Nunasokonakatsu-hime (渟名底仲媛命) was the legendary empress consort of Japan from 546 to 510 BCAnston, p., 41 (Vol. 1)and Anston, p. 1.42 (Vol. 1) and then empress dowager from 510 BC according to traditional dates.

Life There exact number of her children differs between the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. In the Kojiki she and her husband have 3, Tokotsuhikoirone, Emperor Itoku, and Shikitsuhiko.Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press. Yet in the Nihon Shoki they have another, Ikisomimi.W. G. ASTON, C.M.G. (1896) “Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697”. Tuttle Publishing. only the Kojiki states her father as Kamo no Okimi.Ponsonby, F. (1959) “The Imperial House of Japan.” Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. The Empress's life is not recorded in the Kojiki or Nihon Shoki but for her family and titles.

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