Owari clan

[5] The "Daijingu engi" records show that during Emperor Temmu's time, the divine sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi was returned to the palace.

[6] Miyazu-hime the wife of Yamato Takeru was a member of the clan[6] According to traditional sources, Yamato Takeru died in the 43rd year of Emperor Keiko's reign (景行天皇43年, equivalent 113 AD).

[6]: 433  The possessions of the dead prince were gathered together along with the sword Kusanagi; and his widow Miyazu-hime venerated his memory in a shrine at her home.

Sometime later, these relics and the sacred sword were moved to the current location of the Atsuta Shrine.

[7] Yamato Takeru and Miyazu-hime and her brother Takeinadane [ja] are worshipped at the shrine.

[6] The "Owariuji keizu" and shrine records reveal that during the times of Emperors Temmu, Jito, and Mommu, Owari no Muraji Inaki and his son, Owari no Muraji Inaoki, were Daiguji.

[8] In Hoei I (1704), the Daiguji's decision to appoint an Atsuta Hoshi from Jingu-ji led to protests from the Negi families.

[11] It was mainly written as a compilation of elements from the Kojiki, Nihongi and Kogo Shui, likely by an author from the Mononobe clan.

Book 5 is believed to preserve traditions of the Mononobe and Owari clans not found elsewhere, and Book 10 preserves the earlier historical record the Record of the Provincial governors (国造本紀, Kokuzō Hongi).