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	Emperor Jimmu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to Shinto belief, Jimmu is regarded as a direct descendant of the sun goddess, Amaterasu.
		Jimmu's older brother Itsuse no Mikoto was an original leader of the migration, and they move eastward through Seto Inland Sea with navigation of local chieftain Sao Netsuhiko.
		Jimmu found that they were defeated because they battled eastward against the Sun, so he decided to land east side of Kii Peninsula and battle westward.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jimmu (540 words)

	Jimmu
		Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇; Jimmu Tennō) is the mythical founder of Japan and is regarded as a direct descendant of the Shinto deity Amaterasu.
		Jimmu's existence cannot be verified by standard historical means, but the mythology surrounding him places him in the 7th century BC.
		February 11, 660 BC is the traditional founding date of Japan by Jimmu.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ji/Jimmu.html (74 words)

	Chrysanthemum Throne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Nihonshoki it is said that the Empire of Japan was founded in 660 BC by Emperor Jimmu.
		According to tradition, Emperor Akihito is the 125th direct descendant of Jimmu.
		The historical record goes back to Emperor Ōjin who is stated to have reigned in the early 5th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chrysanthemum_throne (266 words)

	Ninja The Man Who Hides Himself The Assasin presented in Martial Arts section
		Jimmu was in combat against the troops of Iso Castle, and the battle was going against him.
		Shinetsuhiko and Otokashi served their lord Jimmu by disguising themselves as an old peasant and his wife, and the two successfully slipped into the enemy territory, packed the clay, and returned safely.
		Jimmu then molded and fired a platter and bowl set from clay, offered them to the gods of fortune and went on to attain the victory he so strongly believed to be his destiny.
	www.newsfinder.org /more.php?id=115_0_1_0_M (1145 words)

	Jimmu
		There is also assertion of the superiority of the imperial line, and the emperor was presumed to rule all under heaven under one roof (Hakko Ichiu), which gave later nationalists a justification for Japan's imperialistic expansion.
		Emperor Jimmu was forty-five years of age when he addressed the assemblage of his brothers and children: "Long ago, this central land of the Reed Plains was bequeathed to our imperial ancestors by the heavenly deities, Takamimusubi-no-Kami and Amaterasu Omikami....
		On new year's day, in the year of kanototori, the Emperor formally proclaimed his ascension to the position of the ruler of the universe by virtue of being a descendant of Amaterasu Omikami.'?This took place in the palace of Kashihabara, and the year was counted as the first year of his reign....
	www.sp.uconn.edu /~gwang/id96.htm (857 words)

	The Magic Kettle
		When Jimmu arrived, the old man told him that he had something which he wished to get rid of, and lifted the lid of the wooden chest, where he had shut up the tanuki.
		Now Jimmu had not gone very far before he felt that the kettle was getting heavier and heavier, and by the time he reached home he was so tired that he was thankful to put it down in the corner of his room, and then forgot all about it.
		The tradesman was much troubled as to what to do with the animal, and it was only towards morning that he managed to get any sleep; but when he opened his eyes again there was no tanuki, only the old kettle he had left there the night before.
	www.rickwalton.com /folktale/crimsn36.htm (1243 words)

	Background Essay 1
		claimed to be directly related to Jimmu, and thus descendants of the Gods.
		To prove that Jimmu was a divinely chosen as emperor, the gods gave him three treasures.
		Jimmu led his armies to defeat the Ainu, whom he considered hairy white barbarians.
	www.rickriordan.com /background_essay_1.htm (435 words)

	Emperor of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the emperor has been a symbol of continuity with the past, the degree of power exercised by the emperor of Japan has varied considerably throughout Japanese history.
		The earliest emperors recorded in Kojiki and Nihonshoki, such as Emperor Jimmu, are considered today to have no historical credibility.
		Instead, past emperors are called by posthumous names such as Emperor Jimmu, Emperor Kammu and Meiji.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emperor_of_Japan (4645 words)

