| Emperor Keitai 継体天皇 | |||||
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| Great King of Yamato | |||||
 Statue of Keitai in Mount Asuwa, Fukui Prefecture, Japan | |||||
| Emperor of Japan | |||||
| Reign | 3 March 507 – 10 March 531 | ||||
| Predecessor | Buretsu | ||||
| Successor | Ankan | ||||
| Born | 450 | ||||
| Died | March 10, 531 (aged 80–81) | ||||
| Burial | Mishima no Akinu no misasagi (三島藍野陵) (Osaka) | ||||
| Spouse | Tashiraka | ||||
| Issue among others... | |||||
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| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Hikoushi no Ōkimi | ||||
| Mother | Furihime | ||||
Emperor Keitai (継体天皇, Keitai-tennō) (died 10 March 531) was the 26th 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 3 March 507 to 10 March 531.[3]
- ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 継体天皇 (26)
- ^ Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 119–120; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 31–33., p. 31, at Google Books
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 43.