Emperor Ankan
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No firm dates can be assigned to this Emperor's life or reign, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 10 March 531 to 25 January 536.[3]
Legendary narrative
According to the Kojiki, Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., later Emperor Ankan, was the elder son of Emperor Keitai, who is considered to have ruled the country during the early-6th century, though there is a paucity of information about him.[4] When Ankan was 66 years old, Keitai abdicated in favor of him.
Ankan's contemporary title would not have been tennō, as most historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō. Rather, it was presumably Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., meaning "the great king who rules all under heaven". Alternatively, Ankan might have been referred to as Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler or the "Great King of Yamato".
The most noteworthy event recorded during his reign was the construction of state granaries in large numbers throughout Japan, indicating the broad reach of imperial power at the time.[5]
Ankan's grave is traditionally associated with the Takayatsukiyama kofun in Habikino, Osaka.
Genealogy
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Consort: Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Kose no Ohito no Ōomi's daughter
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First son: Imperial Prince Ako.
Second son: Prince Kibu
Third son: Prince Akihinohohoshika, later Emperor Kinmei
See also
Notes
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- ↑ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 安閑天皇 (27)
- ↑ Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 120; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Template:Trim&pg=PA33 Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 33., p. 33, at Google Books
- ↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 44.
- ↑ Kelly, Charles F. "Kofun Culture," Japanese Archaeology. April 27, 2009.
- ↑ Mason, Joseph. (2002). Template:Trim&pg=PA172 The Meaning of Shinto, p. 172., p. 172, at Google Books
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References
- Aston, William George. (1896). Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. Template:Catalog lookup link
- Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. Template:ISBN; Template:Catalog lookup link
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. Template:Catalog lookup link
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. Template:Catalog lookup link
- Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns. New York: Columbia University Press. Template:ISBN; Template:Catalog lookup link
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