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Ō clan

Ō clan (多氏, Ō no uji, also written as 大氏) is a descendant clan of Jimmu and Himetataraisuzu-hime. They are descended from Kamuyaimimi.^[1][2]

Ō no Yasumaro was a famous member. He became head of the clan in 716 around the time he wrote the Kojiki.^[3][4]

Takemikazuchi was originally a local god (kunitsukami) revered by the Ō clan,^[5] and was a god of maritime travel.^[5] However, the Nakatomi clan who also has roots in this region, and when they took over control of priestly duties from the Ō clan, they also instituted Takemikazuchi as the Nakatomi clan's ujigami (clan deity). Or so this is the observation by Iwao Ōwa ^[ja] in his Jinja to kodai ōken saishi (1989). He goes on to theorize that the Ō clan was originally ōmi (大忌, "greater taboo (priesthood)"), but was usurped by the Nakatomi who were among the "lesser priesthood" (the latter claims descent from the Inbe clan (忌部氏)).^[5]

Ōyamatsumi[6][7][8]

Susanoo[9][10][11]: 277

Kamuo Ichihime[7][8][12][13]

Konohanachiru-hime[14][11]: 277

Ashinazuchi[15][16]

Tenazuchi[16]

Toshigami[13][12]

Ukanomitama[7][8] (Inari)[17]

Oyamakui[18]

Kushinadahime[16][19][11]: 277

Yashimajinumi[14][11]: 277

Kagutsuchi[20]

Kuraokami[21]

Hikawahime [ja][22][11]: 278

Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu [ja][11]: 278

Fukabuchi-no-Mizuyarehana [ja][11]: 278

Ame-no-Tsudoechine [ja][11]: 278

Funozuno [ja][11]: 278

Sashikuni Okami [ja][11]: 278

Omizunu[11]: 278

Futemimi [ja][11]: 278

Sashikuni Wakahime [ja][11]: 278

Ame-no-Fuyukinu[23][24][11]: 278

Takamimusubi[25][26]

Futodama[25][26]

Nunakawahime[27]

Ōkuninushi[28][11]: 278  (Ōnamuchi)[29]

Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto[30]

Kotoshironushi[31][32]

Tamakushi-hime[30]

Takeminakata[33][34]

Susa Clan[35]

JAPANESE EMPERORS

711–585 BC Jimmu[36] 660–585 BC(1)

Himetataraisuzu-hime[36]

Kamo no Okimi[31][37]

Mirahime [ja]

632–549 BC Suizei[38][39][40] 581–549 BC(2)

Isuzuyori-hime[37][41]

Hikoyai[38][39][40]

Kamuyaimimi[38][39][40] d.577 BC

Miwa clan and Kamo clan

Nunasokonakatsu-hime[42][31]

Imperial House of Japan

Ō clan[43][44] and Aso clan[45]

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• Blue is male.
• Grey means other or unknown.
• Clans, families, people groups are in green.

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