AT of early Japanese monarchs
M.Sjostrom
Other parts of the world had monarchies also in what
was Middle Ages in Europe.
Japan seems to have been in process of forming one
state instead of several statelets, in 400s, and in
500s, the state apparently expanded.
I collected what historically seems to be known about
early monarchs of those periods, without mythical
unreliabilities. Here some of that presented in form
of ancestral table of the famous Naka-no-oe.
1 Naka, great king Ame Hiraki Wake okimi (b 626, d
July 672), 38.monarch of Japan 661-672, [formerly:
Naka no Oe] known posthumously as Tenji
2 Tamura, great king Okinaga Tarashi Hironuka okimi
(b 593, d 17/11/641), 34.monarch of Japan 629-41,
posthumously known as Jomei
3 Takara, great female king Ame Toyo Takara okimi (b
594, d 661), 35. and 37. monarch of Japan,
posthumously known as the Kogyoku & Saimei monarch
4 imperial prince Oshisaka-Hikohito shinno, of Maroko
(bc 556)
5 imperial princess Nukate-Hime naishinno
6 imperial prince Chinu-no-okimi shinno (bc 575)
7 imperial princess Kibi-Hime naishinno
8 great king Nunakura Futotama-Shiki okimi (b 538, d
585), 30.monarch of Japan 572-585, posthumously known
as Bidatsu
9 princess Hiro-Hime nyoo, of ? (d 575)
10 same as 8, Nunakura Futotama-Shiki okimi (b 538, d
585), 30.monarch of Japan 572-585, posthumously known
as Bidatsu
11 lady Unako (-Otoshi-Iratsume), of Ise
12 same as 4, imperial prince Oshisaka-Hikohito
shinno, of Maroko (bc 556)
13 imperial princess Ohomata [Ohotomo] (bc 560)
14 ?
15 ?
16 great king Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa okimi, king
of Yamato, 29.monarch of Japan (b 509, d 571),
probably parallel king in central Japan c530->union
c539, practically undisputed 29.monarch c539->death,
seat: Shikishima, posthumously known as Kinmei
17 imperial princess Iwahime [Ishi-Hime] naishinno,
of Koshi & Ihorinu
18 prince Mate-no-Okinaga shinno, of ?
19 ?
20 same as 16, Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa okimi,
king of Yamato, 29.monarch of Japan (b 509, d 571),
probably parallel king in central Japan c530->,
29.monarch c539->death, posthumously known as Kinmei
21 same as 17, imperial princess Iwahime [Ishi-Hime]
naishinno, of Koshi & Ihorinu
22 lord Ohoka (no Obito no Okuma), headman of Ise
23 ?
24 same as 8, great king Nunakura Futotama-Shiki
okimi (b 538, d 585), 30.monarch of Japan 572-585,
posthumously known as Bidatsu
25 same as 9, princess Hiro-Hime nyoo, of ? (d 575)
26 same as 16, Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa okimi,
king of Yamato, 29.monarch of Japan (b 509, d 571),
probably parallel king in central Japan c530->,
29.monarch c539->death, posthumously known as Kinmei
27 lady Kitashi-Hime Soga
28 ?
29 ?
30 ?
31 ?
32 king Ohoto okimi [Wo Ofu Ato-no-Hiko Fudo] (bc 450
d 07/02/534, or at least in early 530s), chieftain of
Koshi, seat: Tamaho palace at Ihare, 26.Japanese
monarch over (most) Yamato ('sumeramikoto') c510-c530,
posthumously known as Keitai [no contemporary
attestation, though]
33 imperial princess Tashiraga naishinno, practically
heiress of Yamato
34 king Take-hi Hiro-kuni(/Hinokuma) Oshi-take okimi
(dc 539), head of Koshi lineage, a Japanese king in
Ihorinu at Hinokuma c537-c539 [primary source: Kojiki
vol III sects CLXIII and CLXXV], posthumously known as
Senka [no contemporary attestation, though]
35 imperial princess Tachibana Nakatsu-Hime nyoo, of
Hirataka [primary source: Kojiki vol III sect CLXXV]
36 ?
37 ?
38 ?
39 ?
