the great Emperor Jimmu. Aside from the fact, of no great importance, that there is no historical evidence that Jimmu ever existed, there was a striking difference between the two ceremonies 2.601 ...

Mythology, recognised by the Imperial House, has the legendary Emperor Jimmu, said to be a descendant of a sun goddess and a storm god, as the first of 126 Japanese emperors leading up to the ...

Traditionally, emperors were seen as descended from Shinto gods. The first emperor was Emperor Jimmu, who is said to have begun his reign and built an empire around 660 BC. According to Japanese ...

Kamotaketsunumi-no-Mikoto is the tutelary deity of the Kamo clan. He is often represented by a 3 legged crow that allegedly guided the mythological Emperor Jimmu in his move from the west to the ...

This week two enemies celebrated two strangely symbolic anniversaries: On Feb. 11, 660 B.C., in a splendid palace on the peninsula of Yamato, the mighty Emperor Jimmu celebrated his various ...

"corresponding to the two thousand five hundred and seventy-ninth year after the coronation of the Emperor Jimmu." It is signed by the Emperor Yoshihito. My great grandfather died on October 2 ...