Taishi - King

Japanese: 太氏 - おおうじ
Taishi - King

...A clan that was active in ancient Japan. The character Ta can also be written as Tai, Dai, Otomi, Otomi, Oho, etc. According to the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, the ancestor was Emperor Jimmu's son, Kamuyaimimi-no-mikoto. The Ta clan was enshrined at Ta Shrine (Taza Mishiritohiko Shrine) in Otomi-go, Toichi-gun, Yamato Province (present-day Ta, Tawaramoto-cho, Ikoma-gun, Nara Prefecture), and it is thought that this place was their main residence. Ta Shrine is a shrine listed in the Shikinai-in (regular shrines), and already had many kanbe (shrines) by the mid-Nara period, making it an influential shrine. The Ta clan's surname (kabane) was Omi, but some of them changed it to Ason in 684 (Tenmu 13). ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Taishi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本古代に活躍した氏族。多は太,大,意富,飫富,於保などとも記す。《古事記》《日本書紀》によれば,神武天皇皇子神八井耳命(かむやいみみのみこと)を祖とする。大和国十市郡飫富郷(現,奈良県磯城郡田原本町多)に多氏一族のまつる多神社(多坐弥志理都比古神社)があり,この地を本貫としていたと考えられる。多神社は式内社で,すでに奈良時代中期には多数の神戸(かんべ)を有しており,有力な神社であった。多氏の姓(かばね)は臣(おみ)であったが,一部は684年(天武13)に朝臣(あそん)に改められた。…

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