Saonetsuhiko - Saonetsuhiko

Japanese: 槁根津日子 - さおねつひこ

He appears as a guide in the story of Emperor Jimmu's eastern expedition in the Kojiki, and is said to be the ancestor of the Yamato no Kuni no Miyatsuko. In the Nihon Shoki, he is given the name Uzuhiko, and later Shiinetsuhiko. When Emperor Jimmu set out east from Hyuga by sea, he met a man fishing on a turtle's back at Hayasui-no-to (Hoyo Strait). When asked, the man replied that he knew the sea routes well, so he was invited on board and was able to sail east across the Seto Inland Sea as a guide. It is said that he was later appointed as a Yamato no Kuni no Miyatsuko for his achievements.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

《古事記》の神武天皇東征譚に水先案内人としてあらわれ，〈倭国造（やまとのくにのみやつこ）〉の始祖とされる人物。《日本書紀》では珍彦（うずひこ），のちに椎根津彦（しいねつひこ）の名を賜る。神武天皇が日向から海路東へ向かったときに，〈速吸門（はやすいのと）〉(豊予海峡)で亀の背で釣をする者にあう。問えば海路をよく知ると答えたので船に引き入れ，彼を〈海導者〉として瀬戸内海を東進することができた。のちに功により倭国造に任じられたという。

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