Crossword-Solution: KUME 4 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

How grand! How splendid! My imperial ancestor Ama-terasu no Oho-Kami, desires therewith to assist me in creating the hereditary institution." At this time Hi no Omi no Mikoto, ancestor of the Ohotomo House, taking with him Oho-kume as commander of the main body, guided by the direction taken by the crow, looked up to it and followed after, until at length they arrived at the district of Lower Uda.

The emperor distributed this flesh and _sake_ to the common soldiers, upon which they sang the following verses: "In the high {castle tree} of Uda I set a snare for woodcock, And waited, But no woodcock came to it; A valiant whale came to it." This is called a Kume song.

Therefore he made a song saying: "Though folk say That one Yemishi Is a match for one hundred men, They do not so much as resist." The practice according to which, at the present time, the Kume sing this and then laugh loud, had this origin.

The landing of Ninigi--his full name need not be repeated--was made with all precautions, the van of his army (kume) being commanded by the ancestor of the men who thenceforth held the highest military rank (otomo) through many centuries, and the arms carried being bows, arrows, and swords.* *The swords are said to have been "mallet-headed," but the term still awaits explanation.

Finally, all military functions were committed to the chiefs, Oshihi and Kume, whose descendants constituted the Otomo and Kume families.