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Takehazuchi
Takehazuchi
	Inasa Beach (稲佐の浜 Inasa-no-hama) in Izumo, Shimane, Shimane Prefecture, where the myth places Ōkuninushi's meeting with the messengers of heaven and his surrender to them.
Other names	Ama no Hazuchi
Major cult centre	Shitori Shrine [en] Shizu Shrine [ja; simple] Katsuraki Shitori ni Imasu Ame no Ha Ikazuchi no Mikoto Shrine [ja]
Personal information
Parents	Amanohiwashi no Mikoto [ja; simple] (father);

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Takehazuchi [ja; simple; en:draft; fr] (天羽槌雄神)^[a] is the Japanese god of weaving^[1] Also known as Shizuri.^[2]

He is believed to be a fifth generation descendant of Takamimusubi [en] most likely through Sukunabikona due to the other associations of him.^[3]

He decorated the streamers on the Masakaki tree used to lure out Amaterasu from the cave.^[4]

He is a warrior who vanquished the rebellious star god Amatsu-Mikaboshi [en] during the Tenson kōrin [en].^[5]^[1]^[2]

Appended to the two passages of the subjugation of the earth in the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki is the mention of a star deity named Amatsu-Mikaboshi [en] who resisted till the end, and whom Takemikazuchi [en; fr] and Futsunushi [en; fr] were particularly eager to vanquish. The latter passage states that the being who subdued the star god, referred to as Iwai no nushi (斎の大人) is enshrined at Katori, hinting that it might be Futsunushi [en; fr].^[6]^[1] However, the earlier passage says a god named Takehazuchi [ja; simple; en:draft; fr] was the vanquisher of the star god.^[5]^[7]

After Ōkuninushi's assent and withdrawal, the two messengers proceeded to destroy everyone and everything who refused to submit to their authority. They then send the god of weaving, Takehazuchi (建葉槌), to subdue the star god Kagaseo [en] (香香背男), the last remaining rebel against Takamagahara (Nihon Shoki).^[1] After the resistance was gone the Tenson kōrin [en] could begin.^[2]

It is believed it he may either have also been a war god based on the "take" in his name analogous to Takemikazuchi [en; fr] or that he wove the stars into fabric, taming them.^[3]

The Kogo Shūi [en] identifies him with Amenohatsuchio the ancestor of the Shizuri clan who did weaving.^[2]

At Shitori Shrine [en; fr] Takehazuchi [ja; simple; en:draft; fr] and Shitateruhime-no-Mikoto [ja; simple; en:draft; fr] are worshipped as weaving gods^[2].

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Takehazuchi [ja; simple; en:draft; fr] is believed to be the ancestor of the Shitori clan (倭文氏) of Shitori Shrine [en]^[8].^[2]

However, the legends of Shitori Shrine [en] are all centered around Shitateruhime-no-Mikoto [ja; simple; en:draft; fr], whom the shrine legend claims arrived in this location from Izumo by boat. She established her residence on the mountain behind this shrine, and after her death, she was buried in a kofun constructed in the shrine's precincts.^[8]

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↑ also read as Amenohazuchi

References[change | change source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Aston (1896). " Book II". Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Wikisource. pp. 69–70.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Mizue, Mori. "Shizuri". Kokugakuin University [en] Encyclopedia of Shinto.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "天羽槌雄神（あめのはづちのおのかみ）　・建葉槌命（たけはづちのみこと）／日本の神々の話　 : 四季歩のつれづれ". tamtom.blog44.fc2.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
↑ "神々の庭：天羽槌雄神 (あめのはずちおのかみ)". shinto.fugarden.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 宇治谷 1988 『日本書紀』上 p.64, 58
↑ 寺島良安; 島田勇雄, 樋口元巳 (1985). 和漢三才図会. Vol. 10. 平凡社. p. 71. ISBN 9784582804478. subscribes to this view
↑ "Hoshinokamikakaseo | 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム". web.archive.org. 2024-03-20. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Yoshiki, Emi (2007). Zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' tettei gaido (in Japanese). PHP Institute. ISBN 978-4569669304.

Bibliography[change | change source]

Chamberlain, Basil Hall (1919) [1882]. A Translation of the "Ko-ji-ki," or a record of ancient matters. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. Vol. X.
- 武田, 祐吉 (Yūkichi Takeda) (1996) [1977]. 中村啓信 (ed.). 新訂古事記. 講談社. pp. 60, 62, 77, 78, 95. ISBN 4-04-400101-4.
Aston, William George (1896). Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Vol. 1. London: Japan Society of London. ISBN 9780524053478., English translation
- 宇治谷, 孟 (Tsutomu Ujitani) (1988). 日本書紀. Vol. 上. 講談社. ISBN 9780802150585.

Japanese Mythology & Folklore

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[1] so read as Amenohazuchi

[Nihongi6970-2] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Aston (1896). " Book II". Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. Wikisource. pp. 69–70.

[mizue-2-3] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 Mizue, Mori. "Shizuri". Kokugakuin University [en] Encyclopedia of Shinto.

[:0-4] 3.0 ^3.1 "天羽槌雄神（あめのはづちのおのかみ）　・建葉槌命（たけはづちのみこと）／日本の神々の話　 : 四季歩のつれづれ". tamtom.blog44.fc2.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.

[5] "神々の庭：天羽槌雄神 (あめのはずちおのかみ)". shinto.fugarden.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.

[宇治谷_1988-6] 5.0 ^5.1 宇治谷 1988 『日本書紀』上 p.64, 58

[7] 寺島良安; 島田勇雄, 樋口元巳 (1985). 和漢三才図会. Vol. 10. 平凡社. p. 71. ISBN 9784582804478. subscribes to this view

[8] "Hoshinokamikakaseo | 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム". web.archive.org. 2024-03-20. Retrieved 2024-03-20.

[Yoshiki-9] 8.0 ^8.1 Yoshiki, Emi (2007). Zenkoku 'Ichinomiya' tettei gaido (in Japanese). PHP Institute. ISBN 978-4569669304.

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