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English: During the Battle of Dan-no-ura, the divine sword sunk in the sea along with Nii no Ama when he committed suicide by drowning while holding Emperor Antoku and wearing the sword on his side.
Japanese: 皇居の神剣（天叢雲剣の形代）は、源平の壇ノ浦の戦いにおいて、二位の尼が安徳天皇を抱き腰に神器の剣を差して入水したため一緒に水没した。
English: Later on another sword as a katashiro was selected among swords stored in the sacred warehouse of the Ise Jingu Shrine and has existed since ancient times.
Japanese: そのため後に改めて形代としての剣を伊勢神宮の神庫から選び出し、それが現在皇居に存在している。
English: In the Battle of Dan-no-ura between the Minamoto clan and Taira clan, the magatama (jewel) sunk in the sea with Emperor Antoku when Nii no Ama, who held the emperor and the box containing the magatama, committed suicide by drowning.
Japanese: 勾玉は、源平の壇ノ浦の戦いにおいて、二位の尼が安徳天皇を抱き勾玉の箱を奉じて入水した。
English: The magatama rose to the surface in its box and was collected by soldiers of the Minamoto clan who hastily rowed to the spot after watching them sink in the sea.
Japanese: その際に箱ごと浮かび上がり、入水を目撃し急ぎ漕ぎ寄せた源氏方によって回収された。
English: Both books are important history books telling and describing Japanese myths compiled in the Nara Period and ancient history.
Japanese: 両書とも、奈良時代に編纂された日本の神話や古代の歴史を伝えている重要な歴史書である。
English: They each contain only myths in the beginning part of the book and take on more characteristics of a history book as the writing approaches the era when these books were written.
Japanese: 序盤は神話そのものであり、執筆年代に近づくにつれ歴史書としての性格が強くなる。
English: However, while there is a way of thinking that some of the descriptions in the latter half of the book are still skeptical, many of the recent archaeological findings have resulted in providing more support to prove the accuracy of the descriptions in the Kiki (the description of the reconstruction of Horyu-ji Temple and Amakashi no oka Hill of the Soga clan.)
Japanese: ただし後半においてもなお疑義がもたれる記載内容もあるとの見方もある一方、近年の考古学的発見の多くは記紀の記事の正確さをより裏付ける結果となっている（法隆寺再建の記事や蘇我氏の甘樫丘など）。
English: Careful assessment is required, but since the historical materials in that era are very few, they are still important as historical materials.
Japanese: 慎重な検証が必要であるが、同時代史料が極めて少ないことから、重要な史料であることには変わりがない。
English: Until the Muromachi Period, more people collectively called the two books and "Sendai Kujihongi" (Ancient Japanese History) as 'Sanbu no honsho' (three books of origin), which were important historical books telling Japanese myths and ancient history, but "Sendai Kujihongi" was thought to be an apocryphal book in the Edo Period and after that, more people called only these two books Kiki.
Japanese: 室町時代までは日本の神話や古代の歴史を伝えている重要な歴史書として『先代旧事本紀』を含めて「三部の本書」とされることが多かったが、江戸時代に入って「先代旧事本紀」が偽書であると考えるようになって以後この二書のみで記紀とされることが多くなった。
English: "Rikkokushi" represents six national historical books which were compiled by the Japanese nation under the ritsuryo codes in ancient times.
Japanese: 六国史（りっこくし）とは、古代日本の律令国家が編纂した6つの一連の正史のことである。
English: The compilation of history books was continued for a national project of Japan over the period ranging from the Asuka period to the early Heian period; six history books were produced, which are called Rikkokushi.
Japanese: 日本国における国家事業としての史書の編纂は飛鳥時代から平安時代前期にかけて行われ、6つの史書が残されたため、これを六国史と読んでいる。
English: Therefore, if people simply say Kokushi in Japan, they could mean Rikkokushi.
Japanese: そのため、日本において単に国史と言えば、六国史のことを指す場合がある。
English: There is a record that "Tennoki" (a Record of the Emperors) and "National Record" were compiled before Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan), but these books don't exist.
Japanese: 日本書紀以前にも『天皇記』、『国記』などの編纂が行われた記録があるが、これらは現存していない。
English: It is believed that although there was a plan to compile a national history book called 'Shinkokushi' (the New National History) after the Rikkokushi, it was not completed.
