Emperor Kōrei
| Kōrei | |
|---|---|
| Emperor of Japan | |
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| Reign | legendary |
| Born | legendary |
| Died | legendary |
| Buried | Kataoka no Umasaka no misasagi (Nara) |
| Predecessor | Kōan |
| Successor | Kōgen |
Emperor Kōrei (孝霊天皇 Kōrei-tennō); also known as Ooyamatonekohikofutoni no Mikoto; was the seventh emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]
No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 290 BC–215 BC,[3] but he may have lived in the early 1st century.[4]
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[edit] Legendary narrative
Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors; and Kōrei's descendant, Emperor Sujin is the first many agree might have actually existed.[5] The name Kōrei-tennō was assigned to him posthumously by later generations.[6]
Kōrei is regarded by historians as a "legendary emperor" and there is a paucity of information about him. There is insufficient material available for further verification and study.[7] The reign of Emperor Kimmei (509?–569), the 29th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, is the first for which contemporary historiography are able to assign verifiable dates;[8] however, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as "traditional" until the reign of Emperor Kammu (737–806), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.[9]
In Kojiki and Nihonshoki only his name and genealogy were recorded. He is believed to be son of Emperor Kōan; and his mother is believed to have been Oshihime, who was the daughter of Ametarashihiko-Kunio-shihito-no-mikoto.[10] 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 which confirm a view that this historical figure actually reigned. He was the sixth of eight emperors without specific legends associated with them, also known as the "eight undocumented monarchs" (欠史八代, Kesshi-hachidai).[11]
The Kojiki notes that it was during Kōrei's reign that Kibi was conquered.[12]
Jien records that Kōrei was the eldest son of Emperor Kōan, and that he ruled from the palace of Ihoto-no-miya at Kuroda in what will come to be known as Yamato province.[13]
Kōrei is a posthumous name. It is undisputed that this identification is Chinese in form and Buddhist in implication, which suggests that the name must have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Kōrei, possibly during the time in which legends about the origins of the Yamato dynasty were compiled as the chronicles known today as the Kojiki.[11]
The actual site of Kōrei's grave is not known.[1] This emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine (misasagi) at Nara.
The Imperial Household Agency designates this location as Kōrei's mausoleum. It is formally named Kataoka no Umasaka no misasagi.[14]
[edit] Consorts and Children
Empress: kuwashihime (細媛命), daughter of shiki no Agatanushi Oome (磯城県主大目)
- Prince Ooyamatonekohikokunikuru (大日本根子彦国牽尊) (Emperor Kōgen)
Kasuga no Chichihayamawakahime (春日之千千速真若比売)
- Princess Chichihayahime (千千速比売命)
Yamato no Kunikahime (倭国香媛), daughter of Wachitsumi (和知都美命)
- Princess Yamatototohimomosohime (倭迹迹日百襲媛命), buried in Hashihaka tumulus
- Prince Kibitsuhiko (吉備津彦命), ancestor of Kibi clan
- Princess Yamatototowakayahime (倭迹迹稚屋姫命)
Haeirodo (絙某弟), younger sister of Yamato no Kunikahime
- Prince Hikosashima (彦狭島命)
- Prince Wakatakehiko (稚武彦命), ancestor of Kibi clan
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 孝霊天皇 (6)
- ^ Brown, Delmer et al. (1979). Gukanshō, p. 252; Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 90-92; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 5-6. at Google Books
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 30.
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Kōrei Tennō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 561 at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.
- ^ "Life in the Cloudy Imperial Fishbowl," Japan Times. March 27, 2007.
- ^ Brinkley, Frank. (1916). A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the end of the Meiji Era, p. 21 at Google Books; excerpt, "Posthumous names for the earthly Mikados were invented in the reign of Emperor Kammu (782-805), i.e., after the date of the compilation of the Records and the Chronicles.
- ^ Kelly, Charles F. "Kofun Culture," Japanese Archaeology. April 27, 2009.
- ^ Titsingh, pp. 34-36; Brown, pp. 261-262; Varley, pp. 123-124.
- ^ Aston, William. (1897). Nihongi, pp. 111.
- ^ Varley, p. 90.
- ^ a b Aston, pp. 146-147.
- ^ Chamberlain, Basil. (1919). The Kojiki, p. 196.
- ^ Brown, p. 252; p. Varley, p. 90.
- ^ Ponsonby-Fane, p. 418.
[edit] References
- Aston, William George. (1896). Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. OCLC 448337491
- Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). Gukanshō: The Future and the Past. Berkeley: University of California Press. 10-ISBN 0-520-03460-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-520-03460-0; OCLC 251325323
- Chamberlain, Basil Hall. (1920). The Kojiki. Read before the Asiatic Society of Japan on April 12, May 10, and June 21, 1882; reprinted, May, 1919. OCLC 1882339
- Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 10-ISBN 0-674-01753-6; 13-ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5; OCLC 58053128
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
- Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Nihon Odai Ichiran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691
- Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns. New York: Columbia University Press. 10-ISBN 0-231-04940-4; 13-ISBN 978-0-231-04940-5; OCLC 59145842
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| Preceded by Emperor Kōan |
Legendary Emperor of Japan 290 BC–215 BC (traditional dates) |
Succeeded by Emperor Kōgen |
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