	Japundit » 2006 » August » 16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		One figure was Jimmu, the legendary first emperor of Japan who supposedly ruled Japan in the 5th century B.C. — there is no evidence to support this, however.
		Jimmu according to ancient tradition was the first human emperor of Japan.
		Jimmu extended his kingdom from the southern island of Kyushu into the mainland area that is today Kansai.
	japundit.com /archives/date/2006/08/16 (1509 words)

	genealogy1
		Below is a genealogical table of the reigning emperors (and six reigning empresses) of Japan and members of the Imperial Family.
		Archeological evidence suggests that this date is several centuries too early, even if Jimmu had been an actual person.
		JIMMU (Sanohiko), legendary descendent of Amaterasu Ōkami, the Shinto sun goddess, by her grandson Mikoto no Ninigi
	www.geocities.com /jtaliaferro.geo/genealogy1.html (2696 words)

	The Rise of the Military Power
		It has been customary to speak of Japanese history as beginning with the accession of Jimmu Tennô, alleged to have reigned from 660 to 585 B.C., and to have lived for one hundred and twenty-seven years.
		Before the time of the Emperor Jimmu was the Age of the Gods,--the period of mythology.
		But trustworthy history does not begin for a thousand years after the accession of Jimmu Tennô; and the chronicles of those thousand years must be regarded as little better than fairy-tales.
	www.sacred-texts.com /shi/jai/jai14.htm (4915 words)

	The Ancient Japanese
		They believed their earliest ruler was Jimmu, who was supposed to have reigned from 660 to 582 BCE and was believed to be descendant of the sun goddess.
		Japanese legend describes a ruling regent in the third century as Queen Jingo, and it describes Queen Jingo as a direct descendant of Jimmu and the Sun Goddess.
		The Yamato rulers called themselves Tenno, or heavenly ruler, and the Yamato family believed that they were directly descended from Jimmu and the gods and that they ruled by divine right.
	www.fsmitha.com /h1/ch28ja.htm (1753 words)

	Amaterasu - Japanese Mythology - Ancinet-Mythology.com
		It is believed that Amaterasu sent her grandson Jimmu to Earth 3,000 years ago to be the first ruler of Japan, beginning the divine family of Japanese emperors.
		Amaterasu was given rule over the sky by Izangi when he handed to her his holy necklace.
		Later, in a competition with her brother Susano, Amaterasu gave birth to three goddesses, who with Susano's offspring, are collectively the ancestors of Jimmu.
	www.ancient-mythology.com /japanese/amaterasu.php (262 words)

	Worshipping Amaterasu’s grandson Ninigi
		Moving rather farther afield, south of Takachiho, two thirds of the way to the prefectural capital Miyazaki, the burial mounds of Saito Baru are thought to include the burial mound of Ninigi.
		Unlike that of Ninigi, the burial mound of the emperor Jimmu is not on Kyushu at all, of course, but on Honshu, near Nara, at Kashihara, and the Kashihara Jinja was erected near there, towards the end of the nineteen century, expressly to enshrine him in the vicinity of his burial place.
		At the same time, Jimmu is also enshrined in the Miyazaki Jinja, in the Kyushu prefectural capital Miyazaki itself.
	home.att.net /~kojiki.tlvp/Pt1-Ch04/Part-1-ch-4-english.htm (511 words)

	Jimmu Tenno
		In Japanese myth, Jimmu Tenno is the first Emperor and legendary founder of the imperial dynasty.
		The members of this dynasty were believed to be divine.
		Article "Jimmu Tenno" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 16 January 2004 (Revision 2).
	www.pantheon.org /mythica/articles/j/jimmu_tenno.html (54 words)

	Shintoism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Japan Shintoism, once the state religion of Japan whose foundations lies in the forces and forms of nature, arose about 600 B.C. It was said that the first Japanese emperor, Jimmu Tenno, and his successors were descendants of the ruler of Heaven, the sun goddess.
		For more than two millennia, Shintoism remained the state religion, until in 1946 Emperor Hirohito formally renounced his divinity as part of a peace pact with the conquering Allied forces at the end of World War II.
		The teaching of Shintoism carries strains of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, despite an attempt in the mid-19th century to expurgate all Buddhist principles.
	users2.ev1.net /~n0t4u/Religion/Shintoism.htm (243 words)

