| Emperor Buretsu | |
|---|---|
| 25th Emperor of Japan | |
| Reign | legendary |
| Born | legendary |
| Died | legendary |
| Buried | Kataoka no Iwatsuki no oka no kita no Misasagi (Nara) |
| Predecessor | Emperor Ninken |
| Successor | Emperor Keitai |
Emperor Buretsu (武烈天皇 Buretsu Tennō) (c. 489-507) was the 25th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.[1] No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign. Buretsu is considered to have ruled the country during the late-fifth century and early-sixth century, but there is a paucity of information about him. There is insufficient material available for further verification and study.
Buretsu was a son of Emperor Ninken and his mother is Kasuga no Ōiratsume no Kōgō (春日大郎皇后). His name was Ohatsuse no Wakasazaki no Mikoto (小泊瀬稚鷦鷯尊).
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Buretsu's reign
According to various records including Kojiki and Nihonshoki, he was born on 489 and died on January 7 507 and is believed to have ruled from 498 to 507.
Buretsu is described as a strongly wicked emperor in Nihonshoki likened to Di Xin of the Shang Dynasty but the record in Kojiki has no such indication. There are several theories on this difference. Some believe that this was to justify and praise his successor Emperor Keitai who took over under questionable circumstances. In history textbooks available before and during World War II, part of Buretsu's record was intentionally omitted.
If Emperor Keitai began a new dynasty as some historians believe, then Buretsu is the last emperor of the first recorded dynasty of Japan.[2]
The kami of Emperor Buretsu is venerated at O-hatsuse-waka-sasagi no jinja in Takaichi, Yamato province.[3]
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References
- Aston, William George. (1896). Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. [reprinted by Tuttle Publishing, Tokyo, 2007. 10-ISBN 0-8048-0984-4; 13-ISBN 978-0-8048-0984-9]
- Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien, c. 1220], Gukanshō (The Future and the Past, a translation and study of the Gukanshō, an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03460-0
- Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan. Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. OCLC 194887
- Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359], Jinnō Shōtōki (A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4
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| Preceded by Emperor Ninken |
Emperor of Japan: Buretsu 498-506 (traditional dates) |
Succeeded by Emperor Keitai |
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