Amenohoakari

deity sky Japanese single tradition · 2

A kami of sun and agriculture, the son of Ame-no-oshihomimi and Takuhadachiji-hime, the older brother of Ninigi-no-Mikoto and the ancestor of the Mononobe clan, among others. He is sometimes known as Nigihayahi.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
700 CE
Attested period
700 – 2020
Historical notes
Documented in classical Japanese texts including the Kojiki (712 CE), Nihon Shoki (720 CE), Kujiki, Shinsen Shōjiroku, and Jinja Shiryō.

Relationships

sibling of
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
syncretized with
Nigihayahi

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Sources

Source passages

“Amenohoakari A kami of sun and agriculture, the son of Ame-no-oshihomimi and Takuhadachiji-hime, the older brother of Ninigi-no-Mikoto and the ancestor of the Mononobe clan, among others.”

#4960 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“A member of the Kaifu clan, said to be a descendant of Amenohoakari, has long inherited the position of head priest.”

#16391 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5