Who Is Isukeyorihime (Himetataraisuzu-hime)?
Daughter of a god and Emperor Jimmu's chief queen
Isukeyori-Hime
Isukeyorihime is the daughter of Omononushi, the god of Mount Miwa, and Seyadatarahime, a maiden called "the child of a god." She became the chief queen (principal wife) of Emperor Jimmu.
When seven maidens were out walking at Takasajino, Isukeyorihime was at their head. Okume conveyed the emperor's feelings to her in a song, and she teased him in verse about his tattooed, sharp-looking eyes; in time she and the emperor were united. She bore three princes. After the emperor's death, when their half-brother Tagishimimi plotted against her sons, she hid a warning of the danger in two songs to alert them.
According to the Kojiki, her original name was Hototatarai-susuki-hime, but she disliked it and changed it.
Episodes featuring this character2
NEWEpisode 3
A Love Story That Began With “Why Those Eyes?”The Kume Songs and Princess Isukeyori
Having lost his brother on the road to Yamato, Iwarebiko clears his way with song: a feast-song signal in a mountain cave, a dawn assault on the man who shot his brother, and a call that brings food to his starving soldiers. Now king of the land, the young man gets help from his comrade-in-arms Okume's answering verse and meets a maiden with an unflinching gaze.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 4
Mother's Song Was a Murder WarningThe Rebellion of Tagishimimi
After Kamuyamato-Iwarebiko, the first king, dies, his eldest son Tagishimimi, a half brother born in a far southern land, plots to kill his three younger brothers. Their mother, Isukeyorihime, hides a warning in a song about the landscape. The youngest, Kamununakawamimi, decodes it. When his brother Kamuyaimimi freezes with the sword raised, Kamununakawamimi takes the blade from his hands.
19 pages