Imperial Household Agency. The tomb was restricted from archaeology studies in 1976 as the tomb dates back to the founding of a central Japanese state under imperial rule. The Imperial Household Agency had also cited "tranquility and dignity" concerns in making their decision. Serious ethics concerns had been raised in 2000 after a massive archaeological hoax was exposed. Things changed in 2008 when Japan allowed limited access to Jingū's kofun to foreign archaeologists, who were able to determine that the tomb likely dated to the 4th century AD. The examination also discovered haniwa terracotta figures. Empress Jingū is also enshrined at Sumiyoshi-taisha in Osaka, which was established in the 11th year of her reign (211 AD).

Controversy

Birth of Ōjin and Jingū's Identity

According to the Kiki, Empress Jingū gave birth to a baby boy whom she named Homutawake (aka Emperor Ōjin) following her return from Korean conquest. The legend alleges that her son was conceived but unborn when Emperor Chūai died. As three more years would pass before Homutawake was finally born, this claim appears to be mythical and symbolic rather than real. Scholar William George Aston has suggested that this claim was misinterpreted, and instead refers to a period of less than nine months containing three "years" (some seasons), e.g. three harvests. If Ōjin was an actual historical figure then historians have proposed that he ruled later than attested years of 270 to 310 AD.

Jingū's identity has since been questioned by medieval and modern scholars whom have put forward different theories. Kitabatake Chikafusa (1293–1354) and Arai Hakuseki (1657–1725) asserted that she was actually the shaman-queen Himiko. The kiki does not include any mentions of Queen Himiko, and the circumstances under which these books were written is a matter of unending debate. Even if such a person was known to the authors of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, they may have intentionally decided not to include her. However, they do include imperial-family shamans identified with her which include Jingū. Modern scholars such as Naitō Torajirō have stated that Jingū was actually Yamatohime-no-mikoto and that Wa armies obtained control of southern Korea. Yamatohime-no-Mikoto supposedly founded the Ise Shrine in tribute to the sun-goddess Amaterasu. While historian Higo Kazuo suggested that she is a daughter of Emperor Kōrei (Yamatototohimomosohime-no-Mikoto).

Korean Invasion

Both the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki give accounts of how Okinaga-Tarashi (Jingū) led an army to invade a "promised land" (sometimes interpreted as lands on the Korean Peninsula). She then returned to Japan victorious after three years of conquest where she was proclaimed as Empress. But all of that is known to be revised history of early royalties of Japan, the primary purpose of these two history books was to give the new Fujiwara dynasty a credible family tree. Unlike the Kojiki, which attempted no dates, the Nihon Shoki does date events. Its chronology is unreliable until the fifth century; most events in the fourth century were placed 120 years too early, when compared with continental histories. Before the fourth century, the Nihongi’s dates are not reliable at all. For example, Japan's first dozen emperors are given an average of over a century of life, when the lifespan for Japanese a millennium later was about twenty-seven. The second volume of the Kojiki (中巻 or "Nakatsumaki") states that the Korean kingdom of Baekje (百済 or "Kudara") paid tribute to Japan under "Tribute from Korea".This is based on kojiki's claim that the Seven-Branched Sword was a tribute paid to Jinmu, when in actuality the translation of the scriptures on the sword itself clearly indicates that the sword was a gift given by the prince of Baekje to his tributary/vessel state; Wei. The Nihon Shoki states that Jingū conquered a region in southern Korea in the 3rd century AD naming it "Mimana". One of the main proponents of this theory was Japanese scholar Suematsu Yasukazu, who in 1949 proposed that Mimana was a Japanese colony on the Korean peninsula that existed from the 3rd until the 6th century. The Chinese Book of Song of the Liu Song dynasty also allegedly notes the Japanese presence in the Korean Peninsula, while the Book of Sui says that Japan provided military support to Baekje and Silla.