Japanese: また六国史の後も「新国史」と称される国史編纂計画は存在したが完成には至らなかったと言われている。
English: After the Meiji Restoration, it was also planned to compile a history book covering the period after Rikkokushi, but it was not realized due to various reasons, and instead, Dai Nihon Shiryo (the Historical Materials of Japan) was produced.
Japanese: また明治維新後にも六国史以降を対象として、史書編纂は計画されたがさまざまな事情により実現せず、代わりに大日本史料が編纂されることとなった。
English: Nihonshoki - covering Japanese myths and the period until Emperor Jito (date of birth unknown-697) in thirty volumes (although a volume of genealogical tables seemed to be produced too, it was lost).
Japanese: 日本書紀-日本神話から持統天皇まで（？～697年）を扱う、30巻（但しこの他に系図1巻があったとされるが失われた)。
English: Shoku Nihongi (Chronicle of Japan Continued) - covering the period from Emperor Monmu to Emperor Kammu (697-791) in forty volumes.
Japanese: 続日本紀-文武天皇から桓武天皇まで（697年-791年）を扱う、40巻。
English: Nihon Koki (Later Chronicle of Japan) - covering the period from Emperor Kammu to Emperor Junna (792-833) in forty volumes (however, thirty volumes were lost and only ten volumes exist.)
Japanese: 日本後紀-桓武天皇から淳和天皇まで（792年-833年）を扱う、40巻（但し3/4が失われ10巻分のみ現存）。
English: Nihon Montoku Tenno Jitsuroku (Veritable Records of Emperor Montoku of Japan) - covering the era of Emperor Montoku (850-858) in ten volumes.
Japanese: 日本文徳天皇実録-文徳天皇の代（850年-858年）を扱う、10巻。
English: Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (Veritable Records of Three Reigns of Japan) - covering the period from Emperor Seiwa to Emperor Kotoku (858-887) in fifty volumes.
Japanese: 日本三代実録-清和天皇から光孝天皇まで（858年-887年）を扱う、50巻。
English: Along with 'Zhou Chu fudoki' written by Zhou Chu under the General Who pacified the West in the Western Jin Dynasty, it is thought that 'Ji zhou fudoki' written by Lu Zhi, 'Rinkai fudoki' written by Shen Ying, and 'Northern Wei fudoki' exist as fudoki which are believed to have been written by Kyoshi RIKU.
Japanese: 西晋の平西将軍の周処による「周処風土記」に始まり、盧植による「冀州風土記」、沈瑩による「臨海風土記」、陸恭之によるとされる風土記、「北魏風土記」などが存在するとされる。
English: Fudoki is thought to have been prepared for each province under the ritsuryo system (a system of centralized government based on the ritsuryo code) and some fudoki's manuscripts have been restored.
Japanese: 律令制度の各国別で記されたと考えられ、幾つかが写本として残されている。
English: The description of Kasshi (June 3, 713) in "Shoku Nihongi" (Chronicle of Japan Continued) is thought to have been an imperial order directing compilation of a fudoki.
Japanese: 『続日本紀』の和銅6年5月甲子(ユリウス暦713年5月30日)の条が風土記編纂の官命であると見られている。
English: Although a complete style of fudoki does not exist, Izumo no kuni fudoki remains almost complete, and Harima no kuni fudoki, Hizen no kuni fudoki, Hitachi no kuni fudoki, and Bungo no kuni fudoki exist with some parts missing.
Japanese: 完全に現存するものはないが、出雲国風土記がほぼ完本で残り、播磨国風土記、肥前国風土記、常陸国風土記、豊後国風土記が一部欠損して残る。
English: Other provinces' fudoki should have existed, but at present, some of such fudoki can be known only in the itsubun (lost writings) referred to in books of later era.
Japanese: その他の国の風土記も存在したはずだが、現在では、後世の書物に引用されている逸文からその一部がうかがわれるのみである。
English: Among so-called itsubun, there are some which are thought skeptical about the credibility that those descriptions were contained in fudoki in the Nara period.
Japanese: ただし逸文とされるものの中にも本当に奈良時代の風土記の記述であるか疑問が持たれているものも存在する。
English: *' shows that the manuscripts are restored in a certain level, 'O' shows that itsubun is restored in other books, and no mark means that it is itsubun, only skeptical itsubun exists, or itsubun has not been discovered.
