nushi

The word 'nushi' simply refers to the owner of the house.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The Japanese Emperor is the highest Kan-nushi of all.

Concise Dictionary of Religion 1993

Zheiwei nushi xiang qu cheshud, ramhou huldao queue. '

Quiller Bamboo Hall, Adam 1991

The next evening Okami arrived unannounced at Iwa-nushi's house.

Floating City Lustbader, Eric 1990

The first three are the creators of heaven and earth, and they are Ame-no-minaka-nushi, who existed immobile at the time of the creation; Takami-misubi, and Kami-busubi, agents in the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

The process is said to have been taught by Sukuna, who, as shown above, came to Japan from a foreign country -- probably China -- when the Kami, Okuni-nushi, was establishing order in the Japanese islands.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

Okuni-nushi, Kami, "Great Name Possessor"; ancestor of Oga-uji

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

The latter duty was entrusted to officials called kuni-no-miyatsuko and agata-nushi, which may be translated

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

A miyatsuko had administered the affairs of the kuni, holding the office by hereditary right, and the agata of which there were about 590, a frequently changing total as well as the inaki and the mura had been under officials called nushi.

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886

There were also uji whose members, from generation to generation, acted as governors of provinces (kuni no miyatsuko) or headmen of districts (agata-nushi).

A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Dairoku Kikuchi 1886