40 same as 32, king Ohoto okimi [Wo Ofu Ato-no-Hiko
Fudo] (bc 450 d 07/02/534, or at least in early 530s),
chieftain of Koshi, 26.Japanese monarch over (most)
Yamato ('sumeramikoto') c510-c530, posthumously known
as Keitai
41 same as 33, imperial princess Tashiraga naishinno,
practically heiress of Yamato
42 same as 34, king Take-hi Hiro-kuni(/Hinokuma)
Oshi-take okimi (dc 539), head of Koshi lineage, a
Japanese king in Ihorinu at Hinokuma c537-c539
[primary source: Kojiki vol III sects CLXIII and
CLXXV], posthumously known as Senka
43 same as 35, imperial princess Tachibana
Nakatsu-Hime nyoo, of Hirataka [primary source: Kojiki
vol III sect CLXXV]
44 ?
45 ?
46 ?
47 ?
48 same as 16, great king Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa
okimi, king of Yamato, 29.monarch of Japan (b 509, d
571), probably parallel king in central Japan c530->,
29.monarch c539->death, posthumously known as Kinmei
49 same as 17, imperial princess Iwahime [Ishi-Hime]
naishinno, of Koshi & Ihorinu
50 same as 18, prince Mate-no-Okinaga shinno, of ?
51 ?
52 same as 32, king Ohoto okimi [Wo Ofu Ato-no-Hiko
Fudo] (bc 450 d 07/02/534, or at least in early 530s),
chieftain of Koshi, 26.Japanese monarch over (most)
Yamato ('sumeramikoto') c510-c530, posthumously known
as Keitai
53 same as 33, imperial princess Tashiraga naishinno,
practically heiress of Yamato
54 lord Iname Soga, "Prime Minister"
55 ?
64 Hiko-no-Ushi no Kimi - an ancestor of Koshi
lineage [note: He is historically unattested. And,
despite myths, his ancestry is not reliably known.]
65 lady Furihime
66 Oyoke okimi, king of Yamato [Oho Ai Azana Sima-no
Irako], 'sumeramikoto' (dc 504, ruled a few years
around 500), seat: Hirataka [primary source: Kojiki
vol III sect CLXI] [traditionally: 24.monarch]
posthumously known as Ninken [no contemporary
attestation, though]
67 imperial princess Kasuga naishinno, practically
heiress of Yamato [primary source: Kojiki vol III sect
CLXI]
68 same as 32, king Ohoto okimi [Wo Ofu Ato-no-Hiko
Fudo] (bc 450 d 07/02/534, or at least in early 530s),
chieftain of Koshi, seat: Tamaho palace at Ihare,
26.Japanese monarch over (most) Yamato
('sumeramikoto') c510-c530, posthumously known as
Keitai
69 Meko-no-Iratsume (from dynasty of chieftains of
Wohari) [primary source: Kojiki vol III sects CLXIII]
70 same as 66, Oyoke okimi, king of Yamato [Oho Ai
Azana Sima-no Irako] (dc 504, ruled around 500)
[primary source: Kojiki vol III sect CLXI]
[traditionally: 24.monarch] posthumously known as
Ninken
71 presumably some later concubine
132 legend-based: Oshiha, prince of Ichinobe [Kojiki
vol III sects CXXXI and CXLIX]
133 ?
134 (O-Hatsuse) Waka Takeru okimi, king of Yamato
[primary sources: Chinese chronicle mentioning king Bu
in land of Wa; and Kojiki vol III sect XL] (ruled some
decades in latter half of 400s, life tentatively: bc
430, dc 490), seat: Asakura at Hatsuse [traditionally:
21.monarch] posthumously known as Yuryaku
135 possibly lady Kazuraki-no-Karahime, a lesser wife
---
One of perplexing questions (at least to me) is,
whether something more identifying is known with
certainty about parentage of nr 7, princess Kibi-Hime
(or Kibitsu-hime), who is mentioned as one imperial
princess, and should be descendant of the same dynasty
as her husband.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Be a better friend, newshound, and
know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
Hickory
recently, I am not a specialist in Japanese history, though, of
course, being Japanese, am interested in it and have books at my home
in Japan on the genealogy of the Japanese monarchs and high nobility.
