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Here Ame-no-Tomi-no-Mikoto erected a Shinto shrine to his ancestral God, Futo-Tama-no-Mikoto. It is called the “Awa Shrine,” and consequently we find a branch of the Imbe Family among the people attached to it. Those who being descended from Ta-Oki-Ho-oi-no-Mikoto were in charge of making spear-rods, when they settled in Sanuki Province, used to present tribute to the Imperial Court in the form of eight hundred spear-rods in addition to the ordinary tributary goods. All these historical facts prove that my contentions are indisputable. Then, in strict obedience to the ordinance of the two ancestral Heavenly Gods, (50) a holy site with sacred trees and stones was erected in the Imperial Court and in consequence the following divinities were worshipped there, viz:—Takamimusubi (51) (The Divine Male Producer), Kami-Musubi (52) (The Divine Female Producer), Tamatsume-Musubi (53) (The Soul-detaining Producer), Iku-Musubi (54) (The Vivifying Producer), Taru-Musubi (55) (The Producer of Perfect Bodily Health and Strength), and O-Miya-no-Me-no-Kami, (56) Kotoshironushi-no-Kami, (57) Miketsu-Kami (58) (Homage is now paid to these Eight Gods by the Court Priestesses (59) of Shinto), Kushi-Iwamado-no-Kami, (60) Toyo-Iwa-Mado-no-Kami (Homage is now rendered to these Gods by the Shinto Priestess of the August Gates), the Gods of Ikushima (61) (The Guardian-Spirits of the Great Eight Island-Country, (62) whose worship is in charge of the Shinto priests of Ikushima), and the Gods of Ikasuri (63) (The Guardian-Spirits of the Imperial Court Grounds whose worship is entrusted to the Shinto Priestesses of Ikasuri). Hino-Omi-no-Mikoto, Chief of the Kume
