originally inherited by the first Tenno Jimmu from his great-great-grandmother, Sun Goddess Omaterosu O-Mikami, who established him as the Emperor of Japan, over which his descendants have reigned ...

Traditionally, emperors were seen as descended from Shinto gods. The first emperor was Emperor Jimmu, who is said to have begun his reign and built an empire around 660 BC. According to Japanese ...

1). Greatest, perhaps, of tanka turners was Kamo Mabuchi (1697-1769), who claimedto be descended from the divine Three-Legged Crow which guided the first Japanese emperor, Jimmu, in all his conquests.