Unfortunately, being a nation for whom the appearance of harmony is
often more important than an appreciation of historical truth, recent
or distant, Japanese are generally not particularly good genealogists
and many, perhaps most, would, in fact, rather not know what hides in
their background as this might conflict disagreeably with their self-
images.
It would be wonderful if DNA studies could be done of the various
Japanese noble and gentry families. If it happens, though, it will be
long after this is done for European and neighboring Asian societies.
I appreciate your gathering of material as you have done. I would
happily supply more, but, being on sabbatical in London, will not have
access to appropriate Japanese language materials until after April of
next year. - Hikaru
M.Sjostrom
my own question was:
"One of perplexing questions (at least to me) is,
whether something more identifying is known with
certainty about parentage of nr 7, princess Kibi-Hime
(or Kibitsu-hime), who is mentioned as one imperial
princess, and should be descendant of the same dynasty
as her husband."
* In that era, that extended family appears to have
sometimes given a grandchild the name of the child's
one grandparent.
Two generations before this princess Kibi(tsu)hime,
was Kitashihime Soga, a concubine of great king
'Kinmei'.
It would not be inconceivable that Kibihime were a
daughter of a child of Kitashihime Soga and 'Kinmei'.
This however is just an educated guess.
* There seems to be some ?old? tradition calling
Kibihime's daughter, the future monarch Takara, as
"granddaughter" of the famed 'Shotoku Taishi',
imperial prince and regent, who introduced a new sort
(Chinese-like, organized kind) of administration to
Japan.
However, chronologically such is impossible: Takara
was born in 594, and 'Shotoku Taishi' in c573. There
is no real possibility that an intervening generation
would fit, making them granddaughter-grandfather.
And as Takara's both parents are known individuals,
'Shotoku Taishi' cannot really be her father either.
'Shotoku Taishi' cannot easily be an uncle or
great-uncle on side of Takara's known father Chinu,
but Kibihime's side is "yet free" (if her parentage is
not defined), allowing such relationship more easily
if the tradition indicating a close kinship with
'Shotoku Taishi' has any worth.
It is not inconceivable, were Kibihime a sister or a
niece of 'Shotoku Taishi'.
By the way, the father of 'Shotoku Taishi' was a son
of Kitashihime Soga and great king 'Kinmei'.
But still, I am looking forward if anyone has
information what primary sources actually say about
parentage of Kibihime.
____________________________________________________________________________________
Looking for last minute shopping deals?
Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
Jwc...@aol.com
The Asuka
Mura Official Website discusses the burial places of several connections of
and members of the Japanese Imperial Family including Princess Kibihime okimi,
mother of Emperor Kotoku and Empress Kogyoku / Saimei whom it says was a
grandaughter of Emperor Kimmei.
Sincerely,
James W Cummings
Dixmont, Maine USA
**************************************See AOL's top rated recipes
(http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)
M.Sjostrom
Cummings wrote:
> Some years ago I saw something about the
> chronology of early Japanese emperors in I think "
> The
> Guiness Book of World
> Records" It claimed the 6th Emperor Ko-an Tenno who
> traditionally is given a
> reign of 102 years actually reigned for around forty
> (ca 120- 180) and that the
> founder Jimmu Tenno actualy ruled ca 40 - ca 10 bc.
> Jimmu`s immediate successors supposedly ruled
> from
> father to son thus:
> Suisei
> Annei
> Itoku
> Ko-sho
> Ko-an
> Ko-rei
> Ko-gen
> Kaikwa
> Sujin
> Suinin
> Keiko
> Saimu
> Chuai
> OjIn (whose mother Empress Jingo had an
> impossibly
> long pragnancy; ? was
> Ojin postumous and Jingo regent until He reached his
> majority?)
