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When the Emperor Jimmu subjugated the Yamato districts, Ame-no-Tomi-no-Mikoto was the chief priest of the Imbe Family, who officiated at both ceremonies, and not Futotama-no-Mikoto. Vide p. 33.
128. The Hoki Era (A.D. 770–780), i.e., the reign of the Emperor Konin (+A.D. 781).
129. According to the Shoku Nihongi, not “Junior Sub-Fifth Court Rank,” but “Junior Fifth Court Rank” (Vide ibid., Japanese edition, Vol. XXXII, First Month, Fourth Year of Hoki. The Kokushi-Tai-Kei, Japanese edition, Vol. II, p. 566).
130. The Government Authorities apparently did not accept Imbe-no-Hironari’s protest, since the similar description “Nakatomi with Imbe under him” is retained in the Engishiki or Institutes of the Engi Period (Vide the Engishiki, Japanese edition, Vol. XXXI,[errata 1] The Kokushi Taikei, Japanese edition, Vol. XIII, p. 891).
131. By this the author may mean that Ame-no-Koyane-no-Mikoto of the Nakatomi Family and Futotama-no-Mikoto of the Imbe Family, who were in the Heavenly Grandson’s escort, when he descended from the Plain of High Heaven, and Ame-no-Taneko-no-Mikoto of the Nakatomi Family and Ame-no-Tomi-no-Mikoto of the Imbe Family were in the Empror Jimmu’s suite on his journey from Kyushu to Yamato.
132. The Enryaku Era (A.D. 782–805), i.e., the Emperor Kammu’s regin[errata 2].
133. This princess was the Emperor Kammu’s daughter and her appointment as Guardian-Priestess of the Ise Shrine was
