Needless to say, the Ancient Yamato Nation was not the only ancient national community that came to exist within the Japanese language bloc. The records concerning the royal rituals are well handed down in the second lineage of the Ryukyu monarchy. In the ritual by the king of Ryukyu for the first ears of rice crop, the lingual expressions were used to divinize the throne. As a result, "the epic of rice crop" was separated, and a new expression of throne praising was established. On the other hand, the Onamesai ritual of the Ancient Yamato Nation forms a striking contrast to this Ryukyu case. In Yamato, "the epic of rice crop" is completely taken into the Royal Rights until Royal Rights are divinized by being united with the ear of rice.
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