Then Prince Uji no Wakiiratsuko would commit suicide in order to pass the Imperial Throne to Prince Osazaki (Osazaki no Mikoto, later Emperor Nintoku); this episode became a well known and beautiful story in Japan. |
ものの、異母兄の大鷦鷯尊(おおさざきのみこと、後の仁徳天皇)に皇位を譲るべく自殺したという美談で知られる。 |