Ugayafukiaezu’s Family Tree

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Family

• Tamayori-hime(spouse),Emperor Jimmu(child),Inahi(child),Itsuse(child),Mikenu(child)— Marriage

  Ugayafukiaezu and Tamayori-hime had four sons: Itsuse, Inahi, Mikenu, and their youngest Kamuyamato-Iwarebiko, who would become Emperor Jimmu. Itsuse fell in battle during the eastern expedition, Inahi departed for the sea plain, and Mikenu trod the waves to the eternal land, leaving Jimmu alone to conquer Yamato.

• Hoori(parent),Toyotama-hime(parent)— Marriage

  Hoori married the dragon princess Toyotama-hime at the sea palace. She gave birth to Ugayafukiaezu but fled back to the sea after Hoori broke his promise not to watch the birth.

Associated with

• Tamayori-hime,Toyotama-hime

  Though Toyotama-hime could not return from the sea, she sent her younger sister Tamayori-hime to the shore to nurse and raise the infant Ugayafukiaezu, ensuring the dragon bloodline would flow into the imperial dynasty.