> Nintoku
> Richu (eldest son of Nintoku) Note: ruled in 5th
> century ad
> Hanzei(2nd son of Nintoku)
> Ingyo (4th son of Nintoku)
> Anko (son of Ingyo)
> Yuryaku (brother)
> Seinei (son of Yuryaku) given name Shiraka
> Kenso (grandson of Richu) given name Woke
> Ninken (brother ) given name Oke
> Buretsu(son of Ninken, died without heirs)
> Keitai married Princess Tashiraka, sister of his
> predecessor)
> Ankan (son of Keitai, uncertain if Tashiraka was
> his mother)
> Senka (son of Keitai, uncertain of mother)
> Kimmei died 571 (born 509?- died 571) son of
> Keitai
> by Princess Tashiraka,
> ancestor of all future Emperors)
_____________________________________________________________________
This message goes to the heart of what methodology and
proof usually gets required in this group and, imo, in
any proper research of medieval genealogy.
J.W.Cummings really appears to have selected carefully
what he sent, at what stage of the traditional list to
stop. I just wonder why he did not mention anything
about methodological and source quality concerns, as
to that very carefully selected sample from the
'official list'.
Kimmei, or Kinmei, was the first monarch of Japan who
is attested in contemporary documents. All the earlier
ones (= the alleged beings on the above list) are
known basically from non-contemporary material which
is generally of folklore nature, i.e myths and
legends.
Only four persons (three males and one female) in the
list above have there at least some of their
contemporary names mentioned, whereas everyone except
Tashiraga, has identification of the name which has
nothing to do with how the one was known
contemporarily, and everything to do with what name
was concocted to each one by the much later posthumous
practice of naming monarchs. The list is successful in
that regard also: it gives next to nothing
contemporary-identifiable. Which of course is a nice
feature in a otherwise carefully selected list which
has no contemporary archival attestation to begin
with.
A few generations backwards from 'Kinmei' could very
well be accurate enough in genealogical sense. Some of
them can be said to be attested in "near-contemporary"
material, and also, a genealogical memory is usually
believed to stretch a few generations backwards in a
reliable way, procuding a somewhat credible genealogy
- barring motives of deliberate fabrication or
specific easiness of some detail to be remembered
incorrectly.
Usually, monarchs from Jimmu to Chuai (the father
whose son was legendarily born three years after the
father's demise) have been regarded as too mythical to
be taken seriously in any genealogical way. They may,
at worst, be aspects of tribal totems or pantheon of
semi-divines depicting some phenomena, rather than
real human beings. Even if they -with small
likelihood- represent a memory of an once existed
human being, they could be unrelated ones, from tribal
stories of remarkable heroes of the past, and arranged
into a list by some later concoction, becoming thus a
direct dynasty. All those are bets to get dubbed as
"mythical monarchs", without any value for any
genealogy aiming at historical accuracy.
Between on one hand 'Ojin' (and his mother Jingu kogo)
and on the other hand the historical days of 'Kinmei',
legend material bears features that imply a
verisimilitude with possible historical account. They
and their genealogy are based on later chronicles, not
on contemporary material. One would however do better
if one picks from careful sources what these
individuals actually had as their contemporary name,
to have a possibility to identify them from chronicles
and from occasional archaeological finds. 'Ojin' was
rather king Hondawake to his contemporaries. And
'Kinmei' was rather great king Amehara Oshiharaki
Hironiwa. In between, there are the
chronicle-mentioned kings Shiraga, Woke, Oyoke, and
empress Tashiraga, those names being presumably
identifiable to their contemporaries.
This bunch of monarchs are prone to the sin of
folklore in genealogical regard: their genealogy may
be twisted by later chronicle compilers to suit
legitimacy values of the rulers of the later
'twist-doing' era. This concern renders really grave
doubt to those points of male-line connections, a
ruler being third or fifth generation descendnt in
male line of an earlier ruler, the males in between
being non-descript ones (just a list of begots and
begats) even in the words of the chronicle which
concocted those lineages.
J.W.Cummings has succeeded to give a list of those
Emperors of Japan (from the first to the twenty-ninth)
who actually, in light of historical knowledge, were
not emperors, not ruled over all or even most of
Japan, and very likely were not contemporarily
perceived in all cases as successors of each other (=
a consistent list), were generally not known with
those names in their own era, and none of them except
the twenty-ninth, is attested in any contemporary
document. Instead, they are such, out of whom a later
concocter has created a start for the list.
