Emperor Buretsu

Emperor Buretsu
武烈天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign12 January 499 – 7 January 507
PredecessorNinken
SuccessorKeitai
Born489
DiedJanuary 7, 507(507-01-07) (aged 17–18)
Burial
Kataoka no Iwatsuki no oka no kita no misasagi (傍丘磐坏丘北陵) (Nara)
SpouseKasuga no Iratsume
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Emperor Buretsu (武烈天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Ohatsusenowakasazaki no Sumeramikoto (小泊瀬稚鷦鷯天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Ninken
MotherKasuga no Ōiratsume

Emperor Buretsu (武烈天皇, Buretsu-tennō) (489 – 7 January 507) was the 25th legendary Emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]

No firm dates can be assigned to this Emperor's life or reign, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 12 January 499 to 7 January 507.[3]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 武烈天皇 (25)
  2. ^ Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 117–118; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 31., p. 30, at Google Books
  3. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 43.