Significance of Military Power in the Jindai Moji Text Hotsuma Tsutae—With a Focus on Susanoo and Yamato Takeru

The jindai moji (神代文字—“characters of the Age Gods”) are pseudocharacters (疑字: “giji”) created in early modern period, which purport to be an ancient Japanese writing script. One most famous examples literature written is epic poem Hotsuma Tsutae, regarded as account development medieval mythology age. It includes tales evil lords known hatare (rendered 魔王 Kanbun), who bring chaos land and vanquished by a divine army led gods. Ultranationalists Japan enthusiastically embraced these writings. This article examines significance battles literature.