Emperor Kōrei

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Template:Nihongo, also known as Template:Nihongo was the seventh legendary emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.<ref name="kunaicho">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Brown 248&252">Template:Cite book</ref> Very little is known about this Emperor due to a lack of material available for further verification and study. Kōrei is known as a "legendary emperor" among historians as his actual existence is disputed. Nothing exists in the Kojiki other than his name and genealogy. Kōrei's reign allegedly began in 290 BC. He had one wife and three consorts with whom he fathered seven children. After his death in 215 BC, one of his sons supposedly became the next emperor.<ref name="Fane">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Nussbaum">Template:Cite book</ref> Kōrei is traditionally accepted as the first emperor of the Yayoi period, which is named after the Yayoi people who migrated to the Japanese archipelago from mainland Asia.

Legendary narrative

In the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, only his name and genealogy were recorded. The Japanese have traditionally accepted this sovereign's historical existence, and an Imperial misasagi or tomb for Kōrei is currently maintained; however, no extant contemporary records have been discovered that confirm a view that this historical figure actually reigned. Kōrei was born in 342 BC and is believed to be the eldest son of Emperor Kōan.<ref name="Henshall"/> His mother is believed to have been Oshihime, who was the daughter of Ametarashihiko-Kunio-shihito-no-mikoto.<ref name="Varley 90">Template:Cite book</ref> Kōrei's pre-ascension name was Prince O-Yamato-Neko Hiko-futo-ni no Mikoto, and the Kojiki records that he ruled from the palace of Template:Nihongo at Kuroda in what would come to be known as Yamato Province.<ref name="Brown 248&252"/><ref name="Nussbaum"/> It is noted in the Kojiki that sometime during Kōrei's reign, Kibi was conquered by the emperor.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Kōrei was the first emperor since Jimmu to take on consorts, and fathered seven children with them along with his chief wife Empress: Kuwashi-hime. Kōrei is recorded as having a long life, reigning from 290 BC until his death in 215 BC. His eldest son was then subsequently enthroned as the next emperor.

Known information

The existence of at least the first nine Emperors is disputed due to insufficient material available for further verification and study.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kōrei is thus regarded by historians as a "legendary Emperor", and is considered to have been the sixth of eight Emperors without specific legends associated with them.Template:Efn The name Kōrei-tennō was assigned to him posthumously by later generations.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> His name might have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Kōrei, possibly during the time in which legends about the origins of the imperial dynasty were compiled as the chronicles known today as the Kojiki.<ref name="aston"/> As with Emperor Kōan, Kōrei's exceptional age of 127 is considered unlikely due to verification issues among other things. While the actual site of Kōrei's grave is not known, the Emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine (misasagi) in Ōji. The Imperial Household Agency designates this location as Kōrei's mausoleum, and its formal name is Kataoka no Umasaka no misasagi.<ref name="kunaicho"/><ref name="Fane"/>

Like Emperor Kōshō, there is a possibility that "Kōrei" could have lived instead in the 1st century (AD). Historian Louis Frédéric notes this idea in his book Japan Encyclopedia where he says it is "very likely", but this remains disputed among other researchers.<ref name="Nussbaum"/><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The first emperor that historians state might have actually existed is Emperor Sujin, the 10th emperor of Japan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Outside of the Kojiki, the reign of Emperor KinmeiTemplate:Efn (Template:Circa – 571 AD) is the first for which contemporary historiography is able to assign verifiable dates.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The conventionally accepted names and dates of the early Emperors were not confirmed as "traditional" though, until the reign of Emperor KanmuTemplate:Efn between 737 and 806 AD.<ref name="aston"/>

Consorts and children

Family tree

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