Takenouchi no Sukune (武内宿禰) or Takeshiuchi no Sukune was a legendary Japanese hero-statesman who is said to have lived up to the ripe old age of 280. He have drunk daily from a sacred well, and this helped him to live to be 280 years old. He is known as one of the three meritorious subjects during the Punitive Campaign against the Three Korean Kingdoms and as a Shinto kami. He was also the ancestor of 28 clans in Japan. Takenouchi no Sukune was supposedly the son of Princess Kagehime, and is said to be grandson to Prince Hikofutsuoshi no Makoto. Descended from Emperor Kōgen, Takenouchi no Sukune served under five legendary emperors, Emperor Keikō (71-130), Emperor Seimu (131-190), Emperor Chūai (192-200), Emperor Ōjin (270-310), and Emperor Nintoku (313-399), but was perhaps best known for his service as Grand Minister to the Regent Empress Jingū. He passed away in the 55th year of the reign of Emperor Nintoku (supposedly in 367). Takenouchi no Sukune is considered to be the kami of good health and longevity, and he is enshrined in Ube Shrine in Iwami District, as well as Takeuchi Shrine in Tsurugaoka Hachimangu (Kamakura). On the solid gold menuki Takenouchi no Sukune figure is engraved. NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Certificate, mei: Kikugawa Hisatoshi (菊川久利), kaō, measurements: left – 2.41 cm x 1.84 cm, right – 4.31cm x 1.62 cm. His portrait has appeared also on the Japanese yen (Arabic one yen note issued on August 15, 1916).