Really a feat, to have all those features in a "list
of Emperors of Japan".
Reminds me of the wordplay of Voltaire: the Holy Roman
Empire is not holy, not Roman, nor an empire.
The Guinness Book of World Records would do better,
imo, to forget all about the 6th Emperor Ko-an Tenno.
There is no historical record from where anything
detailed can be taken to mean a measurable record.
The 'founder' Jinmu tenno's actual rule is, imho, a
contradiction in terms, it being impossible to prove
he actually existed and had something to do with
actual ruling, not to speak of difficulties in dating
a mythical creature. I am aware that some members of
this scm group get jabbed about not having a life, but
firstly I would like to see how any mythical being
like Jinmu tenno had a life. Any dates for his
so-called life can only be based on
backwards-counting, from earliest historical dates,
using some measure stick for the length of a
generation (of a genealogy known to be mythical and
totally unreliable as to fourteen first entries in the
"genealogy") in amend to mythical counts of years.
Whereas there would be tad more sanity in
reconstruction of a real chronology for rulers
mentioned in the list between Hondawake ('Ojin') and
Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa ('Kinmei'). As I mentioned
above, their existence and doings have an appearance
of verisimilitude.
According to the chronicles which are the only sources
about the very existence of that family tie, king
Hondawake (mentioned with the much-later-concocted
name Ojin in the list) was born to his mother Jingu
kogo only three years after the death of her husband,
and Hondawake's mythical father, 'Chuai'. Jingu kogo
was, according to same chronicles, herself descended
from the same dynasty as her mythical husband 'Chuai'.
One can charitably assess that legends used year in
place of "length of one growth period in agriculture"
= 'harvest year', and there being three or more
harvests within one solar year (the mentioned
pregnancy thus taking some seven or eight months). Or,
one can assess that Jingu kogo was sonless, managed to
take over the power in her husband's land (however
small the kingdom was, perhaps one or two provinces)
and had a heir sired by someone else, but presenting
the boy as child of the preceding male ruler. Or one
can surmise the appearance of a mythically born son,
like some other creeds have a boy born of a virgin, a
boy born from a river, a son of some god, etc.
The existence of 'Ankan', 'Senka' and 'Keitai' is
based only on non-contemporary chronicle. The same
chronicle leaves no uncertainty about who was mother
of 'Ankan' and 'Senka' - according to Kojiki chronicle
(a careful person would find the reference in the AT
which I sent) it was lady Meko-no-Iratsume Wohari
(from the dynasty of chieftains in Owari), an earlier
concubine or consort of king Ohoto of Koshi [to much
later world, known by posthumous, concocted name
'Keitai'], herself daughter of lord Kusaka-no-Muraji
Wohari, chieftain in what became Owari.
Thus, any uncertainty as to their mother is a creation
of someone else than the source which is attesting
their very existence. Which uncertainty is uncalled
for, if their very existence is not put under
uncertainty. Be their very existence in doubt, it
would be not that important if there is some same
uncertainty as to their mother.
M.Sjostrom
An improved version:
1 Naka, great king Ame Hiraki Wake okimi (b 626, d
July 672), 38.monarch of Japan 661-672 of Asuka
period, [formerly: Naka no Oe]; posthumously known as
Tenji tenno
2 Tamura, great king Okinaga Tarashi Hironuka okimi
(b 593, d 17 Nov 641), 34.monarch of Japan 629-41 of
Asuka period, posthumously known as Jomei
3 Takara, great female king Ame Toyo Takara okimi (b
594, d 661), 35. and 37. monarch of Japan of Asuka
period, posthumously known as Kogyoku & Saimei
4 imperial prince Oshisaka-Hikohito shinno, of Maroko
(bc 556)
5 imperial princess Nukate-Hime naishinno
6 imperial prince Chinu-no-okimi shinno (bc 575)
7 imperial princess Kibi-Hime naishinno (Her
Mausoleum, and great circular tomb possibly hers, are
in Asuka) [possibly sister of imperial prince Umayado,
known as regent 'Shotoku Taishi', as some tradition
may be interpreted to indicate]
8 great king Nunakura Futotama-Shiki okimi (b 538, d
585), 30.monarch of Japan 572-585, of Asuka period,
posthumously known as Bidatsu
9 princess Hiro-Hime nyoo, of ? (d 575)
10 same as 8, Nunakura Futotama-Shiki okimi (b 538, d
585), 30.monarch of Japan 572-585, posthumously known
as Bidatsu
11 lady Unako (-Otoshi-Iratsume), of Ise
12 same as 4, imperial prince Oshisaka-Hikohito
shinno, of Maroko (bc 556)
13 imperial princess Ohomata naishinno [Ohotomo] (bc
560)
14 (princess Kibihime is mentioned as granddaughter of
great king Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa, 'Kinmei')
15 ?
