Ame-no-Oshikumone

is a Japanese historical figure and the ancestor god of the Nakatomi clan. He was the son of Ame-no-Koyane and Himegami.  and father of .*  * 中村英重「中臣氏と家門」（所収:吉村武彦 編『律令制国家と古代社会の詳細』（塙書房、2005年（平成17年）） ISBN 978-4-8273-1196-9） and the ancestor of the Nakatomi clan and Fujiwara clan. Wakamiya Shrine, a subshrine of Kasuga-taisha is dedicated to him.https://www.mlit.go.jp/tagengo-db/common/001559851.pdf

He is in a famous painting "Mandala of Wakamiya of Kasuga Shrine", now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

He was associated with Susanoo and the Izumo Province.

He was identified as the bodhisattva  in the temple Daijo-in and as  at Ichijo-inAllan G. Grapard The Protocol of the Gods: A Study of the Kasuga Cult in Japanese History, University of California press 

He is a part of the group of gods Kasuga-no-Kami. He was added much later than the rest of them and is said to be the divine child of Ame-no-Koyane and Himegami. two other members of Kasuga-no-Kami. Adding him was important because it set an example and helped Japanese people learn to worship other groups of gods.

His two parent kami Ame-no-Koyane and Himegami were bunrei transferred from Hiraoka Shrine, and the shrine was thus given the name of Moto-Kasuga ("former Kasuga").


Related pages
 Kasuga-no-Kami
 Family tree of Japanese monarchs

References

Category:Japanese people
Category:Gods and goddesses of Japan
Category:Amatsukami