Japanese: 「※印」は写本としてある程度形が残っているもの、「○印」は逸文として他の書物に残っているもの、無印は逸文であるか疑わしいものしか残っていないか、未発見のもの。
English: The 'Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi' (also called 'Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi', translated literally as, "Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven) is one of the 'Sanshu no Jingi' (the Three Imperial Regalia) and a 'shintai' (an object of worship housed in a Shinto shrine and believed to contain the spirit of a deity) of the Atsuta-jingu Shrine.
Japanese: 天叢雲剣（あまのむらくものつるぎ、あめのむらくものつるぎ）とは、三種の神器の一つで、熱田神宮の神体である。
English: The sword is also called 'Kusanagi no Tsurugi,' 'Kusanagi no Ken,' 'Tsumugari no Tachi' and 'Yaegaki no Tsurugi.'
Japanese: 草薙剣（くさなぎのつるぎ・くさなぎのけん）・都牟刈の大刀（つむがりのたち）・八重垣剣（やえがきのつるぎ）とも称される。
English: Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi' (the Sacred Sword of Ama no Murakumo) is a sword that came from the tail of 'Yamata no Orochi' (the Eight-Forked Serpent) when it was slain by Susanoo in 'Izumo no Kuni' (Izumo Province).
Japanese: 天叢雲は、スサノオ（須佐之男命）が出雲国で倒したヤマタノオロチ（八岐大蛇、八俣遠呂智）の尾から出てきた太刀である。
English: It was given the name 'Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi' due to the fact that clouds were always gathering over the head of the Eight-Forked Serpent.
Japanese: 天叢雲という名前は、ヤマタノオロチの頭上に常に雲気が掛かっていたためとしている。
English: Susanoo presented the sword to Amaterasu Omikami (the Sun Goddess) who then handed it to her grandson Ninigi when he descended from heaven to rule over the country.
Japanese: 剣はスサノオから天照大神（天照大神）に奉納され、天孫降臨の際にニニギ（瓊瓊杵尊）に手渡された。
English: The sword was then enshrined in the Imperial Palace as a 'shintai' (an object of worship housed in a Shinto shrine and believed to contain the spirit of a deity) of Amaterasu Omikami along with the 'Yata no Kagami' (the eight-span mirror), but during the age of Emperor Sujin (148 B.C. to 30 B.C.) it was enshrined outside of the Imperial Palace with the 'Yata no Kagami' by order of Princess 'Toyosukiiribime no mikoto.'
Japanese: 以降、皇居内にアマテラスの神体として八咫鏡（やたのかがみ）とともに祀られていたが、崇神天皇（紀元前148年-紀元前30年）の時代に皇女豊鍬入姫命（豊鋤入姫命）により八咫鏡とともに皇居の外に祀るようになった。
English: It took nearly sixty years before the sword was handed down to princess Yamatohime no mikoto, a daughter of Emperor Suinin (reportedly between 69 to 70 B.C.), and was finally enshrined in the current Kotai-jingu Shrine of Ise Jingu Shrine.
Japanese: 途中で垂仁天皇（紀元前69年-70年）の皇女倭姫命（倭姫命）に引き継がれ、あわせて約60年をかけて現在の伊勢神宮内宮に落ち着いた。
English: Later on, Princess Yamatohime gave the sword to Yamato Takeru, who set off for 'Togoku' (eastern Japan) to suppress barbarian tribes.
Japanese: その後、ヤマトヒメから、東国の制圧（東征）へ向かうヤマトタケル（日本武尊）に渡された。
English: After the expedition to 'Togoku,' Takeru left the sword with his wife Miyazu hime, whom he married in Owari Province, and went to defeat the evil god of Ibuki-yama mountain.
Japanese: 東征ののち、尾張で結婚した宮簀媛（宮簀媛）の元に剣を預けたまま伊吹山の悪神を討伐しに行った。
English: It is presumed that there is a connection between the origin of the sword and what is mentioned as the 'Ame no murakumo no mikoto' in the 'Owari Clan genealogy' and 'Tsumori Clan genealogy' in the "Sendai Kuji Hongi" (a historical Japanese text), as well as in the 'Amabe Clan genealogy.'
Japanese: 「海部氏系図」、『先代旧事本紀』の「尾張氏系図」、「津守氏古系図」等に載る「天村雲命」との関係も推測される。
English: Furthermore, the name 'Ame no murakumo no mikoto' is also seen in the ancestry of the Watarai clan, which was a family of Shinto priests recorded in "Toyouke-daijingu negi honin shidai" (an old historical Japanese record).