16 great king Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa okimi, king
of Great Yamato, 29.monarch of Japan (b 509, d 571),
probably parallel king in central Japan c530->c539
against his elder half-brothers presumably at least in
part on support of maternal heritage (c539 the Asuka
period is construed to start), practically undisputed
29.monarch c539->death (Perhaps he can be regarded as
first ruler over Central Japan (Great Yamato) whose
realm survived his death without fragmentation, and
certainly he is first who has contemporary archival
attestations), seat: Shikishima; posthumously known as
Kinmei
17 imperial princess Iwahime [Ishi-Hime] naishinno,
of Koshi & Hinokuma
18 prince Okinaga-no-Mate shinno, of ?
19 ?
20 same as 16, Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa okimi,
king of Great Yamato (b 509, d 571), posthumously
known as Kinmei
21 same as 17, imperial princess Iwahime naishinno,
of Koshi & Hinokuma
22 lord Ohoka (no Obito no Okuma), headman of Ise
23 ?
24 same as 8, great king Nunakura Futotama-Shiki
okimi (b 538, d 585), 30.monarch of Japan 572-585,
posthumously known as Bidatsu
25 same as 9, princess Hiro-Hime nyoo, of ? (d 575)
26 same as 16, Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa okimi,
king of Great Yamato (b 509, d 571), posthumously
known as Kinmei
27 lady Kitashi-Hime Soga
28 same as 16, great king Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa
okimi, king of Great Yamato (b 509, d 571),
posthumously known as Kinmei
29 ?
30 ?
31 ?
32 king Ohoto okimi [Wo Ofu Ato-no-Hiko Fudo] (bc
450; died on 7 Feb, in 534 or at least some year in
early 530s), chieftain of Koshi, king of Great Yamato,
seat: Tamaho palace at Ihare, c510-c530 26.Japanese
monarch over (in the end, most) Yamato
('sumeramikoto'), seems to have been a kinglet in
outskirts of Great Yamato, expanding his birth kingdom
and then since brother-in-law's murder, with support
of wife's inherited heritage taking over Yamato slowly
against some opposition, c530 forced to abdicate being
first succeeded by his eldest son and that probably
meant fragmentation and crumbling of the relatively
large kingdom he had built; posthumously known as
Keitai [no contemporary attestation, though]
33 great queen, imperial princess Tashiraga 'kogo'
naishinno, practically heiress of Yamato
34 king (Hinokuma) Takada okimi [Take-hi Hiro-kuni
Oshi-take] (dc 539, start of Asuka period), head of
Koshi lineage, c536/7 -c539 a Japanese king in Ihorinu
at Hinokuma, succeeded his elder brother and was
succeeded by his younger half-brother and son-in-law
[primary source: Kojiki vol III sects CLXIII and
CLXXV], posthumously known as Senka [no contemporary
attestation, though]
35 imperial princess Tachibana Nakatsu-Hime nyoo, of
Hirataka [primary source: Kojiki vol III sect CLXXV]
36 ?
37 ?
38 ?
39 ?
40 same as 32, king Ohoto okimi (bc 450, d in early
530s), chieftain of Koshi, king of Great Yamato
('sumeramikoto') c510-c530, posthumously known as
Keitai
41 same as 33, imperial princess Tashiraga naishinno,
practically heiress of Yamato
42 same as 34, king Hinokuma Takada okimi (dc 539),
head of Koshi lineage, a Japanese king in Ihorinu at
Hinokuma c537-c539 [primary source: Kojiki vol III
sects CLXIII and CLXXV], posthumously known as Senka
43 same as 35, imperial princess Tachibana
Nakatsu-Hime nyoo, of Hirataka [primary source: Kojiki
vol III sect CLXXV]
44 ?
