Emperor Hanzei

Emperor Hanzei
反正天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign406 – 410 (traditional)[1]
PredecessorRichū
SuccessorIngyō
Born352[2][3]
Died410 (aged 59–60)[a]
Burial
Mozu no Mimihara no Kita no misasagi (百舌鳥耳原北陵) (Osaka)
Issue
  • Princess Kai-hime
  • Princess Tubura-hime
  • Princess Takara-hime
  • Prince Takabe
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Emperor Hanzei (反正天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Mizuhawake no Sumeramikoto (瑞歯別天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Nintoku
MotherIwano-hime[6]
ReligionShinto

Emperor Hanzei (反正天皇, Hanzei-tennō) also known as Emperor Hansho, was the 18th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.[7][8] Both the Kojiki, and the Nihon Shoki (collectively known as the Kiki) recorded events that took place during Hanzei's alleged lifetime. No firm dates can be assigned to this Emperor's life or reign, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 406 CE to 410 CE.[9] His family included an "Imperial Lady", and "Concubine" which bore him 4 children. Historians have stated that while nothing remarkable took place during Hanzei's brief reign, he did have ranked concubines which is an introduced Chinese custom.

Hanzei died sometime in 410 AD without naming an heir to the throne which caused Imperial ministers to name a successor. While the location of Hanzei's grave 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 "Hanzei" were used by later generations to describe him. There is also a general consensus regarding Hanzei's factual existence.[b]

  1. ^ "Genealogy of the Emperors of Japan" (PDF). Kunaicho.go.jp. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 22, 2011. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  2. ^ Kenneth Henshall (2013). Historical Dictionary of Japan to 1945. Scarecrow Press. p. 488. ISBN 9780810878723.
  3. ^ Joseph Henry Longford (1923). List of Emperors: II. The Dawn of History and The great Reformers. Houghton Mifflin. p. 304. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ^ William George Aston (1896). "Boox XII - The Emperor Midzuhawake: (Hanzei Tenno or Hansho tenno)". Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. (Volume 1). London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. pp. 310–311.
  5. ^ Basil Hall Chamberlain (1882). "Sect. CXXXV — Emperor Han–zei". A translation of the "Kojiki" or Records of ancient matters. R. Meiklejohn and Co.
  6. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1915). Table of Emperors Mothers. Ponsonby Memorial Society. p. xiii. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "反正天皇 (18)". Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō) (in Japanese). Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  8. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon (in French). Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. p. 25.
  9. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard (1915). Hansho (406–410). Ponsonby Memorial Society. p. 11. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)


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