Japanese: また外宮祀官家の渡会氏の祖先にも「天牟羅雲命」の名が見える（『豊受大神宮禰宜補任次第』）。
English: The sword was named 'Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi' due to the fact that there were always clouds above the head of Yamata no Orochi (the Eight-Forked Serpent).
Japanese: ヤマタノオロチ（八俣遠呂智）の頭上にはいつも雲がかかっていたので「天叢雲剣」と名付けられた。
English: Even today, people visiting the Izumo Aki region are often told, "Even if you forget to bring a lunch, do not forget to bring an umbrella."
Japanese: 出雲安来へ行った人間はよく「弁当を忘れても、傘を忘れるな。」と言われた話を、今も聞く。
English: Deep in the mountains of the Aki region, at the top of Sentsu-zan (Torikami) mountain in the town of Okuizimo, there is a stone monument bearing the inscription: "This is the location where the Ama no murakumo no Tsurugi was discovered."
Japanese: 安来地方の山奥、奥出雲町にある船通山（鳥髪峯）山頂には天叢雲剣出顕之地の碑がある。
English: Included in these questions is the point about the sacred sword being carelessly handed to Yamato Takeru and how likely it is that he used the sword to cut grass.
Japanese: 神剣を気軽にヤマトタケルに預けてしまう点、神剣で草を薙ぐなどあり得るかという疑問である。
English: In response to this question, there have been debates over whether the two swords, the 'Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi' and the 'Kusanagi no Tsurugi,' might have historically been two different swords.
Japanese: そのため、「天叢雲剣」「草薙剣」の二剣が歴史的には別の剣ではないかという議論が起こった元にもなっている。
English: However, in taking records such as the 'Kojiki' (Records of Ancient Matters) into account, this is the most widely accepted theory.
Japanese: しかし、古事記などもあわせて考えると、本説がもっとも主流の説となっている。
English: The names of 'Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi' and 'Murakumo' were written only as annotations in the "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan).
Japanese: 「天叢雲剣」や「叢雲」の名は『日本書紀』において本文の注として記されるのみである。
English: Furthermore, the expression, 'Clouds gathering above a monstrous serpent' as the origin of the name 'Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi' is thought to be a quotation from the "Shisho" (history book) and the "Kanjo" (Historical Records of the Han Dynasty).
Japanese: また、「天叢雲剣」の名の由来である、「大蛇の上に雲気有り」という表現に関して『史記』『漢書』からの引用だと考えられている。
English: Yamato Takeru received the sacred sword at the Ise Jingu Shrine and used it to fight off a grass fire, warding off a calamity and gave it the name 'Kusanagi no Tsurugi.'
Japanese: ヤマトタケル（日本武尊）が伊勢神宮でこれを拝受し、東征の途上の駿河で、この神剣によって野火の難を払い、草薙剣の別名を与えた。
English: This theory suggests that the original meaning the sword came from 'Hebi no Tsurugi' ('hebi' for 'serpent' and 'tsurugi' for 'sword), with 'kusa' (grass) referring to 'smell' and 'nagi' referring to 'snake' (see names of 'unagi' (eels)).
Japanese: クサは臭、ナギは蛇の意（ウナギ名前などを参照）で、原義は「蛇の剣」であるという説。
English: According to Japanese mythology as well, the sword came from the tail of Yamata no Orochi, a monstrous serpent.
Japanese: 神話の記述でも、この剣は蛇の姿をしたヤマタノオロチ（八岐大蛇、八俣遠呂智）の尾から出て来ている。
English: In other words, the original meaning of 'Kusanagi no Tsurugi' bears a sinister connotation of 'Jada no Tsurugi' (the sword of an evil serpent), coming from the tail of a monstrous serpent.
Japanese: つまり悪しき蛇から出でし剣「邪蛇の剣」といったニュアンスの意味が本来の「クサナギの剣」の意味とする。
English: In his book, "Shinken-ko" (A Consideration of the Sacred Swords), Masahide TAKASAKI mentions in the chapter 'Kusanagi no Tsurugi' that 'kusa' has the meaning of 'kushi' (串) and 'ki' (奇) which refer to 'holy power' (霊威), and 'nagi' has the meaning of 'nada' which refers to 'serpent.'
Japanese: 高崎正秀は『神剣考』「草薙剣考」において、クサ串奇、で霊威ある意とし、ナギナダ蛇であるとした。
English: The name also relates to 'Kushinada hime' who was nearly sacrificed to Yamata no Orochi.
