Editing Tottori Prefecture (section)

==Etymology==
The word "Tottori" in Japanese is formed from two ''[[kanji]]'' characters. The first, {{linktext|鳥}}, means "bird" and the second, {{linktext|取}} means "to get". Early residents in the area made their living catching the region's plentiful waterfowl. The name first appears in the {{Lang|ja-latn|[[Nihon shoki]]}} in the 23rd year of the [[Emperor Suinin]] (213 AD) when Yukuha Tana, an elder from the Izumo, visits the emperor. The imperial Prince Homatsu-wake was unable to speak, despite being 30 years of age.
<blockquote>"Yukuha Tana presented the swan to the emperor. Homatsu-wake no Mikoto played with this swan and at last learned to speak. Therefore, Yukaha Tana was liberally rewarded, and was granted the title of Tottori no Miyakko." (Aston, translation)<ref name="nihon-suiko">{{Citation | translator-last = Aston | translator-first = W. G. | year = 1972 | title = Nihongi; chronicles of Japan from the earliest times to A.D. 697 | chapter = XXX | edition = 1st Tuttle | publisher = C.E. Tuttle Co. | place = Rutland, Vt. | page = 175 | isbn = 978-0-8048-0984-9 | oclc = 354027}}</ref></blockquote>