In 1883, a memorial stele for the tomb of King Gwanggaeto (374 – 413) of Goguryeo was discovered and hence named the Gwanggaeto Stele. An issue arose though, when the inscriptions describing events during the king's reign were found to be in bad condition with portions illegible. At the center of the disagreement is the "sinmyo passage" of year 391 as it can be interpreted in multiple ways. Korean scholars maintain that it states the Goguryeo subjugated Baekje and Silla, while Japanese scholars have traditionally interpreted that Wa had at one time subjugated Baekje and Silla. The stele soon caught the interest of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office, who obtained a rubbed copy from its member Kageaki Sakō in 1884. They particularly became intrigued over the passage describing the king's military campaigns for the sinmyo in 391 AD. Additional research was done by some officers in the Japanese army and navy, and the rubbed copy was later published in 1889. The interpretation was made by Japanese scholars at the time that the "Wa" had occupied and controlled the Korean Peninsula. The legends of Empress Jingū's conquest of Korea could have then been used by Imperial Japan as reasoning for their annexation of Korea in 1910 as "restoring" unity between the two countries. As it was, imperialists had already used this historical claim to justify expansion into the Korean Peninsula.

The main issue with an invasion scenario is a lack of evidence of Jingū's rule in Korea, or the existence of Jingū as an actual historical figure. This suggests that the accounts given are either fictional or an inaccurate/misleading account of events that occurred. According to the book "From Paekchae Korea to the Origin of Yamato Japan", the Japanese had misinterpreted the Gwanggaeto Stele. The Stele was a tribute to a Korean king, but because of a lack of correct punctuation, the writing can be translated in 4 different ways. This same Stele can also be interpreted as saying Korea crossed the strait and forced Japan into subjugation, depending on where the sentence is punctuated. An investigation done by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2006 suggested that the inscription could also be interpreted as "Silla and Baekje were dependent states of Yamato Japan."

The imperialist reasoning for occupation eventually led to an emotional repulsion from Jingu after World War II had ended as she had symbolized Japan's nationalistic foreign policy. Historian Chizuko Allen notes that while these feelings are understandable, they are not academically justifiable. The overall popularity of the Jingū theory has been declining since the 1970s due to concerns raised about available evidence.

Legacy

In 1881, Empress Jingū became the first woman to be featured on a Japanese banknote. As no actual images of this legendary figure are known to exist, the representation of Jingū which was artistically contrived by Edoardo Chiossone is entirely conjectural; Chiossone used a female employee of the Government Printing Bureau as his model for Jingū. This picture was also used for 1908/14 postage stamps, the first postage stamps of Japan to show a woman. A revised design by Yoshida Toyo was used for the 1924/37 Jingū design stamps. The usage of a Jingū design ended with a new stamp series in 1939.

Excluding the legendary Empress Jingū, there were eight reigning empresses and their successors were most often selected from amongst the males of the paternal Imperial bloodline, which is why some conservative scholars argue that the women's reigns were temporary and that male-only succession tradition must be maintained in the 21st century.

Family tree

See also

• Empress of Japan
• Emperor of Japan
  • List of emperors of Japan
• Japan–Korea disputes
• Queen Himiko

Notes

1. The modern view is that Jingū served as "empress dowager" in interregnum, acting as a regent.
2. Occasionally she is given the title 天皇 tennō, signifying an empress-regnant, as opposed to kōgō, which indicates an empress-consort.
3. According to the traditional order of succession, hence her alternate title Jingū tennō (神功天皇)
4. In terms of rulers she is traditionally listed as the last of the Yayoi period. This period itself though, is traditionally dated from 300 BC to 300 AD.
5. According to a certain source, Isora offered his navigational services in "exchange for a sexual relationship" with the empress. Though "the motif of divine union between Jingu and a sea god is relatively uncommon", the notion that Azumi-no-isora obtained sexual favors from the empress is attested in shrine-foundation myth (jisha engi [ja]) document called the Rokugō kaizan Ninmmon daibosatsu hongi (六郷開山仁聞大菩薩本紀). Other shrines of the cult do not promote this idea. Isora carries out the task "without any sexual compensation" in the Hachiman gudōkun [ja] attributed to a priest at the Iwashimizu Hachimangu.
6. The Nihon Shoki mentions her "fifty-second year" of reign
7. 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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Further reading