Japanese: また、その名はヤマタノヲロチに生贄にされかけたクシナダヒメに通じるものである。
English: While Kushinada hime was originally the person who enshrined 'Yamata no Orochi', she was considered to be a female who ruled over the Izumo Province.
Japanese: 本来クシナダヒメはヤマタノヲロチに対する祭祀者でありながら同時に出雲を支配する女酋的存在ではなかったかとされる。
English: Due to the fact that the sword is so extremely valuable to Japanese mythology, its various journeys of being imitated, copied, stolen, lost and sunk in water have all been traced.
Japanese: 神話上重要な剣であるため、この剣は模造、偽造、盗難、消失、水没と様々な遍歴を辿った。
English: In 668, a monk named Dogyo from Silla (one of the three kingdoms of Korea) attempted to steal the sacred sword kept in Atsuta-jingu Shrine and bring it back to Silla.
Japanese: これに拠れば668年に新羅の僧・道行が熱田神宮の神剣を盗み、新羅に持ち帰ろうとした。
English: He failed in the attempt, however, due to a shipwreck, after which the sword was kept in the Imperial Court (see the case on the theft of the 'Kusanagi no Tsurugi').
Japanese: しかし船が難破して失敗し、その後は宮中で保管されていた（草薙剣盗難事件も参照）。
English: When Emperor Tenmu fell sick in 688, a rumor was circulated that it was due the curse of the sword.
Japanese: 688年に天武天皇が病に倒れると、これが神剣の祟りだということになった。
English: According to the record, the sword was about eighty-five centimeters in length, similar to the leaf of an iris, white in color and gathered no rust.
Japanese: それによれば長さは2尺8寸（およそ85センチメートル）ほどで、刃先は菖蒲の葉に似ており、全体的に白っぽく、錆はなかったとある。
English: The present-day Japan Broadcasting Corporation attempted to collect information about the controversial sword in Atsuta-jingu Shrine but were not allowed to see it.
Japanese: 現代になって日本放送協会が熱田神宮に取材に行っているが、問題の神剣は見せてもらえなかった。
English: There is a theory that suggests that although the sacred sword enshrined in Atsuta-jingu Shrine and the Imperial Household (the Yamato Dynasty) were originally unrelated, a mythical description was created in order to tie them together.
Japanese: また、熱田神宮に祀られている神剣と皇室（大和王権）とは元々関係ないが、これを皇室を結びつけるために神話の記述が作られたという説がある。
English: On the contrary, there are other theories, such as one describing how the Yamato Dynasty gave the sword to the Owari clan in order to win them over and that was how it became the sacred sword.
Japanese: 逆に大和王権が尾張氏を取り込むために剣を贈り、これが神剣となったとする説などがある。
English: This theory states that Tira no Tokiko drowned herself in the sea while wearing the sacred sword at her side during the Battle of Dan-no-ura and it was never found again.
Japanese: 壇ノ浦の戦いの折に、平時子が腰に差して入水し、そのまま上がっていないとする説。
English: According to an article on March 24th of the second year of the Genryaku era (May 2, 1185) in the 'Azuma Kagami' (a Japanese medieval history book), "Taira no Tokiko (her Buddhist name was 'Nii no Ama'), who held the sacred sword (Amakumo no Tsurugi), and Azechi, a lady-in-waiting who held boy-Emperor Antoku in her arms, drowned themselves together in the sea."
Japanese: 『吾妻鏡』の壇ノ浦の戦いの元暦二年三月二十四日の条で「二位ノ尼は宝剣（天叢雲剣）を持って、按察の局は先帝（安徳天皇）を抱き奉って、共に海底に没する」とある。
English: In an article from after the battle dated April 11th of the same year (May 19, 1185), after a report on the number of Heishi soldiers killed and number of prisoners taken, it is recorded, "The 'naishidokoro' ('Yata no Kagami' - the eight-span mirror; one of the three Imperial regalia) and the 'shinji' ('Yasakani no magatama' - the grand jewel; one of the three Imperial regalia) were found, but the sacred sword (Amakumo no Tsurugi) was lost."
Japanese: また戦いの後の元暦二年四月十一日の条に戦いでの平氏方の戦死者、捕虜の報告に続いて「内侍所（八咫鏡）と神璽（八尺瓊勾玉）は御座すが、宝剣（天叢雲剣）は紛失」と記されている。
English: There is a theory that the sword held by Taira no Tokiko at the time she drowned was a replica that was originally used in the Imperial Court.
