Who Is Miyazuhime (Princess Miyazu)?
The princess of Owari who kept the sword Kusanagi
Miyazu-Hime
Miyazuhime is a woman regarded as an ancestor of the rulers of Owari Province, and the woman Yamato Takeru married.
On his way east, Yamato Takeru stopped at her house and promised, "We will marry on my way back," before continuing his journey. When he returned after subduing the east, they exchanged songs and married as promised. Afterward, Yamato Takeru left the sword Kusanagi with her and set off for Mount Ibuki. Near death, he sang, "The sword I left beside the maiden's bed — oh, that sword!" thinking of the blade that remained with Miyazuhime.
The Kojiki does not say why he left the sword behind. The sword is said to have later been enshrined at Atsuta Shrine.
Episodes featuring this character3
NEWEpisode 10
Open It Only When You're DesperateKusanagi, the Grass-Cutting Sword
Before heading east, Yamato Takeru receives a sword from his aunt Yamatohime, along with a small pouch she tells him to open only when he's in real trouble. In Owari, he and Miyazuhime promise to marry when he comes back. Then, in the land of Sagamu, the Chieftain lures him into a field with a story about a violent god and sets it on fire. With flames closing in on every side, what saves him is the gift in his aunt's pouch.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 12
The Invincible Boy Who Angered a MountainYamato Takeru and Mount Ibuki
His eastern campaign over, Yamato Takeru returns to Owari and, as promised, exchanges songs with Miyazuhime and marries her. Leaving his sword in her keeping, he heads for Mount Ibuki barehanded—but one careless boast to a white boar, "I'll kill you on my way back," brings the fury of the mountain itself down on him. Weakened and stumbling, he sets out for home.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 13
Home Was Just Over the MountainsThe Death of Yamato Takeru
Gravely ill, Yamato Takeru reaches the plain of Nobono. There he sings a farewell song to his homeland, Yamato, and entrusts his father's cord to his son before he dies. He then becomes a great white bird and flies away, and his family chases it across paddies, bamboo stubble, sea and rocky shore, singing as they go. This is the final chapter of Book II.
19 pages