• Aston, William George. (1896). Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. OCLC 448337491
• Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0; OCLC 251325323
• Chamberlain, Basil Hall. (1920). The Kojiki. Read before the Asiatic Society of Japan on April 12, May 10, and June 21, 1882; reprinted, May, 1919. OCLC 1882339
• Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
• Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
• Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-04940-5; OCLC 59145842

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v t e Emperors of Japan (list)
Legendary	Jōmon 660 BC–291 BC Jimmu Suizei Annei Itoku Kōshō Kōan Yayoi 290 BC–269 AD Kōrei Kōgen Kaika Sujin Suinin Keikō Seimu Chūai Jingū
Yamato	Kofun 269–539 Ōjin Nintoku Richū Hanzei Ingyō Ankō Yūryaku Seinei Kenzō Ninken Buretsu Keitai Ankan Senka Asuka 539–710 Kinmei Bidatsu Yōmei Sushun Suiko Jomei Kōgyoku Kōtoku Saimei Tenji Kōbun Tenmu Jitō Monmu Genmei
Nara	710–794 Genmei Genshō Shōmu Kōken Junnin Shōtoku Kōnin Kanmu
Heian	794–1185 Kanmu Heizei Saga Junna Ninmyō Montoku Seiwa Yōzei Kōkō Uda Daigo Suzaku Murakami Reizei En'yū Kazan Ichijō Sanjō Go-Ichijō Go-Suzaku Go-Reizei Go-Sanjō Shirakawa Horikawa Toba Sutoku Konoe Go-Shirakawa Nijō Rokujō Takakura Antoku Go-Toba
Kamakura	1185–1333 Go-Toba Tsuchimikado Juntoku Chūkyō Go-Horikawa Shijō Go-Saga Go-Fukakusa Kameyama Go-Uda Fushimi Go-Fushimi Go-Nijō Hanazono Go-Daigo
Northern Court	1333–1392 Kōgon Kōmyō Sukō Go-Kōgon Go-En'yū Go-Komatsu
Muromachi	1333–1573 Go-Murakami Chōkei Go-Kameyama Go-Komatsu Shōkō Go-Hanazono Go-Tsuchimikado Go-Kashiwabara Go-Nara Ōgimachi
Azuchi-Momoyama	1573–1603 Ōgimachi Go-Yōzei
Edo	1603–1868 Go-Yōzei Go-Mizunoo Meishō Go-Kōmyō Go-Sai Reigen Higashiyama Nakamikado Sakuramachi Momozono Go-Sakuramachi Go-Momozono Kōkaku Ninkō Kōmei Meiji
Empire of Japan	1868–1947 Meiji Taishō Shōwa
Japan	1947–present Shōwa Akihito Naruhito
Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD  Imperial Consort and Regent Empress Jingū is not traditionally listed. Imperial family tree Imperial House Order of succession Imperial tombs Category

