San of Wa

San of Wa
King of Wa
PredecessorEmperor Nintoku?
SuccessorChin of Wa
Posthumous name
Emperor Richu?
Genealogy of the Five kings of Wa and Emperors
Book of Song Book of Liang
San of Wa
(421, 425 ce)
Chin of Wa
(438 ce)
Sai of Wa
(443, 451 ce)
Ko of Wa
(462 ce)
Bu of Wa
(478 ce)
San of WaChin of Wa
Sai of Wa
Ko of WaBu of Wa
Genealogy of Emperors in Nihon Shoki

(Numbers in parentheses are Japanese epithets)

15 Ojin
(誉田別)
16 Nintoku
(大鷦鷯)
17 Richū
(去来穂別)
18 Hanzei
(瑞歯別)
19 Ingyō
(雄朝津間稚子宿禰)
Ichinobe no OshiwaKinshari20 Ankō
(穴穂)
21 Yūryaku
(大泊瀬幼武)

San of Wa (讃) was a king of Wa in the first half of the 5th century (middle of the Kofun era). [1]

He was the brother of Chin, the first of the "Five kings of Wa" (although San is not seen as a king in the historical record [2]). Some have compared him to either the 15th Emperor Ojin, the 16th Emperor Nintoku, or the 17th Emperor Richu.