Prince Oshikuma - Prince of Oshikuma

Japanese: 忍熊皇子 - おしくまのおうじ

A prince of Emperor Chuai who appears in the Kojiki and Nihonshoki.
His mother was Princess Onaka. In the first year of the regentship of Empress Jingu after the death of Emperor Chuai, he raised an army with his brother Prince Kagosakano to attack Empress Jingu. After fighting Takeuchi no Sukune and Takefurukuma at Osaka and being defeated, he drowned himself in the Seta River (or Lake Biwa) in Omi (Shiga Prefecture). In the Kojiki, he is called King Ojin.
[Proverbs, etc.] If my lord Agi-furukuma were to be injured, he would have to dive into the Afumi Lake of Nihoridori (last words, Kojiki)

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

記・紀にみえる仲哀(ちゅうあい)天皇の皇子。
母は大中姫(おおなかつひめ)。仲哀天皇没後の神功(じんぐう)皇后摂政元年,兄の麛坂(かごさかの)皇子とともに兵をあげて神功皇后を討とうとした。武内宿禰(たけしうちのすくね),武振熊(たけふるくま)らと逢坂(おうさか)でたたかって敗走したのち,近江(おうみ)(滋賀県)の瀬田川(または琵琶湖)に入水した。「古事記」では忍熊王。
【格言など】いざ吾君(あぎ)振熊が痛手負はずは鳰鳥(にほどり)の淡海(あふみ)の湖(うみ)に潜(かづ)きせなわ(辞世,「古事記」)

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