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16-649: After the Tenson Korin there were the Three Generations of Hyuga until Jimmu's Eastern Expedition when the Imperial House of Japan was founded. In some versions of this story, more gods came down from heaven besides Ninigi-no-Mikoto. This article relating to Japanese mythology is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jimmu%27s Eastern Expedition Jimmu's Eastern Expedition ( 神武東征 , Jinmu tōsei ) refers to

32-469: A monument. The soil returned to the grave cut following burial. This material may contain artifacts derived from the original excavation and prior site use, deliberately placed goods or artifacts, or later material. The fill may be left level with the ground or mounded. Headstones are best known, but they can be supplemented by decorative edging, footstones , posts to support items, a solid covering or other options. Graveyards were usually established at

48-529: A series of legends in which Emperor Jimmu became the first emperor of Japan, after defeating Nagasunehiko, who had ruled the Nara Basin and its surrounding area, after leaving Hyuga Province . According to the traditional dating system adopted in late 19th century, this expedition took place in 663 BC. According to the chronicles Kojiki and Nihon Shoki , Jimmu's brothers were born in Takachiho ,

64-504: Is said to have ascended the throne of Japan. Upon scaling a Nara mountain to survey the Seto Inland Sea he then controlled, Jimmu remarked that it was shaped like the "heart" rings made by mating dragonflies , archaically called akitsu 秋津. A mosquito then tried to steal Jimmu's royal blood but since Jimmu was a god incarnate Emperor, akitsumikami ( 現御神 ) , a dragonfly killed the mosquito. Japan thus received its classical name

80-691: The Nihon Shoki of Emperor Jimmu states that his armed forces defeated a group of Emishi ( 蝦夷 ) before his enthronement. The historically known Emishi were an ethnic group who lived in Honshu , particularly the Tōhoku region. In Yamato, Nigihayahi  [ ja ] (邇芸速日), who also claimed descent from the Takamagahara gods, was protected by Nagasunehiko. However, when Nigihayahi met Jimmu, he accepted Jimmu's legitimacy. At that point, Jimmu

96-687: The Dragonfly Islands, or Akitsushima ( 秋津島 ) . According to the Kojiki , Jimmu died when he was 126 years old. The Emperor's posthumous name literally means "divine might" or "god-warrior". It is generally thought that Jimmu's name and character evolved into their present shape just before the time in which legends about the origins of the imperial dynasty were chronicled in the Kojiki . There are accounts written earlier than either Kojiki or Nihon Shoki that present an alternate version of

112-565: The clan seized the mercury mines along the Kino River, invaded the Yamato mines in Uda (now shut down), and established the Yamato kingship in the late 3rd century. 。 Grave (burial) A grave is a location where a dead body (typically that of a human, although sometimes that of an animal) is buried or interred after a funeral . Graves are usually located in special areas set aside for

128-493: The grave. Excavations vary from a shallow scraping to removal of topsoil to a depth of 6 feet (1.8 m) or more where a vault or burial chamber is to be constructed. However, most modern graves in the United States are only 4 feet (1.2 m) deep as the casket is placed into a concrete box (see burial vault ) to prevent a sinkhole, to ensure the grave is strong enough to be driven over, and to prevent floating in

144-410: The instance of a flood. The material dug up when the grave is excavated. It is often piled up close to the grave for backfilling and then returned to the grave to cover it. As soil decompresses when excavated and space is occupied by the burial not all the volume of soil fits back in the hole, so often evidence is found of remaining soil. In cemeteries, this may end up as a thick layer of soil overlying

160-447: The original ground surface. The body may be placed in a coffin or other container, in a wide range of positions, by itself or in a multiple burial, with or without personal possessions of the deceased. A vault is a structure built within the grave to receive the body. It may be used to prevent crushing of the remains, allow for multiple burials such as a family vault, retrieval of remains for transfer to an ossuary , or because it forms

176-401: The purpose of burial, such as graveyards or cemeteries . In some religions , it is believed that the body must be burned or cremated for the soul to survive; in others, the complete decomposition of the body is considered to be important for the rest of the soul (see bereavement ). The formal use of a grave involves several steps with associated terminology. The excavation that forms

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192-433: The same time as the building of the relevant place of worship (which can date back to the 8th to 14th centuries) and were often used by those families who could not afford to be buried inside or beneath the place of worship itself. In most cultures those who were vastly rich, had important professions, were part of the nobility or were of any other high social status were usually buried in individual crypts inside or beneath

208-616: The southern part of Kyūshū in modern-day Miyazaki Prefecture . They moved eastward to find a location more appropriate for administering the entire country. Jimmu's older brother, Itsuse no Mikoto, originally led the migration, and led the clan eastward through the Seto Inland Sea with the assistance of local chieftain Sao Netsuhiko (根津日子). As they reached Naniwa (modern-day Osaka ), they encountered another local chieftain, Nagasunehiko (長髄彦, "the long-legged man"), and Itsuse

224-582: The story. According to those accounts, Jimmu's dynasty was supplanted by that of Ōjin , whose dynasty was supplanted by that of Keitai . The Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki then combined those three legendary dynasties into one long and continuous genealogy. The traditional site of Jimmu's grave is near Mount Unebi in Kashihara , Nara Prefecture . The original starting point of the Jimmu expedition

240-416: Was killed in the ensuing battle. Jimmu realized that they had been defeated because they battled eastward against the sun, so he decided to land on the east side of Kii Peninsula and to battle westward. They reached Kumano and, with the guidance of the three-legged crow Yatagarasu ("eight-span crow"), they moved to Yamato . There, they once again battled Nagasunehiko and were victorious. The record in

256-525: Was the northern nine provinces. The rationale is as follows. Ken'ichi Kamigaki, referring to mercury veins from Kinki to Shikoku in his book A Study of Niu: Mercury in Japan from the Perspective of Historical Geography ( Waseda University Press ), argues that the Jimmu expedition to the east was the result of a clan that had run out of resources such as mercury vermilion. In search of an economic base,

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