The black kite in gold appeared in Nihon-shoki, an ancient chronicles of Japan, in which the bird came to a battle field and gave a decisive aid that led Emperor Jinmu to his enthronement, at Kashihara, as the first emperor of Japan.

#235 Black Kite

Type

Legendaries

Place

Yamato Yagi Railway Station

Area

Kashihara, Nara

Country

Japan

Date

21 March 2010

The place and area names are as of the visited points of time.