v t e Empresses consort of Japan
Legendary	Jōmon 660 BC–291 BC Himetataraisuzu-hime Isuzuyori-hime Nunasokonakatsu-hime Amonotoyototsu-hime [ja] Yosotarashi-hime Oshihime [ja] Yayoi 290 BC–269 AD Kuwashi-hime Utsushikome [ja] Ikagashikome Mimaki-hime Saho-hime Hibasu-hime [ja] Harima no Inabi no Ōiratsume [ja] Yasakairi-hime [ja] Okinagatarashi-hime
Yamato	Kofun 269–539 Nakatsuhime Princess Iwa Princess Yata Princess Kusakanohatabino Oshisaka no Ōnakatsuhime Princess Nakashi Kusaka no Hatabi no hime Princess Naniwa no Ono Princess Kasuga no Ōiratsume Kasuga no Iratsume Princess Tashiraka Princess Kasuga no Yamada Princess Tachibana no Nakatsu Asuka 539–710 Princess Ishi-hime Hirohime Princess Nukatabe Princess Hashihito no Anahobe Princess Takara Princess Hashihito Yamato Hime no Ōkimi Princess Unonosarara
Nara	710–794 Fujiwara Asukabehime Princess Inoe Fujiwara no Otomuro
Heian	794–1185 Fujiwara no Tarashiko Tachibana no Kachiko Princess Koshi Princess Seishi Fujiwara no Onshi Fujiwara no Anshi Princess Masako Fujiwara no Koshi Fujiwara no Junshi Fujiwara no Teishi Fujiwara no Shōshi Fujiwara no Seishi Fujiwara no Kenshi Fujiwara no Ishi Princess Teishi Fujiwara no Genshi Princess Shōshi Fujiwara no Hiroko Fujiwara no Kanshi Princess Kaoruko Fujiwara no Kenshi Princess Teishi Princess Tokushi Princess Reishi Fujiwara no Tamako Fujiwara no Kiyoko Fujiwara no Yasuko Fujiwara no Nariko Fujiwara no Tashi Fujiwara no Teishi Fujiwara no Kinshi Princess Muneko Princess Yoshiko Fujiwara no Ikushi Taira no Tokuko Princess Sukeko
Kamakura	1185–1333 Princess Sukeko Fujiwara no Ninshi Princess Noriko Fujiwara no Reishi Princess Shōshi Fujiwara no Ritsushi Princess Kuniko Fujiwara no Ariko Fujiwara no Chōshi Fujiwara no Shunshi Princess Rishi Fujiwara no Kisshi Princess Teruko Fujiwara no Kimiko Fujiwara no Saneko Fujiwara no Kishi Princess Reishi Saionji Shōshi Fujiwara no Kinshi Princess Shōshi Saionji Kishi Princess Junshi
Northern Court	1333–1392 None
Muromachi	1333–1573 Empress consort of Emperor Chōkei
Azuchi-Momoyama	1573–1603 None
Edo	1603–1868 Tokugawa Masako Takatsukasa Fusako Princess Yukiko Princess Yoshiko Takatsukasa Tsunako
Empire of Japan	1868–1947 Ichijō Masako Kujō Sadako Princess Nagako
State of Japan	1947–present Princess Nagako Shōda Michiko Owada Masako
Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD  individuals that were given the title of empress posthumously individuals elevated to the rank of empress due to their position as honorary mother of the emperor Shōshi served briefly as honorary empress for her younger brother Emperor Go-Daigo Imperial House Category

v t e Empresses dowager of Japan
Legendary	Jōmon 660 BC–291 BC Himetataraisuzu-hime Isuzuyori-hime Nunasokonakatsu-hime Amatoyotsu-hime Yosotarashi-hime Yayoi 290 BC–269 AD Oshi-hime Kuwashi-hime Utsushikome Ikagashikome Mimaki-hime Yasakairi-hime Futajiiri-hime Okinagatarashi-hime
Yamato	Kofun 269–539 Nakatsuhime Oshisaka no Ōnakatsuhime Princess Tachibana no Nakatsu Asuka 539–710 Princess Ishi-hime
Nara	710–794 Fujiwara Asukabehime Ki no Tochihime Takano no Niigasa
Heian	794–1185 Takano no Niigasa Fujiwara no Otomuro Fujiwara no Ryoshi Tachibana no Kachiko Princess Seishi Fujiwara no Junshi Fujiwara no Akirakeiko Fujiwara no Takaiko Fujiwara no Sawako Fujiwara no Inshi Princess Hanshi Fujiwara no Onshi Fujiwara no Anshi Princess Masako Fujiwara no Chikako Fujiwara no Senshi Fujiwara no Junshi Fujiwara no Tōko Fujiwara no Shōshi Fujiwara no Kenshi Fujiwara no Yoshiko Princess Teishi Princess Shōshi Fujiwara no Hiroko Fujiwara no Shigeko Fujiwara no Kanshi Fujiwara no Kenshi Fujiwara no Ishi Fujiwara no Kiyoko Fujiwara no Tashi Minamoto no Yoshiko Fujiwara no Teishi Taira no Shigeko Fujiwara no Kinshi
Kamakura	1185–1333 Fujiwara no Kinshi Minamoto no Michiko Saionji Kishi
Northern Court	1333–1392 None
Muromachi	1333–1573 Ano no Renshi Niwata Asako Madenokōji Eiko
Azuchi-Momoyama	1573–1603 None
Edo	1603–1868 Konoe Hisako Nijō Ieko Ichijō Tomiko Konoe Koreko Princess Yoshiko Takatsukasa Yasuko
Empire of Japan	1868–1947 Kujō Asako Ichijō Masako Kujō Sadako
State of Japan	1947–present Kujō Sadako Princess Nagako
Unless otherwise noted (as BC), years are in CE / AD  individuals that were given the title of empress dowager posthumously title removed in 896 due to a suspected affair with head priest of the Toko-ji Temple; title posthumously restored in 943 was made High Empress or de jure empress dowager during her husband's reign Imperial House

