Oto-hime
Princess of the undersea palace Ryūgū-jō in the Japanese folktale Urashima Tarō
Oto-hime or Otohime (Japanese: 乙姫), in the Japanese folktale of Urashima Tarō, is the princess of the undersea palace Ryūgū-jō.
Second daughter
Oto-hime (Princess Oto)'s name consists of the character also read otsu meaning "No. 2".[a][1] Thus Oto-hime must have been the 'second daughter' or 'younger princess' of the Dragon King (Ryū-ō), as explained by folklorist Yoshio Miyao [ja] in his bilingual edition of the In Urashima fairytale.[1] Miyao whimsically wonders whatever became of Kō-hime, the elder daughter never mentioned.[2]
Explanatory notes
- ^ This is otsu as in the stock phrase kōotsu meaning "No. 1 and No. 2", as Miyao explains. Further explanation: kō and otsu are the first two of ten heavenly stems, which combined with the twelve earthly branches (Chinese zodiac) complete the Sexagenary cycle system. The kō can also be read as "ki-no-e", and otsu as "ki-no-to", literally "wood-elder" and "wood-younger"; thus each stem is a combo of the five elements and either yang/ying.
References
- ^ a b Miyao (2009), p. 198: "乙姫は甲乙の乙であるので次女、二女、妹姫となります".
- ^ Miyao (2009), p. 198.
- Bibliography
- Miyao, Yoshio [in Japanese], ed. (2009). "Urashima". Taiyaku nihon mukashibanashishū 対訳日本昔噺集 [Japanese Fairy Tale Series] (in English and Japanese). Vol. 2. Translated by Chamberlain, Basil Hall. Kobayashi Eitaku (illustr.). Sairyūsha. pp. 25ff, 301ff. ISBN 9784779113710.
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