Tajimamori - Tajimamori

A legendary figure who was sent to Tokoyo no kuni in search of Tokijiku no kakunomi (Tokijiku no kakunomi) during the reign of Emperor Suinin. He is also written as Tachimamori. The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki equate "Tokijiku no kakunomi" with "tachibana" (citrus fruit), and the story goes that when Tamayomamori returned to Japan 10 years later with the "kakunomi", a spear, and a hakage (heel), Emperor Suinin had already died, and he died in grief near the Emperor's tomb. He is said to be the ancestor of the Miyake no Muraji, who came from overseas. The Kojiki's section on Emperor Ojin records the lineage of Amenohiboko's descendants, and the name Tachimamuri appears there. As the Nihon Shoki describes the land of Tokoyo as a "secret region of immortals" in the tale of Tamayori's visit to Tokoyo, the legend of Tokoyo is influenced by the idea of ​​immortals. There is a theory that the reason this tale of going to Tokoyo took place during the reign of Emperor Suinin is related to the fact that Emperor Suinin was considered to have lived a long life (153 years in the Kojiki and 140 years in the Nihon Shoki).

[Masaaki Ueda]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

垂仁(すいにん)天皇の代に常世(とこよ)の国に非時香菓(ときじくのかくのみ)（登岐士玖能迦玖能木実(ときじくのかくのこのみ)）を求めて派遣された説話上の人物。多遅摩毛理とも書く。『古事記』『日本書紀』は「非時香菓」を「橘(たちばな)」とみなし、田道間守が10年後に「香菓」と八竿(やほこ)（矛）・八縵(やかげ)をもって帰国したおりには、すでに垂仁天皇は崩じており、天皇の陵墓のそばで嘆き悲しんで死すと物語る。渡来系の三宅連(みやけのむらじ)らの祖先と伝える。『古事記』の応神(おうじん)天皇の条には天之日矛(あめのひぼこ)の子孫の系譜を記し、そこに多遅摩毛理の名がみえる。『日本書紀』が田道間守の常世訪問の説話で、常世の国を「神仙の秘区」と書くように、その常世伝承には神仙思想の影響がある。この常世行き説話を垂仁天皇の代のできごととするのは、垂仁天皇を長寿としたありよう（記では153歳、紀では140歳）と関連があるとみなす説がある。

［上田正昭］

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