Nukatabe no Himemiko

Soga no Umako

The three chickens

formed a polygamous set

Hatsusebe no Ouji

Toyohi no Ouji

and thus just kept on multiplying.

This one's Mononobe no Moriya

They grew fond of the Soga ghost responsible for feeding

and distrustful of the wily Mononobe Taoist.

And so...

And, though Prince Shoutoku named many of the chicks after Asuka period personages

there really was no knowing what she saw in this miniature garden of hers.