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カテゴリー1： 7. Concepts and Doctrines
カテゴリー2： Basic Terms
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Ushihaku
Text
Ruling a territory as lord. Motoori Norinaga interpreted it as "possessing a certain place as one's own." In the section in Kojiki concerning the "transfer of the land" (kuniyuzuri), it says: "The Central Land of the Reed Plains (Ashihara no nakatsukuni) over which you [Ōkuninushi] hold sway (ushihaku) is a land entrusted to the rule (shirasu) of my offspring (the imperial line)." There is a clear distinction between ushihaku and shirasu. Ushihaku is used when speaking of the actual possession of specific places, such as realms, mountains and seas, by native deities. Therefore we cannot use ushihaku to speak of "ruling" the country as a whole. Nor can it be used to denote the rule of an emperor; for this the word shiroshimesu is used.
See Shirasu
— Nishioka Kazuhiko

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