Japan’s – Wikipedia throne -insignia
The Throninsignien or ReichsinSignia of Japan ( Japanese Three kinds of sacred treasures , SANSHU NO SHINKI/JINGI (On reading) or also Mikusa NO KANDAKARA (Kun reading)) are three artifacts: the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi ( Kusanagi sword ), the necklace composed of Krumm jewels You are magumar ( Eight -foot Qiong Quyu ) as well as a mirror, YATA NO KAGAMI ( Eight -handed mirror ). The throne in signia are not accessible to the public and science; Also from the Kaiserhaus itself, descriptions or illustrations of the insignia were never published, so that a lot of information about it necessarily have the character of speculation.
The historical origins are probably in an import from China or Korea during the Yayoi period (approx. 300 BC to approx. 258 AD). When the presumably bronze articles came to Japan at a time when bronze was still unknown, they would have made an almost magical impression on people. Objects of such a high value would then have become heirlooms of the ruling house. The founding myth of the Empire, on the other hand, knows a story from the shinto world of faith for each of the three objects. In connection with the succession of the throne, they are mentioned for the first time in the Nihonshoki, in which the enthronement of Emperor Ingyō is reported.
During the Nordhof-Südhof period there were de facto two different imperial courtyards, of which the northern was the more powerful, but the southern had the throne signia, which is why it was later regarded by Japanese history research as the lawful Kaiserhof and the northern.
Even in modern times, the binding of the throne -insignia on the imperial throne of Japan itself still exists. Article 10 of the Kaiserhaus law of 1890 defines the inseparability of the “holy treasures of the imperial ancestors” from the throne.
The three objects symbolize the three highest virtues of the ruler: the sword stands for bravery, the gemstone for the will to act right and the mirror for wisdom. These symbols may come from Buddhist philosophy; In the case of the mirror, Japan’s literature contains examples of similar meanings.
The sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi (“Grassschneider sword”) [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
The God Susanoo is supposed to be the sword in a fight against the eight -member snake YAMATA NO OROCHI have won. He is said to have killed the tremendously by with rice wine ( Sake ) made drunk and then defeated. He found the sword in the body of the being. [first] Later he gave Amaterasu, the ancestor of the imperial house. Generations later, the imperial prince and legendary hero yamatotakeru originally wore the Ama No Murakumo No Tsurugi ( Heavenly cloud sword , German “sword the sky darkening clouds”) called sword. According to tradition, the sword is said to have saved his life when insurgents lured him into a trap and the grass around him put on fire, whereupon the sword independently the grass ( almost ) Mowing in front of him ( as ) and thus enabled him to escape, whereupon Yamatotakeru it Kusanagi called.
The sword then remained inheritance from the ruling family. However, it was supposed to go under the naval battle of Dan-no-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-NOW with the Kindkaiser Antoku in the sea. Today it is said to be in the shrine of Atsuta in Nagoya. There is therefore a dispute among scholars whether the current Kusanagi is only a replica or whether the sword at Antokus drowning death was not there to go down with the unfortunate regent. Presumably the Kusanagi, which is not accessible to the public, is a short, double -edged sword in the style of the Bronze Age, not a katana, as it appears in many modern interpretations of the stories in manga and anime.
The necklace You are magumar [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
This artifact is probably a necklace made of magata (drop -shaped gemstones). Jewelry of this kind was widespread in the nobles of the Kofun period; However, it is often associated with the Yamato (i. d. R. by Japanese historians). However, it is certain that Magatama originally came from Japan and acted as a kind of amulet in Shinto. In the legend, the gods put the necklace together with the mirror in front of a cave in which Amaterasu kept hidden. Since the world was in darkness without the sun goddess, the other gods had to lure them out. Today the artifact is located in the Japanese Kaiserpalast.
The mirror YATA NO KAGAMI [ Edit | Edit the source text ]
Just like the necklace, the mirror is said to have served as a lure for amaterasu. Together the two objects were hung on a tree, and when Amaterasu perceived the flashing, she came closer, ventured out of the cave, and the other gods forced them out. So the light came back into the world. The Nihongi even reports that Amaterasu is said to have said when the mirror was handed over to her grandson Ninigi No Mikoto that he should assume at the show in the mirror that she should be seen in it herself. The explanation is more prosaic that polished bronze slices as a mirror were often exported from the Asian mainland to the Japanese islands. SPIEGEL is said to be in the ISE shrine, Japan’s most important Shinto sanctuary, as well as a replica from the time of the mythological emperor sujins in the Kashiko documentary in the Kaiserpalast Tokyo.
- ↑ Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 , Translated From The Original Chinese and Japanese by William George Aston. Book I, Part 1, page 53. Tuttle Publishing. Tra Edition (July 2005). First edition published: 1972. ISBN 978-0-8048-3674-6.
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