	Life of the Samurai and Shogunate
		Ninigi descended from the heavens, but he only stayed on the island, and left it up to his grandson Jimmu to fulfill Amaterasu's wish.
		Jimmu journeyed to the main island of Honshu, where he became the firs emperor of the Land of the Rising Sun.
		Ever since the 700s when the story was set down, Japan's many clans have placed themselves under the reign of an imperial family, who claimed to trace its origins back to Jimmu.
	www.samurai-archives.com /los.html (2053 words)

	Yoritomo and the Rise of the Samurai
		The first emperor, Jimmu, ruled about 660 B.C. Over the next 2,500 years, many of his relatives served as emperor.
		Some were strong and wise like Jimmu and Shotoku, but many were not.
		Antoku took many of his important belongings, including the three heavenly gifts that Jimmu had gotten from the gods centuries before.
	www.rickriordan.com /background_essay_3.htm (1112 words)

	Jimmu Tenno
		In the historical argument of the Nihongi and the Kojiki, Jimmu, or Kamu-Yamato-Ihare-Biko in his proper Japanese name, translated the heavenly rule of the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu, into an earthly realm.
		Western historians and modern Japanese historians generally believe the story of Jimmu to be legendary; throughout most of Japanese cultural history, however, the story of Jimmu was a powerful account of true history and the founding of Japan.
		Whatever the status of Jimmu in history, it is almost certain that a Yamato clan spread eastward across Japan and eventually dominated a large swathe of territory under the control of other clans.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/ANCJAPAN/JIMMU.HTM (2720 words)

	Mike's History p 62 - Kojiki and Nihongi. Description.
		The Nihongi is a slighter later version done in the Chinese style.
		They even preserve the songs, the crudest of barbaric chants, which he and his followers are supposed to have sung.
		They also give a legendary account of the gods who had preceded Jimmu, and of the Mikados who succeeded him down to the time of the coming of the Chinamen.
	www.galileolibrary.com /history/history_page_62.htm (482 words)

	GHQ Reports on Japan's Imperial History: Part I
		The Japanese are slaves to the modern myth which is stated in countless official documents, was taught as history in public schools prior to the surrender, and became the springboard for Japanese aggression during the last 50 years.
		It is stated officially as follows: "The Imperial Dynasty of Japan is the oldest reigning family in the world, its history dating back to 660 B.C., when the first Emperor, Jimmu Tenno, ascended the throne.
		He did as ordered and his great grandson was Jimmu, Japans first emperor, who ascended the Throne in 660 B.C. His mother was a crocodile eight fathoms long.
	core.ecu.edu /hist/tuckerjo/ghqemps1.html (994 words)

	AnimeNation Anime Forums - Need help: depictions of Jimmu
		I'm having a hard time trying to find any kind of image portraying emperor Jimmu, for a project of mine.
		Simple Google Image search for Jimmu Tenno in English turned these up.
		As you can see, there is little artistic license with Jimmu Tennou's apperence, so I think from these four images one could get a solid grasp as to what he might have looked like.
	www.animenation.net /forums/showthread.php?t=168106 (271 words)

	Pavilion
		AncientWorlds > The Orient > Jimmu > Pavilion
		Jimmu -- [Entrance ] [Courtyard ] [Library ] [Study ]
		Last year, I was getting ready for work, minding my own business, when the doorbell rang.
	www.ancientworlds.net /member/Jimmu/Ai (168 words)

	Mike's History p 67 - Japan's Earliest Emperors.
		Click on term to enter, edit if desired, then search.
		Emperor Jimmu was the legendary founder of the Japanese imperial throne.
		Emperor Nintoku, long after Emperor Jimmu, personified the model of the benevolent sage-king and became beloved for lessening the burdens on the people.
	www.galileolibrary.com /history/history_page_67.htm (1264 words)

	Art Glossary
		You want to do some research on Japanese and Chinese art prints.
		Jimmu was the legendary founder of the Japanese nation and the first emperor in a long dynasty that lasts until our days.
		According to Japanese legends, emperor Jimmu was a descendant of Amataseru, the goddess of sun.
	www.artelino.com /forum/glossary.asp?gly=246&cp=2 (97 words)

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