Yamatohime-no-mikoto

Yamatohime-no-mikoto
倭比売命 or 倭姫命
A painting of Yamato hime by Totoya Hokkei
Saiō
PredecessorPosition established
SuccessorPrincess Iyono
Diedafter the 40th year of Emperor Keikō's reign (supposedly hundreds of years old)
Burial
Ujiyamada mausoleum
HouseImperial house of Japan
FatherEmperor Suinin
MotherHibasu-hime

Yamatohime-no-mikoto (倭比売命 or 倭姫命) is a Japanese figure who is said to have established Ise Shrine, where the goddess of the sun, Amaterasu, is enshrined. Yamatohime-no-mikoto is recorded as being the daughter of Emperor Suinin, Japan's 11th emperor.


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