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the Imbe Family, an historical writing preserved by the Imbe Family, is the son of Komaro, whose remote ancestor Tamakushi-no-Mikoto mentioned in the Engishiki or Institute of the Engi Period descended from Ame-no-Tomi-no-Mikoto. Moreover, the same book says that Imbe-no-Muraji-Kobe was among those who compiled the Japanese history, which was begun in the year A.D. 681, in the Emperor Temmu’s riegn. Vide Aston, E.T.N., Vol. II, p. 380. And Sakashi was the grandfather of Imbe-no-Muraji-Kobe.
105. This court ceremonial cap is made of cloth of gold brocade with a pattern of Shohakusen, a sacred mountain in the legends, of the ancient Chinese. Its brim, made of the same cloth, has also a pattern of Taihakusen.[errata 1] another legendary Chinese sacred mountain by the ancient Chinese. The courtier wore a scarlet robe with this ceremonial cap. Vide, Aston, E.T.N., Vol. II, p. 229.
106. Some commentators consider that it was added by some other person later than the time of Imbe-no-Hironari.
107. On the first and last days of the Divine Ceremony, the two Uraha-no-Kami, the Gods who preside over divination, were invoked, according to the Engishiki or Institutes of the Engi Period (Japanese edition, Vol. I, Jingi I, Shijisai-Jo).
Also Vide W. G. Aston’s Shinto or the Way of the Gods, pp. 337–345. Uraha-no-Kami—Futonorito-no-Kami and Kushimachi-no-Kami. Ban-Nobutomo, The Seibokuko, Vol. I, The Ban-Nobutomo-Zen-shu, Japanese edition, Vol. II, p. 454.
108. Kiyomihara, a place at Asuka, in Takechi Kori, Yamato Province.
