ABSTRACT
THE Emperor Nunakura Futo-tama-shiki \vas the second child of the Emperor Ame-kuni-oshi-hiraki-hiro-niha. I-lis mother was called the Empress Consort Iha no hime [the Empress Consort Iha no hime ,vas a daughter of the Emperor Take-o-hiro-kuni-oshi-tateJ. The Emperor \vas not a believer in Buddhism, but \\?as fond of literature.a At the age of t\venty-nine he \vas raised to the position of Prince Imperial. In the fourth month of the thirty-second ~year of his reign the Emperor Ame-kuni-oshi-hiraki-hiro-niha died.
