Japanese rulers' title
Ōkimi (大王, also read as Daiō), or Ame no shita Siroshimesu Ōkimi (治天下大王, Chi Tenka Daiō),[1] was the title of the head of the Yamato Kingship, or the monarch title of Wakoku (Old Japan).[2] This term was used from the Kofun period through the Asuka period in ancient Japan.[2]
- ^ Tenka (Kotobank) See "日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ) - 天下 [Tenka (the world under the heaven)]". It says that on the iron sword, unearthed from Inariyama kofun, there is the inscrption "「治天下[獲加多支鹵]大王」(あめのしたしろしめす[わかたけるの]おおきみ, Ame no shita shirosimesu [Wakatakeru no] Ōkimi). "Wakatakeru" is the name of the Ruler of Yamato (Wakoku), called Ōkimi (great king).
- ^ a b Okimi (Kotobank) See "日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ) - 大王(尊称)[Ōkimi (honorific title)]". It says there were 3 usages for Okimi. The first is "the title for a King of Yamato kingship". "これらの大王は ....ヤマト政権の王の称号として用いられた".