著者

伊坂 青司 イサカ セイシ

出版者

神奈川大学人文学会

雑誌

人文研究 = Studies in humanities (ISSN:02877074)

巻号頁・発行日

no.204, pp.111-152, 2021-12-25

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Japanese mythology in the text of "Kojiki" contains Himuka Myth after Izumo Myth. Himuka is the birthplace of Amaterasu (goddess of sun) and further the descending place of Amaterasuʼs grandson, Ninigi. Hence, Himuka became the holy place for the imperial family. Ninigi married the daughter of the mountain god and Ninigiʼs descendants married daughters of the sea god. Therefore, the imperial family obtained the natural force of the mountain and the sea by blood relations. The first Emperor Jinmu migrated from Himuka toward the east and conquered the area of Yamato with several influential clans. Emperor Jinmu married the daughter of Miwayamaʼs god Omononushi. The regal power of Yamato was originally realized by the unity between Emperor Jinmu and Miwa clan. Therefore, the imperial family did not consist of a singular descendant line, but comprised of plural blood relations. Thus, it can be said that the Japanese myth is composed of plural genealogies. State Shinto controlled Japanese people by the totalitarianized Emperor system from Meiji era to World War Ⅱ. Shintoism distorted the Japanese myth as a singular unbroken line of Emperor and concealed plural blood relations in the imperial family. However, Shintoism must be refuted by the plural structure of the Japanese myth "Kojiki."