『古事記』の中の神武天皇

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  • Emperor Jinmu in the Kojiki

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As an outcome of the Meiji Restoration, Shinto was established as national ritual system and the rule of the emperor was emphasized as absolutely sacred. Imperial authority was linked to the world of deities, starting from Amaterasu, and attention fell on the first Emperor Jinmu in the Kojiki and Nihon shoki. Emperor Jinmu, third-generation descendant of Hononinigi, and grandson of Amaterasu who descended from Takama no Hara to rule the land, moved east from Hyūga to find a most suitable place to rule in Yamato. According to historical research, Emperor Jinmu was a mythological figure and did not exist. Historians identify the Kojiki and Nihon shoki as sources to research classical history, rather than discuss the significance of their myths. In contrast, Saigō Nobutsuna views the myths in the Kojiki as structurally universal, and he thus defines imperial sovereignty as universal. According to Saigō, Yamato, conquered by Emperor Jinmu, represents a sacred center, while the remote regions of Kumano, Izumo and Kumaso are peripheral regions placed under the sovereign’s order by virtue of being conquered. However, from the point of view of the shamanic experience of Emperor Jinmu, Yamato cannot be seen as a sacred center. Emperor Jinmu himself does not conquer Yamato; rather he confronts Yamato as a shaman. This paper focuses on reinterpreting the myth of Emperor Jinmu in the Kojiki from the point of view of shamanism

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