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Emperor Ingyō

 
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Emperor Ingyō
19th Emperor of Japan
Reign c. 412-453 (traditional dates)
Born c. 376? (traditional)
Died c. 453 (traditional)
Buried Yega no Naganu no kita no Misasagi (Osaka)
Predecessor Emperor Hanzei
Successor Emperor Ankō

Emperor Ingyō (允恭天皇, Ingyō-tennō?) was the 19th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.[1] No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign. Ingyō is considered to have ruled the country during the mid-fifth century, but there is a paucity of information about him. There is insufficient material available for further verification and study.

According to Kojiki and Nihonshoki, he was the fourth son of Emperor Nintoku and his consort Iwanohime, and therefore a younger brother of his predecessor Emperor Hanzei. He sat on the throne after Hanzei died and ruled for 41 years. His consort was Oshisaka no Ōnakatsu no Hime. They had five sons and four daughters, including Emperor Ankō and Emperor Yūryaku. He reformed the system of family and clan names, because many named themselves false names using higher ranked clan or family names.

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Consorts and Children

Empress: Oshisaka no Ōnakatsuhime (忍坂大中姫), daughter of Wakanuke-Futamata no Miko (稚渟毛二派皇子)

  • Prince Kinashi no Karu (木梨軽皇子)
  • Princess Nagata no Ōiratsume (名形大娘皇女)
  • Prince Sakai no kurohiko (境黒彦皇子) (?-456)
  • Prince Anaho (穴穂皇子) (Emperor Ankō) (401?-456)
  • Princess Karu no Ōiratsume (軽大娘皇女)
  • Prince Yatsuri no shirahiko (八釣白彦皇子) (?-456)
  • Prince Ōhatuse no Wakatakeru (大泊瀬稚武皇子) (Emperor Yūryaku) (418-479)
  • Princess Tajima no Tachibana no Ōiratsume (但馬橘大娘皇女)
  • Princess Sakami (酒見皇女)

Princess: Sotoshi no iratsume (衣通郎姫), younger sister of Oshisaka no Ōnakatsuhime


Events of Ingyō's reign

The earliest documented earthquake in Japan occurred in 416 when the Imperial Palace at Kyoto was leveled by the severity of the Earth's tremors.[2]

Today scholars identify him with King Sai in the Book of Song, who was a king of Japan (referred to as Wa by contemporary Chinese scholars) and sent messengers to the Song Dynasty at least twice, in 443 and 451.

According to Nihonshoki, the king of the Korean Silla Kingdom grieved very much when Ingyō died. To comfort the soul of Ingyo, he presented Japan 80 musicians. [3]

He is entombed in an Imperial burial mound, also known as Emperor Ingyō's misasagi (恵我長野北陵, Eganonagano no kita no misasagi?), in Fujiidera city near Osaka.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 26; Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 112.
  2. ^ Hammer, Joshua. (2006). Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II, p. 62.]
  3. ^ Nihonshoki, volume 13, Story of Ingyō: 允恭紀四十二年 - 於是新羅王聞天皇既崩,驚愁之,貢上調船八十艘及種種樂人八十.[1]
  4. ^ Gowland, William. "The Burial Mounds and Dolmens of the Early Emperors of Japan," The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 37, Jan.-Jun., 1907, pp. 10-46.

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Regnal titles
Preceded by
Emperor Hanzei
Emperor of Japan:
Ingyō

411-453
(traditional dates)
Succeeded by
Emperor Ankō



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