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Takenouchi proving victorious; his brother with all his family were condemned to become tomo-be of the suzerain of Kii. Side by side with these primitive conditions stands a romantic story of Ojin's self-denial in ceding to his son, Osazaki, a beautiful girl whom the sovereign has destined to be his own consort.
*Tomo is an abbreviation of tomo-be. It will be seen from the above that in old Japan lineage counted above everything, alike officially and socially. The offices, the honours and the lands were all in the hands of the lineal descendants of the original Yamato chiefs.
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