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Kojiki (Chamberlain, 1882)/Section 54

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Kojiki (1882)
by Ō no Yasumaro, translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain
Ō no Yasumaro4691900Kojiki1882Basil Hall Chamberlain

[Sect. LIV.—Emperor Jim-mu (Part XI.—His Age and Place of Burial).]

His Augustness Kamu-nuna-kaha-mimi ruled the Empire. Altogether the august years of this Heavenly Sovereign Kamu-yamato-ihare-biko were one hundred and thirty-seven.[1] His august mausoleum is on the top of the Kashi Spur on the northern side of Mount Unebi.[2]


  1. The author’s confused style must not here mislead the student. It is after the decease of the Emperor Jim-mu (Kamu-yamato-ihare-biko), who attains to the age of a hundred and thirty-seven, that the Emperor Suwi-zei (Kamu-nuna-kaha-mimi) begins to rule.
  2. For Unebi see Sect. LI, Note 9. Kashi signifies “oak.” The word rendered “spur” is wo.