Asantehene - Asantehene

Japanese: アサンテヘネ - あさんてへね
Asantehene - Asantehene

...It was believed that the ancestral spirits of the nations of Ashanti resided there, and therefore the king of the United Kingdom could maintain his position as king and rule by possessing the power of the ancestral spirits in his body. From then on, the king who sat on this stool came to be called Asantehene (meaning "King of the United Kingdom of Ashanti"). This "golden stool" has been a strong symbol of the unity of the Ashanti people to this day. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Asantehene" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…そしてそこにはアシャンティの諸国民の祖霊が宿るとされ,したがって連合王国の王はその祖霊の力を身体に宿すことによって王たる地位を保ち,支配することができるものとされた。これ以後,この床几に座る王はアサンテヘネ(〈アシャンティ連合王国の王〉の意)と呼ばれるようになった。この〈黄金の床几〉は今日に至るまでアシャンティの人々の統合の強い象徴となってきた。…

※「アサンテヘネ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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