Family tree of Japanese deities

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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


SHINTO
DEITIES
(legendary
genealogy)[1]
Ame-no-Minakanushi
Takamimusubi[2]
Kamimusubi
Kuni-no-Tokotachi
Umashiashikabihikoji [ja]
Amenotokotachi [ja]
Kuni-no-Tokotachi
Toyokumono [ja]
Uhijini [ja][3]Suhijini [ja][3]
Tsunugui [ja]Ikugui [ja]
Otonoji [ja][3]Otonobe [ja][3]
Omodaru [ja]Ayakashikone [ja][3]
Izanagi[4] Izanami[5][6]
Wakumusubi[7]MizuhanomeYakusanoikazuchi (eight thunder deities)[8][9]Raijin[10]Fūjin[11]Haniyasu-hikoHaniyasu-hime
Tsukuyomi[12]
Toyouke[13]Raitaro
Nakisawame[14]
Amaterasu[15] Ōyamatsumi[16]Kaya-no-hime[17] Susanoo[18][19]Ebisu[20]Ukemochi[21]Kagutsuchi[22]
Eight unknown deities[23]TakiribimeIchikishimahimeTagitsuhime[24]Kuraokami[25]Futsunushi[26]AmatsumikaboshiTakemikazuchi
Kamuōichihime [ja]
Ōtoshi[27]Ukanomitama
Ashinazuchi[28]TenazuchiKonohanachiruhime [ja][29]Iwanagahime[30]
Futodama[31]Takuhadachiji-hime[32][33][34]Ame no
Oshihomimi[35]		Ame-no-hohiAmatsuhikoneKumanokusubi[36]Ikutsuhikone[37]Kushinadahime[38]unnamed deities[39]
Watatsumi[40]
Inbe clan[41]Nigihayahi Ninigi[42] Konohana
Sakuyahime[43]		Haji clan[44]Izumo priests
Utsushihikanasaku [ja]Yashimajinumi [ja][29]
Mononobe clanTamanoya[45] Hoderi
(Umisachi-hiko)[46]		 Hohodemi
(Hoori)[47]		 Toyotama
-hime[48]		Azumi people Mizokui [ja][49]Hikawahime [ja][50]Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu [ja][51]
Fukabuchi-no-Mizuyarehana [ja]Ame-no-Tsudoechine [ja]Funozuno [ja]
Sashikuni Okami [ja]Omizunu [ja]Futemimi [ja]
Sashikuniwakahime [ja]Ame-no-Fuyukinu [ja][52][53]
son or
6th-generation
descendant
Shinabe clanHayato people[54] Ugayafu
-kiaezu[55]		 Tamayori
-hime[56]		 Ōkuninushi[57]
(Ōnamuchi)[58]		Seyadatara
-hime		Ame-no-Koyane
Hosuseri Kotoshironushi[59] Tamakushi-himeAme-no-Oshikumone [ja] (Nakatomi clan progenitor) [60] Takeminakata Susa Clan[61]
(clan of priests at Susa Shrine)

JAPANESE
EMPERORS
Inahi Itsuse [ja] Ahiratsu-hime711–585 BC

Jimmu
660–585 BC(1) 		Himetataraisuzu-hime[62]Kamo no Okimi [ja]Amenotaneko [ja][60]
Miwa clan
Kisumimi Tagishimimi 632–549 BC

Suizei
581–549 BC(2)		 Isuzuyori-hime Hikoyai Kamuyaimimi
d.577 BC		Usami no Mikoto [ja][60]
567–511 BC

Annei
549–511 BC(3)		Ikisomimi no mikoto [ja]Mishokutsuomi no Mikoto [ja][60]
553–477 BC

Itoku
510–476 BC(4)		Amonotoyototsu-hime [ja]Ikatsuomikoto [ja][60]
Yosotarashi-hime 501–393 BC

Kōshō
475–393 BC(5)		Nashitomi [ja][60]
Ametarashihiko
kunioshihito		 427–291 BC

Kōan
392–291 BC(6)		Kamikikikatsu [ja][60]
Oshihime 342–215 BC

Kōrei
290–215 BC(7)		 Kuwashi-himeKushiukameshi no Mikoto [ja][60]
ancestry
Ikagashikome [ja][a] 273–158 BC

Kōgen
214–158 BC(8)		 Kibitsuhiko Wakatakehiko [ja]Kuninazu no oukashima [ja][60]
Hikofutsuoshi
no Makoto		 208–98 BC

Kaika
157–98 BC(9)		Omikiyama no Mikoto [ja][60]
148–30 BC

Sujin
97–30 BC(10)		 HikoimasuNakatomi no Ikatsu [ja][60]
son or grandson
Takenouchi
no Sukune		 Yasaka Iribiko 69 BC–70 AD

Suinin
29 BC–70 AD(11)		 Yamashiro
no Ōtsutsuki
Mawaka		O-o-obase-no-mikoto (大小橋命) [60]
Yasaka Iribime 13 BC–130 AD

Keikō
71–130(12)		Kanime IkazuchiNakatomi no Amahisa-no-kimi [60]
Soga no
Ishikawa
Sukune
(Soga clan progenitor)		 84–190

Seimu
131–191(13)		 Ioki Iribiko Yamato Takeru Futaji Irihime Okinaga
no Sukune		Nakatomi no Abiko [60]
Soga
no Machi		 Homuda
Mawaka		 149–200

Chūai
192–200(14)
Jingū
200–270		Nakatomi no Mahito [60]
Nakatsuhime 201–310

Ōjin
270–310(15)		Nakatomi no Kamako [60]

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.

Also see[change | change source]

Notelist[change | change source]

  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.[63]





References[change | change source]

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