Takenouchi no Sukune

Takenouchi no Sukune
武内宿禰
Takenouchi no Sukune drawn by Kikuchi Yosai
Ōomi
Personal details
Born84 AD
DiedUnknown
Children
  • Hata no Yashiro
  • Kose no Okara
  • Soga no Ishikawa
  • Heguri no Tsuku
  • Ki no Tsuno
  • Kume no Matio-hime
  • Nonoiro-hime
  • Katsuragi no Sotsuhiko
  • Wakugo no Sukune
Parent
  • Yanushi Otake Ogokoro no Mikoto (father)

Takenouchi no Sukune (武内宿禰) or Takeshiuchi no Sukune was a legendary Japanese hero-statesman of the 1st century, and a Shinto kami.

He is recorded in Japan's earliest literary texts, the Kojiki (ca. 712) and the Nihon Shoki (720).