Japanese: この時に所持していた物は宮中で元々使用されていた模造品という説がある。
English: Another theory is that the name of the sword came from the name of present-day 'Murakumo Town' in Showa Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture.
Japanese: 現在の愛知県名古屋市昭和区の、村雲町の地名の由来になったという説がある。
English: In "The Kojiki" (Records of Ancient Matters) he is written as Nagasunehiko, but he is also called Tominonagasunehiko as well as Tomibiko.
Japanese: 『古事記』では那賀須泥毘古と表記され、また登美能那賀須泥毘古（トミノナガスネヒコ）、登美毘古（トミビコ）とも呼ばれる。
English: He is portrayed in the scene of Jinmu Tosei (Emperor Jinmu's expedition to the east) as the head of a local ruling family in the Yamato Province area who opposed Jinmu's expedition to the east.
Japanese: 神武東征の場面で、大和国地方で東征に抵抗した豪族の長として描かれている人物。
English: He attacked the invading enemies at Kusaenosaka after Emperor Jinmu arrived at Shirakata no tsu (Bay of Shirakata) in 青雲, Namihaya Province, and the Emperor's older brother, Itsuse no Mikoto, was injured by an arrow during this battle, and later died.
Japanese: 神武天皇が浪速国青雲の白肩津に到着したのち、孔舎衛坂（くさえのさか）で迎え撃ち、このときの戦いで天皇の兄の五瀬命は矢に当たって負傷し、後に死亡している。
English: At this time, a golden kite flew by and perched itself on the nock of Emperor Jinmu's bow, and Nagasunehiko's army was blinded and could not fight.
Japanese: このとき、金色の鳶が飛んできて、神武天皇の弓弭に止まり、長髄彦の軍は眼が眩み、戦うことができなくなった。
English: Nagasunehiko addressed his question to Emperor Jinmu, "Long ago, a child of Amatsu kami (god of heaven) descended, riding on Ame no iwafune (rock boat of heaven). His name was Kushitama Nigihayahi no Mikoto. He married my younger sister, Mikashigiyahime, and a child named Umashimade was born. Therefore, I serve Nigihayahi no Mikoto as my lord. How could there be 2 children of God. How can you try to steal other people's land when you call yourself Amatsu kami's son?"
Japanese: 長髄彦は神武天皇に「昔、天つ神の子が天の磐船に乗って降臨した。名を櫛玉饒速日命という。私の妹の三炊屋媛を娶わせて、可美真手という子も生まれた。ゆえに私は饒速日命を君として仕えている。天つ神の子がどうして二人いようか。どうして天つ神の子であると称して人の土地を奪おうとしているのか」とその疑いを述べた。
English: The Emperor showed Ame no haha ya (the heavenly feathered arrows) and Kachiyuki (Japanese quiver) as his proof of being Amatsu kami's son, and even though Nagasunehiko was awed, he did not change his views.
Japanese: 天皇は天つ神の子である証拠として、天の羽羽矢と歩靱を見せ、長髄彦は恐れ畏まったが、改心することはなかった。
English: Therefore, he was killed by Nigihayahi no Mikoto, who realized that it was impossible to mediate between the Emperor and Nagasunehiko.
Japanese: そのため、間を取り持つことが無理だと知った饒速日命（ニギハヤヒノミコト）に殺された。
English: It is said that he was killed by the hands of Nigihayahi no Mikoto, and alternatively, it is also said that he eventually died after his failure at his homeland, but there are theories that imply that in actuality, he advanced north with the support of the Wani clan (Watatsumi family), who was his sibling clan, and he settled in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, with Abihiko, who was a powerful regional ruler in the Kinai region at that time.
Japanese: 饒速日命の手によって殺された、或いは失脚後に故地に留まり死去したともされているが、実際は同胞である和邇氏（海神族）の協力を経て北上し、時の畿内の有力豪族安日彦（アビヒコ）とともに青森県は弘前に落ち着いたという説がある。
English: There is also lore regarding the potential site of his death that hints at the possibility of his involvement in the eastern expedition because he performed a Shinto ritual prior to the eastern expedition in which an arrow was aimed toward the sun to solve political instability and there is also a theory passed down by Yaoi clan, who claim to be his descendants, that says he committed suicide.
