Hibasuhime no Mikoto - Hibasuhime no Mikoto

Japanese: 日葉酢媛命 - ひばすひめのみこと

According to the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, she was the empress of Emperor Suinin. She was the eldest daughter of Prince Tanba no Chi Nushi. She was invited to the palace at the suggestion of Sahohime, the empress of Emperor Suinin, and became empress after Sahohime's death. She was the birth mother of Emperor Keikō. According to the article about her death in the Nihon Shoki in the 32nd year of the reign of Emperor Suinin, the emperor was concerned by the custom of junshi (committee death by suicide) at the funeral of his daughter, and asked his ministers for an alternative. Nomi no Sukune, together with 100 earthenmen from Izumo, suggested that they make human figures, horses, and other figures out of earth and bury them in place of living people. The emperor was pleased with this, and erected them on the tomb, naming them haniwa. He then issued an edict that from then on, haniwa should always be used in funerals and that people should not be made to junshi (committee death by suicide). According to the Kojiki, during the time of this empress, the Ishiiwasaku (a department that made stone coffins and stone chambers) and the Hajibe (a department that made pottery and was responsible for funerals) were established. She is said to have been an empress closely connected to the imperial tomb. Her burial site is said to be in Terama no Mausoleum, Sasaki (possibly in front of the Imperial tomb in Sanryo-cho, Nara City).

(Keiko Terada)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

『古事記』『日本書紀』によれば,垂仁天皇の皇后。丹波道主(たにはのちぬしとも)王の長女。垂仁天皇皇后の狭穂姫の進言によって召し入れられ,狭穂姫の死後,皇后となる。景行天皇の生母。『日本書紀』垂仁32年の薨去記事によれば,天皇が媛の葬儀に際して殉死の風習に心を痛め,他の方法を群臣に問うたところ,野見宿禰が出雲の土部100人と共に土で人馬などを造り,生きた人間に代えてそれらを埋めるように申し上げた。天皇はこれを喜び,それを墓に立て埴輪と名付け,これ以後葬儀には必ず埴輪を使い,人を殉死させてはならないと詔したという。『古事記』では,この大后のとき,石祝作(石棺や石室を作る部)と土師部(土器製作や葬礼を担当する部)を定めたとする。陵墓に関連の深い皇后であったらしい。埋葬地は,狭木の寺間の陵(奈良市山陵町御陵前か)と伝えられる。

(寺田恵子)

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