Kami (Shinto deity)
Tsunogui no Kami
角杙神
In the Kojiki, Tsunogui appears as a pair with Ikugui no Kami, and is placed in the fourth generation of the Kamiyo Nanayo (seven generations of the age of the kami). Tsunogui is one of the paired kami who follow the two hitorigami (single kami), Kuni no Tokotachi no Kami and Toyokumono no Kami.
What is recorded in the Kojiki and scholarly views on the kami's name are introduced separately. The page introduces the relationships recorded in the Kojiki and explanations concerning the name.
English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む
Place in the Kojiki
In the Kojiki, Tsunogui appears as a pair with Ikugui no Kami, and is placed in the fourth generation of the Kamiyo Nanayo (seven generations of the age of the kami). Tsunogui is one of the paired kami who follow the two hitorigami (single kami), Kuni no Tokotachi no Kami and Toyokumono no Kami.
Source: 國學院大學
What the text records
The Kamiyo Nanayo count each of the first two kami as one generation, and each of the five pairs that follow as one generation. Seven generations does not mean seven kami; there are twelve kami in all. There is no tale in this section telling of Tsunogui no Kami's individual actions or words.
Source: 國學院大學
How to receive the name
There is a theory linking “gui” (杙) with stakes, and a theory linking it with the way shoots of plants emerge above ground. These interpretations also relate to how the Kamiyo Nanayo as a whole are understood, for example as the formation of the land or the coming into being of the bodies of the kami.
Source: 國學院大學
An example of a chant (in Japanese)
祓え給い、清め給え、神（かむ）ながら守り給い、幸（さきわ）え給え
Related kami and buddhas
Sources (in Japanese)
- 國學院大學「『古事記』上巻・神世七代（校訂本文）」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 國學院大學「神名データベース「角杙神」」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「角杙神」」（2026-10-15 確認）