Japanese: また、東征前に政情不安から太陽に対して弓を引く神事を行ったという東征にも関与していた可能性をも匂わせる故地の候補地の伝承、自らを後裔と主張する矢追氏による自死したという説もある。
English: There is also a theory that says that he was from a local ruling clan that had power in the area around what was formerly Torikai-go, Soejimo-gun (present-day northern Ikoma City, area around Tomio Station, Nara City), or in the area near Sakurai City.
Japanese: 旧添下郡鳥貝郷（現生駒市北部・奈良市富雄駅地方）付近、あるいは桜井市付近に勢力を持った豪族という説もある。
English: He made his younger sister, Tomiyahime, also known as Mikashigiyahime, the wife of Nigihayahi no Mikoto, who rode a Amano iwafune(boat) and descended down on a mountain in Ikaruga called Mt. Shiraniwa, and Nagasunehiko began to serve him.
Japanese: 登美夜毘売（トミヤヒメ）、あるいは三炊屋媛（ミカシギヤヒメ）ともいう自らの妹を、天の磐舟で、斑鳩の峰白庭山に降臨した饒速日命（ニギハヤヒノミコト）の妻とし、仕えるようになる。
English: It is said that his descendant was Tominoichii who defeated MONONOBE no Moriya with Prince Shotoku.
Japanese: この子孫が聖徳太子と共に物部守屋を討った迹見赤檮（トミノイチイ）だとされている。
English: It is said that the Oda family (which later turned out Nobunaga ODA) of Yamagata, and the Date family of Sendai, who were both busho (Japanese military commanders) during the Middle Ages and the Period of Warring Sates, were Nagasunehiko's descendants.
Japanese: 中世、戦国の武将山形の織田家（後に織田信長を輩出）や仙台の伊達家が長髄彦の子孫であると言われている。
English: The Nakatomi clan (the Onakatomi clan) had been appointed to the post for generations before modern times, and the Jingikan (Shinto commissioner) (set up in July of 1869 independently from Daijokan (Grand Council of State) with the amendments to the Constitution of 1868) held the post concurrently.
Japanese: 近代以前は、代々中臣氏（大中臣氏）が任命され、神祇官神祇官（明治2年7月政体書改正に伴い太政官から特立）が兼任した。
English: The role of the post was to visit shrines in Ise and recite prayers conveying the wishes of the emperor to the enshrined deity during the Kinensai (prayer service for a good crop), Tsukinami-sai Festival and Kannamesai Festival.
Japanese: 伊勢の神宮の祈年祭・月次祭・神嘗祭において、奉幣使として参向し、祝詞を奏上して、天皇の意思を祭神に伝えることを主たる役目とする。
English: Posts using the name of Saishu were established in shrines other than Ise-jingu Shrine, but these posts were clearly different.
Japanese: 伊勢神宮のほかにも同名の役職が置かれる場合があったが、それらとは明確に区別される。
English: This post is sometimes confused with Saigu (an Imperial Princess appointed to serve the deities of the Ise-jingu Shrine), but Saigu were maiden imperial women who had served in shrines until the post was abolished in the period of the Northern and Southern Courts (Japan).
Japanese: このことから斎宮と混同されることもあるが、斎宮は神宮に仕えた未婚の皇族女性のことで南北朝時代_(日本)に廃絶した。
English: In modern times, the inheritance of the post by the Fujinami family was abolished as the hereditary system of shake (a family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis) was repealed and the peerage was appointed to Jingu Saishu.
Japanese: 近代以降、社家の世襲が廃止されると、藤波家の世襲は廃され、華族をもって神宮祭主に任じた。
English: Later on, Saishu became an official post appointed by the emperor to an Imperial Family member or duke and was legally established by imperial edict to regulate the Ise-jingu Shrine.
Japanese: のち皇族又は公爵をもって任じる親任官となり、勅令である神宮司庁官制で法制化された。
English: After the war, the Ise-jingu Shrine was no longer affiliated with the state and became a religious corporation under the Shinto Directive and the Constitution of Japan.
Japanese: 戦後は神道指令及び日本国憲法により、国家の手をはなれ、宗教法人としての神宮となった。
English: Currently the 'regulation' for the shrine as a religious corporation provides that 'Saishu are to be appointed in obedience to imperial order.'
Japanese: 現在は宗教法人としての「規則」により、祭主は「勅旨を奉じて定める」ことされている。