# Tajimamori > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tajimamori > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tajimamori.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajimamori > Source revision: 1294142064 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Tajimamori" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese. (February 2025) Click [show] for important translation instructions. 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You may also add the template {{Translated|ja|田道間守}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. (Learn how and when to remove this message) Illustration by [Kikuchi Yōsai](/source/Kikuchi_Y%C5%8Dsai), from *[Zenken Kojitsu](/source/Zenken_Kojitsu)* **Tajimamori** ([田道間守](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%82%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AA)) is a Japanese legendary figure of the [Kofun period](/source/Kofun_period), also worshipped as the god of [sweets](/source/Confectionery). His name is written in [kanji](/source/Kanji) as 多遅麻毛理 in the *[Kojiki](/source/Kojiki)*, and as 田道間守 in the *[Nihon Shoki](/source/Nihon_Shoki)*. ## Legendary narrative Tajimamori's ancestry is described differently in the *Kojiki* and *Nihon Shoki*. The *Kojiki* lists him as the son of Tajimahinaraki (多遅摩比那良岐) and elder brother of Tajimakiyohiko (多遅麻清日子), while the *Nihon Shoki* records him as the son of Tajimahinaraki (但馬日楢杵)'s son Tajimakiyohiko (但馬清彦). [Emperor Suinin](/source/Emperor_Suinin) commanded Tajimamori to go and get him a magical fruit called *tokijiku no kagu no konomi* (非時香菓). To this end Tajimamori crossed to the magical land of *[Tokoyo no kuni](/source/Tokoyo_no_kuni)* (常世の国),[1] and after ten years he returned with some branches with leaves and some with fruit. However, by this time Emperor Suinin was already dead. Tajimamori gave half of his branches to Suinin's widow and offered the other half at the deceased emperor's tomb, then died himself, wailing with sadness. He also laments and recites a speech after learning of the Emperor's death.[2] ## Worship The fruit Tajimamori brought back is supposed in the records to be a [tachibana](/source/Tachibana_orange). Tajimamori's role as god of sweets also originates in this story: the last character in the name of the fruit simply meant "fruit" at the time, but now refers to "sweets". Tajimamori is enshrined as the god of sweets in [Nakashima Shrine](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nakashima_Shrine&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%B6%8B%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE)] in [Hyōgo Prefecture](/source/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture), and through *[bunrei](/source/Bunrei)* at various other shrines throughout the nation. He is worshiped primarily by those involved in the confectionery industry. [Imari City](/source/Imari%2C_Saga) in [Saga Prefecture](/source/Saga_Prefecture) is traditionally considered the place where Tajimamori landed back in Japan, and [Imari Shrine](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Imari_Shrine&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E8%90%AC%E9%87%8C%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE)] also worships him. The original site of [Kitsumoto Shrine](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kitsumoto_Shrine&action=edit&redlink=1) [[ja](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A9%98%E6%9C%AC%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE)] in [Kainan City](/source/Kainan%2C_Wakayama), [Wakayama Prefecture](/source/Wakayama_Prefecture) is said to be the spot where the branches Tajimamori brought back were first transplanted. ## In popular culture Tajimamori is a character in [Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne](/source/Rin%3A_Daughters_of_Mnemosyne) and is voiced by [Masahiko Tanaka](/source/Masahiko_Tanaka).[3] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-:4_1-0)** ["Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細"](https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8740). *國學院大學デジタルミュージアム* (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-03-10. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Tajima Mori • . A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史"](https://historyofjapan.co.uk/wiki/tajima-mori/). *. A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史*. Retrieved 2023-08-21. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Tajimamori"](https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/RIN-Daughters-of-Mnemosyne/Tajimamori/). --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tajimamori](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajimamori) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajimamori?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.