Princess Yamato Totohi Momoso

Yamato-totohi-momoso-hime or Yamato-totobi-momoso-hime (倭迹迹日百襲姫) is a legendary royal princess of the ancient Japan. She was the daughter of Emperor Kōrei. She was known as the shamanistic woman. She is related with the Hashihaka legends, and the marriage legend of Ōmono-nushi.

The Hashihaka kofun is considered to be the first large keyhole-shaped kofun constructed in Japan and is associated with the emergence of the Yamato Kingship.

The Imperial Household Agency designates the Hashihaka kofun as the tomb of Yamato-totohi-Momoso-hime. There is also a scholarly theory that the Hashihaka kofun is the tomb of Himiko, the queen of Yamatai.

The name Hashihaka translates as "chopstick grave" and refers to a mythical love affair between Yamato-totohi-Momoso-hime and the kami of sacred Mount Miwa (Ōmno-nushi), which ended with the princess stabbing herself to death with a chopstick.

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