| Emperor Seimu 成務天皇 | |||||
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| Emperor of Japan | |||||
| Reign | 131–190 (traditional)[1] | ||||
| Predecessor | Keikō | ||||
| Successor | Chūai | ||||
| Born | Wakatarashi hiko (稚足彦尊) 84[2] | ||||
| Died | 190 (aged 107)[2][3][a] | ||||
| Burial | Saki no Tatanami no misasagi (狭城盾列池後陵) (Nara) | ||||
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| Issue | Prince Wakanuke[b] | ||||
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| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Emperor Keikō | ||||
| Mother | Yasakairi-hime[5] | ||||
| Religion | Shinto | ||||
Emperor Seimu (成務天皇, Seimu-tennō), also known as Wakatarashi hiko no Sumera mikoto (稚足彦天皇), was the 13th legendary Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.[6][7] Both the Kojiki, and the Nihon Shoki (collectively known as the Kiki) record events that took place during Seimu's alleged lifetime. This legendary Emperor is best known for organizing his local governments by making the first appointments of their kind to provinces under his rule. Seimu had only one recorded wife who bore him a single child; he also had a concubine but she had no children. This is in stark contrast to his father, who is said to have had at least 80 children with multiple wives.
Seimu's reign is conventionally considered to have been from 131 to 190 AD. An issue ultimately occurred when his only son allegedly died at a young age.[8] Seimu appointed one of his nephews to be crown prince before his death in 190 AD, marking the first of later generations which would cede the throne to a non-direct successor. While the location of Seimu's grave (if any) is unknown, he is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto tomb. Modern historians have come to the conclusion that the title of "Emperor" and the name "Seimu" was used by later generations to describe this legendary Emperor. It has also been proposed that Seimu actually reigned much later than he is attested.
- ^ "Genealogy of the Emperors of Japan" (PDF). Kunaicho.go.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ a b Kenneth Henshall (2013). Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945. Scarecrow Press. p. 487. ISBN 9780810878723.
- ^ Kidder, Jonathan E. (2007). Himiko and Japan's Elusive Chiefdom of Yamatai: Archaeology, History, and Mythology. University of Hawaii Press. p. 227. ISBN 9780824830359. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan, Volumes 9-10. Asiatic Society of Japan. 1881. pp. 226–227. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ Memoirs of the Research Department of the Tōyō Bunko (the Oriental Library), Issues 32-34. Tōyō Bunko. 1974. pp. 63–64. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "成務天皇 (13)". Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō) (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Ōdai Ichiran (in French). Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. pp. 14, 34–36.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Ponsonby Memorial Society. p. 34.
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