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are ascribed to Amaterasu-O-Mikami alone (W. G. Aston, E.T.N., Vol. I, p. 83).
35. The passage: “Serving him with the same rice that grows in the sacred fields of Heaven,” is ascribed to Amaterasu-O-Mikami alone in the Nihongi account. Vide W. G. Aston, E.T.N., Vol. I, p. 83).[errata 1]
36. Certain commentators on the Kujiki (Chronicles of the Old Matters of Former Ages) explain that “these gods” are the thirty-two, the Kujiki mentions, who besides the “Gods of the Five Hereditary Corporations,” accompanied the Heavenly Grandson towards the earth.
37. The Nihongi ascribes the Edict to Takamimusubi-no-Kami alone. Vide W. G. Aston, E.T.N., Vol. I., p. 81.
38. Later, Saruta-Hiko, Ame-no-Uzume, Chimata-no-Kami (or the God Yachimata-Hiko and the Goddess Yachimata-Hime), Sae-no-Kami, Dosojin, and Funado-no -Kami constitute a class of Japanese phallic gods, and curiously enough Saruta-Hiko, an ancient phallic god, is represented as a moral teacher in the writings of some authors (e.g., Yamazaki-Ansai) during the Tokugawa Regime.
39. Cf. B. H. Chamberlain’s E.T.K., p. 110, note 33 and p. 113, note 2.
40. According to the compiler of the Nihongi, this is Hiko-Nagisatake-Ugaya-Fuki-Aezu-no-Mikoto, who is no other than the father of Japan’s first human Emperor, Jimmu-Tenno, 660 B.C. according to tradition.
41. Although most modern scholars, whether native or for-
