Emperor Nintoku

Emperor Nintoku
仁徳天皇
Woodblock print by Toyohara Chikanobu, 1886
Emperor of Japan
Reign313–399 (traditional)[1]
PredecessorŌjin
SuccessorRichū
BornOhosazaki no Mikoto (大鷦鷯尊)
290[2]
Died399 (aged 108–109)
Burial
Mozu no Mimihara no naka no misasagi (百舌鳥耳原中陵) (Osaka)
Spouses
Issue
among others...		Emperor Richū
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Emperor Nintoku (仁徳天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Ohosazaki no Sumeramikoto (大鷦鷯天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Ōjin
MotherNakatsu-hime
ReligionShinto

Emperor Nintoku (仁徳天皇, Nintoku-tennō), also known as Ohosazaki no Sumeramikoto (大鷦鷯天皇) was the 16th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.[3][4][5] Due to his reputation for goodness derived from depictions in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, he is sometimes referred to as the Saint Emperor (聖帝, Hijiri-no-mikado).

While his existence is generally accepted as fact, no firm dates can be assigned to Nintoku's life or reign. He is traditionally considered to have reigned from 313 to 399,[6] although these dates are doubted by scholars.[7]

  1. ^ "Genealogy of the Emperors of Japan" (PDF). Kunaicho.go.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2011. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Kenneth Henshall (2013). Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945. Scarecrow Press. p. 487. ISBN 9780810878723.
  3. ^ "仲哀天皇 (16)". Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō) (in Japanese). Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  4. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon (in French). Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. pp. 22–24, 34–36.
  5. ^ Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida (1979). A Translation and Study of the Gukanshō, an Interpretative History of Japan Written in 1219. University of California Press. pp. 256–257, 261–262. ISBN 9780520034600.
  6. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 36.
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