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Emperor Jinmu (3)


Continued from Emperor Jinmu (2)
Finally, the Prince and his party came to Osaka bay and landed on the ground. However, a local deity called Nagasune-hiko (Nagasune) and his army had been waiting to crush the Prince and his party. There have been some academic arguments about the reason why Nagasune was hostile against the Prince Iware and one of them argues that that was because of a god called Nigiyahahi. Nigiyahahi was a god who had come down to the land of Japan before Ninigi-the grandson of Amaterasu and the ancestor of Prince Iware, came down to Kyushu. Nigihayahi would not have liked the Prince, a direct descendant of Amaterasu, to rule Japan. At that time,  Nagasune deeply worshiped the god[1] and the god supported Nagasune in return. To Nigihayahi as the first deity who came from the heaven to the land of Japan,, the Prince Iware is a hindrance since the Prince is from the heavenly goddess's line[2]. 
No matter what reason it was, Nagasune and his army were ready to attack the party so the party including the Prince took a shield and had a fight[3]. Nagasune was a skillful marshal and the Prince's party had a difficult battle versus Nagasune. During the fight, an arrow from Nagasune hit the Prince's brother Itsuse and he got a severe injury[4]. The Prince realized that the place where they were standing was wrong; he realized he and his party was fighting eastward. Osaka is located in the west from Yamato area (Currently, Nara Prefecture) and Nagasune's army was standing in between Osaka and Yamato to stop the Prince from coming into Yamato. In other wise, when the Prince faced to Nagasune, the Prince also had to face to the rising sun since the sun rises in the east.
The prince is a direct descendant of Amaterasu -the sun goddess and the Prince felt that fighting eastward meant fighting against the sun, too.  That is why; he had a difficulty to win the battle[5]. Yamato is located at the center of Kinki area, so the Prince decided to pull back temporarily and detour southward to re-approach to Yamato from the opposite direction; to go westward, so that he would not need to face to the rising sun (he will have the rising sun backward)[6]. Meanwhile, he brother Itsuse died of the arrow-injury during the detour[7]. The Prince built a grave for Itsuse in a place called Kamayama[8] where now a shrine for Itsuse is located.

[1]    Suzuki (2009). Loc. cit. P128
[2]    Ibid
[3]    Association  of Shinto Shrines (2012). Loc.cit. P196
[4]    Ibid.
[5]    Ibid.
[6]    Ibid.
[7]    Ibid.
[8]    Ibid.
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