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Konohana-no-Sakuya-bime

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A divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. Appears in the Kojiki section on Ninigi's marriage.

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Bride of Ninigi from the Kojiki (712 CE); head deity of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha.

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Konohana-no-Sakuya-bime (木花之佐久夜毘売) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the upper scroll section on the marriage of Ninigi-no-Mikoto. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves the reading. She is the daughter of Oyamatsumi-no-Kami, and the consort of Ninigi-no-Mikoto. She bore Hoderi (Umisachihiko), Hosuseri, and Hoori (Yamasachihiko), making her a maternal ancestor in the imperial line. She is venerated as the principal deity at Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha in Shizuoka, the head shrine of all Sengen shrines nationwide. Interpretations of identification vary across commentaries, and IZANORA records this name strictly as it appears in the source.

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