Emperor Ninken

Emperor Ninken
仁賢天皇
Emperor of Japan
Reign4 February 488 – 9 September 498 (traditional)[1]
PredecessorKenzō
SuccessorBuretsu
Born449
Japan
Died9 September 498 (aged 48–49)
Tenri, Japan
Burial
Hanyū no Sakamoto no misasagi (埴生坂本陵) (Osaka)
SpouseKasuga no Ōiratsume
Issue
among others...
Emperor Buretsu
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Emperor Ninken (仁賢天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Oke no Sumeramikoto (億計天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherIchinobe no Oshiwa
MotherWae-hime

Emperor Ninken (仁賢天皇, Ninken-tennō) (449 – 9 September 498) was the 24th legendary emperor of Japan,[2] according to the traditional order of succession.[3] No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 4 February 488 to 9 September 498.[4]

  1. ^ "Genealogy of the Emperors of Japan" at Kunaicho.go.jp; retrieved 2013-8-30.
  2. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 仁賢天皇 (24); retrieved 2013-8-30.
  3. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 30;Brown, Delmer M. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 259–260; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 117.
  4. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 42.