Legendary emperor of Japan
Emperor Annei (安寧天皇 ,Annei-tennō ) , also known asShikitsuhikotamatemi no Mikoto (師木津日子玉手見命 ) was the thirdlegendary emperor of Japan , according to the traditionalorder of succession .[ 3] [ 4] Very little is known about this Emperor due to a lack of material available for further verification and study. Annei is known as a "legendary emperor" among historians as his actual existence is disputed. Nothing exists in theKojiki other than his name and genealogy. Annei's reign allegedly began in 549 BC, he had one wife and three sons. After his death in 511 BC, his second or third son supposedly became thenext emperor .
Legendary narrative [ edit ] Emperor Annei's name appears in both theKojiki andNihon Shoki where only his genealogy are recorded. While the Japanese have traditionally accepted this sovereign's historical existence, no extant contemporary records have been discovered that confirm a view that this historical figure actually reigned. Before his accession to the throne, he was allegedly known as Prince Shikitsu-hiko Tamatemi.[ 5] Shikitsu-hiko Tamatemi was either the eldest son or the only son ofEmperor Suizei withIsuzuyori-hime .[ 4] [ 6] TheKojiki records that he ruled from the palace ofUkena-no-miya (片塩浮穴宮 ; and in theNihon Shoki as片塩浮孔宮 ) at Katashiro inKawachi in what would come to be known asYamato Province .[ 6] During Emperor Annei's alleged lifetime, he had one wife named "Nunasokonakatsu-hime " and fathered three children with her. Annei's reign lasted from 549 BC until his death in 511 BC, his second or third son then took the throne and would later be referred to asEmperor Itoku .[ 6] [ 7]
Memorial Shinto shrine and mausoleum honoring Emperor Annei. The existence of at least the first nine Emperors is disputed due to insufficient material available for further verification and study.[ 8] Annei is thus regarded by historians as a "legendary Emperor", and is considered to have been the second ofeight Emperors without specific legends associated with them .[ a] The name Annei-tennō was assigned to himposthumously by later generations, and literally means "steady tranquillity".[ 10] His name might have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Annei, possibly during the time in which legends about the origins of theimperial dynasty were compiled as the chronicles known today as theKojiki .[ 9] The name "Annei" is first credited to Japanese scholar and writerŌmi no Mifune , who allegedly came up with the name sometime in the latter half of the 8th century.[ 11]
While the actual site of Annei's grave is not known, the Emperor is traditionally venerated at amemorial Shinto shrine (陵,misasagi ) inKashihara . TheImperial Household Agency designates this location as Annei'smausoleum , and is formally namedUnebi-yama no hitsujisaru Mihodo no i no e no misasagi(畝傍山西南御陰井上陵,The royal tomb over the mihodo at the south west ofmount unebi ) .[ 4] The first emperor that historians believe might have actually existed isEmperor Sujin , the 10th emperor of Japan.[ 12] Outside of the Kojiki, the reign ofEmperor Kinmei [ b] (c. 509 – 571 AD) is the first for which contemporary historiography is able to assign verifiable dates.[ 15] The conventionally accepted names and dates of the early Emperors were not confirmed as "traditional" though, until the reign of Emperor Kanmu [ c] between 737 and 806 AD.[ 9]
Genealogy of early Japanese emperors and empresses
Consorts and Children [ edit ] ^ Also known as the "eight undocumented monarchs" (欠史八代 ,Kesshi-hachidai ) .[ 9] ^ The 29th Emperor[ 13] [ 14] ^ Kanmu was the 50th sovereign of the imperial dynasty ^ There are two ways this name is transcribed: "Ika-gashiko-me" is used byTsutomu Ujiya , while "Ika-shiko-me" is used byWilliam George Aston .[ 46] Japanese Imperial kamon — a stylizedchrysanthemum blossom^ "Genealogy of the Emperors of Japan" (PDF) .Kunaicho.go.jp . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on March 22, 2011. RetrievedMay 8, 2019 .^ Kenneth Henshall (2013).Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945 . Scarecrow Press. p. 487.ISBN 9780810878723 . ^ "安寧天皇 (3)" .Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō) (in Japanese). RetrievedMay 8, 2019 .^a b c Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959). The Imperial House of Japan . Ponsonby Memorial Society. p. 29 & 418.^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia . 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