Princess Kaguya - Princess Kaguya

Japanese: かぐや姫 - かぐやひめ

The female protagonist of "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter." Born from a bamboo, she was raised by the bamboo cutter and his wife and grew into a radiantly beautiful princess. She turned down many marriage proposals from nobles by offering difficult problems, and did not respond to the Emperor 's summons. On the fifteenth night of the eighth month, she was greeted by a messenger from the moon and ascended to heaven. Princess Kaguya of the tender bamboo. [Etymology] (1) There is a theory that in ancient times, it was the pure consonant "Kakuyahime," but the relationship with "Kaguyahime" in the "Kojiki" should also be considered, and for other reasons, the voiced consonant "Kaguya" cannot necessarily be denied.
(2) In the Middle Ages, the name "Princess Kaguya" was written as "Kakeihime" in the "Kaidoki," "Kakitsubime" in the "Shotoku Taishi Denshuisho," and "Kaguyahime" in the "Sankoku Denki."
(3) In "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" and in works which quote it, such as "The Tale of Yamato," "The Tale of Utsubo," and "The Tale of Genji," Princess Kaguya returns to the moon, but in books such as "Tales of Times Now and Then - 31," she returns to the sky, the heavens, or the upper world.

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

「竹取物語」の女主人公。竹の中から生まれ、竹取の翁(おきな)夫婦に育てられて輝くばかりの美しい姫に成長。多くの貴公子の求婚を、難題をもちかけてしりぞけ、帝(みかど)のお召しにも応じないまま、八月の十五夜、月からの使者に迎えられて昇天する。なよ竹のかぐや姫。[語誌](1)古くは、清音の「かくやひめ」であるとする説もあるが、「古事記」の「迦具夜比売」との関係もやはり考えるべきであり、その他の理由からみて、濁音「かぐや」を必ずしも否定できない。
(2)「かぐやひめ」の表記には、中世では「海道記」に「赫奕姫」、「聖徳太子伝拾遺抄」に「赫焚妃」、「三国伝記」に「赫屋姫」等がある。
(3)「竹取物語」やこれを引用した「大和物語」「宇津保物語」「源氏物語」などでは、かぐや姫は月に帰ることになっているが、「今昔物語集‐三一」などの書では、天空、天上、上界に帰っている。

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