45 ?
46 ?
47 ?
48 same as 16, great king Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa
okimi, king of Great Yamato, 29.monarch of Japan (b
509, d 571), probably parallel king in central Japan
c530->, 29.monarch c539->death, posthumously known as
Kinmei
49 same as 17, imperial princess Iwahime [Ishi-Hime]
naishinno, of Koshi & Hinokuma
50 same as 18, prince Okinaga-no-Mate shinno, of ?
51 ?
52 same as 32, king Ohoto okimi (bc 450, d in early
530s), chieftain of Koshi, king of Great Yamato
('sumeramikoto') c510-c530, posthumously known as
Keitai
53 same as 33, imperial princess Tashiraga naishinno,
practically heiress of Yamato
54 lord Iname Soga, "Prime Minister"
55 ?
56 same as 32, king Ohoto okimi (bc 450, d in early
530s), chieftain of Koshi, king of Great Yamato
('sumeramikoto') c510-c530, posthumously known as
Keitai
57 same as 33, imperial princess Tashiraga naishinno,
practically heiress of Yamato
64 lord Hiko-no-Ushi no Kimi, chieftain in what
became Omi - an ancestor of Koshi lineage (probably
flourished in mid-400s), it is possible that already
he built some expansion of their chieftainship in
outskirts of Great Yamato (Central Japan), which is
indicated by his marital alliance [note: He is
historically unattested. And, despite myths, his
ancestry is not reliably known.]
65 lady Furuhime (/ Furihime), of Echizen (probably
flourished in c450)
66 Oyoke okimi, king of Great Yamato, 'sumeramikoto'
[Oho Ai Azana Sima-no Irako] (dc 504, ruled a few
years around 500), seat: Hirataka [primary source:
Kojiki vol III sect CLXI], presumably obtained some
loyalty in the Hatsuse region through his chief wife;
his brother seems to have built up a larger than usual
kingdom in Central Japan, but it presumably crumbled
in time of his own son; [traditionally: 24.monarch]
posthumously known as Ninken [no contemporary
attestation, though]
67 imperial princess Kasuga naishinno, practically
heiress of Yamato-Hatsuse [primary source: Kojiki vol
III sect CLXI]
68 same as 32, king Ohoto okimi, 'sumeramikoto' [Wo
Ofu Ato-no-Hiko Fudo] (bc 450, d in early 530s),
chieftain of Koshi, king of Great Yamato, seat: Tamaho
palace at Ihare, 26.Japanese monarch increasingly more
over Yamato ('sumeramikoto') c510-c530, posthumously
known as Keitai
69 lady Meko-no-Iratsume Wohari (from dynasty of
chieftains in Owari) [primary source: Kojiki vol III
sects CLXIII]
70 same as 66, Oyoke okimi, king of Great Yamato [Oho
Ai Azana Sima-no Irako] (dc 504, ruled around 500)
[primary source: Kojiki vol III sect CLXI]
[traditionally: 24.monarch] posthumously known as
Ninken
71 presumably some later concubine
132 legend-based: Oshiha, prince of Ichinobe [Kojiki
vol III sects CXXXI and CXLIX]
133 ?
134 (O-Hatsuse) Waka Takeru okimi, king of Great
Yamato, particularly holding the Hatsuse region
[primary sources: Chinese chronicle mentioning king Bu
in land of Wa; and Kojiki vol III sect XL] (ruled some
decades in latter half of 400s, life tentatively: bc
430, dc 490), seat: Asakura at Hatsuse, he seems to
have built up a larger than usual kingdom in Central
Japan, but it presumably crumbled in time of his son;
[traditionally: 21.monarch] posthumously known as
Yuryaku
135 possibly lady Kazuraki-no-Karahime, a lesser wife
136 same as 64
137 same as 65
138 Kusaka-no-Muraji Wohari, chieftain in what became
Owari
139 ?
____________________________________________________________________________________
Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page.
http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs