Kojiki (Chamberlain, 1882)/Section 91

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

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[Sect. XCI.—Emperor Kei-kō (Part XVI.—Yamato-take’s Butler).]

During all the time that this [Prince] His Augustness Yamato-take went about pacifying countries, Nana-tsuka-hagi,^[1] ancestor of the Suzerains of Kume,^[2] always followed and respectfully served him as butler.

↑ The name signifies “seven-grasp shins,” implying that the worthy here mentioned was so big and strong as to have shins seven hand-breadths in length. For the use of the word “grasp” as a measure of length, see Sect. VIII, Note 1.
↑ This family has already been mentioned at the end of Sect. XXXIV, as descended from Ama-tsu-kume no Mikoto, one of the companions of the Emperor Jim-mu’s grandfather on the occasion of his descent from Heaven. But see Note 7 to that Sect. for the probable mistake with regard to the origin of the name.

[1] The name signifies “seven-grasp shins,” implying that the worthy here mentioned was so big and strong as to have shins seven hand-breadths in length. For the use of the word “grasp” as a measure of length, see Sect. VIII, Note 1.

[2] This family has already been mentioned at the end of Sect. XXXIV, as descended from Ama-tsu-kume no Mikoto, one of the companions of the Emperor Jim-mu’s grandfather on the occasion of his descent from Heaven. But see Note 7 to that Sect. for the probable mistake with regard to the origin of the name.

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