v t e Sumiyoshi Faith and Watatsumi Faith
Main deity	Sumiyoshi sanjin Watatsumi
Other deities	Empress Jingū Utsushihikanasaku [ja] Azumi-no-isora Tamayorihime
Main shrine	Sumiyoshi-taisha
Sumiyoshi Shrines	Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine Sagami-ji Sumiyoshi Shrine (Fukuoka) Sumiyoshi Shrine (Hokkaidō) Sumiyoshi Shrine (Shimonoseki) Sumiyoshi Shrine Sumiyoshi Shrine (Miyagi) [ja]
Watatsumi Shrines	Kaijin Shrine Watatsumi Shrine (Kobe) Shikaumi Shrine Watazumi Shrine Furogu Shrine Hotaka Shrine Futami Okitama Shrine Nunakuma Shrine
Miscellaneous	Sumiyoshi-zukuri Azumi people Tsumori family [ja]

v t e Hachiman shrines
Gods	Main deities Hachiman Emperor Ōjin Minor gods Emperor Chūai Empress Jingū Takenouchi no Sukune Nakatsuhime Minamoto no Yoshiie
Places	Three Major Hachiman Shrines of Japan (三大八幡宮) ‡not always included Usa Jingū Iwashimizu Hachimangū Hakozaki Shrine‡ Tsurugaoka Hachimangū‡ Other shrines Fukuyama Hachimangū Hakodate Hachiman Shrine Hatogamine Hachiman Shrine Iino Hachimangū Kameyama Hachimangū Kotohiki Hachimangū Miyake Hachimangū Morioka Hachimangū Ōsaki Hachimangū Shiraoi Hachiman Shrine Shiroyama Hachimangū Suda Hachiman Shrine Tomioka Hachiman Shrine Tamukeyama Hachiman Shrine Tsuboi Hachimangū Umi Hachiman-gū Ōmiya Hachimangū (Tokyo) Ōmiya Hachiman Shrine (Hyōgo) Ōshio Hachiman Shrine Sapporo Hachimangū Shikaumi Shrine Saipan Hachiman Shrine Kōzu-gū Ikime Shrine Miscellaneous Kōra taisha Mount Hachimantai Jōten-ji Kaijin Shrine
Shrines dedicated to empress Jingū	Furogu Shrine Fuyo Jingū Kashii-gū Kehi Shrine Kotohiki Hachimangū Miyajidake Shrine Moto-Sumiyoshi Shrine Mukuhashi Sōja [ja] Shikaumi Shrine Suda Hachiman Shrine Sumiyoshi sanjin Sumiyoshi Shrine (Fukuoka) Sumiyoshi Shrine (Shimonoseki) Sumiyoshi-taisha Tsuboi Hachimangū Umi Hachiman-gū Kōzu-gū Yagi Shrine [ja]

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