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Rh Ten thousand ri I crossed the waves, Distantly I passed over the weak water. This Eternal Land Is no other than the mysterious realm of Gods and Genii To which ordinary mortals cannot attain; Therefore in going thither and returning Ten years have naturally passed. Beyond my expectation, I braved alone the towering billows, Turning my way again towards my own land. Thus, trusting in the spirits of the Emperors, I hardly accomplished my return. But now the Emperor is dead, I am unable to report my mission. Though I should remain alive, What more would it avail me?"

Then turning his face towards the misasagi of the Emperor, he wept aloud, and so of himself he died. When the ministers heard of it they all shed tears.

Tajima Mori was the first ancestor of the Miyake no Muraji.