ABSTRACT
THE Empress Toy'o-mike Kashiki-ya-hime ,,"as the second" daughter of the Emperor Ame.. kuni oshi-hiraki hiro-niha:) and a )Tounger sister by' the same mother of the Emperor Tachibana no toyo-hi. 6 In her childhood she ,\?as called the Princess Nukada-be. Her appearance ,vas beautiful, and her conduct was marked by propriety'. At the age of eighteen, she ,vas appointed Empress-consort of the Emperor Nunakura futodama-shiki.1 'Vhen she ,,,as thirty-four years of age, the Emperor N unakura futo-dama-shiki died. "Then she was thirty-nine years of age, in the 5th )'ear and the 11th nl0nth of the reign of the Emperor Hatsuse-be,8 the Emperor "ras murdered by the Oho-olni l\!Iumako no Sukune, and the succession to the Dignity' being vacant, the Ministers besought the Empress-consort of the Emperor N unakura futo-damashiki, viz. the Princess N ukarla-be, to ascend the throne. The Empress refused, but the public functionaries urged her in memorials three times until she consented, and the:y accordingly delivered to her the Imperial Seal.
