| Emperor Yūryaku | |
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| 21st Emperor of Japan | |
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| Reign | c. 456-479 (traditional dates) |
| Born | c. 418 (traditional) |
| Died | c. 479 (traditional) |
| Place of death | Hatsuse no asakura Palace |
| Buried | Tajii no Takawashi-hara no Misasagi (Osaka)[citation needed] |
| Predecessor | Emperor Ankō |
| Successor | Emperor Seinei |
Emperor Yūryaku (雄略天皇, Yūryaku-tennō) (c. 418[citation needed] - Seventh Day of the Eight Month of 479[citation needed] (Kibi)[1]) was the 21st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. [2] No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign. Yūryaku is considered to have ruled the country during the mid-5th century, but there is a paucity of information about him. There is insufficient material available for further verification and study.
According to the Kojiki he is said to have ruled from the Thirteenth Day of the Eleventh Month of 456 (Heishin)[1] until his death on the Seventh Day of the Eight Month of 479 (Kibi).[1]
According to Kojiki and Nihonshoki, Yūryaku was named Prince Ohatsuse Wakatake (大泊瀬 幼武) at birth. Swords unearthed from some kofuns indicate his name was Waka Takeru (Ōkimi). Yuryaku is just a name posthumously assigned to him by a much later era. He was the fifth and youngest son of Emperor Ingyō. After his elder brother Emperor Ankō was murdered, he won the struggle against his other brothers and became the new emperor. His title at his own lifetime was certainly not tennō, but presumably Ōkimi and/or Sumeramikoto (治天下大王 - amenoshita shiroshimesu ōkimi, or sumera no mikoto, Great King who rules all under heaven) and/or king of Yamato (ヤマト大王/大君 - yamato ōkimi, Great King of Yamato). He had three wives (including his consort Kusahahatahi). His successor, Prince Shiraka (Emperor Seinei), w as his son by his wife Kazuraki no Karahime.
Yūryaku is remembered as a patron of sericulture.[3]
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Consorts and Children
Empress: Kusaka no hatabihime no Himemiko (草香幡梭姫皇女), daughter of Emperor Nintoku Or Emperor Richū
Lady: Katsuragi no Karahime (葛城韓媛) , daughter of Katsuragi no Tsubura no Ōomi (葛城円大臣)
- Prince Shiraka (白髪皇子) (Emperor Seinei) (444?-484)
- Princess Takuhatahime (栲幡姫皇女) (?-459) (Saikū)
Lady: Kibi no Wakahime (吉備稚媛) (?-479) , daughter of Kibi no Kamitsumichi no omi (吉備上道臣)
- Prince Iwaki (磐城皇子)
- Prince Hoshikawa no Wakamiya (星川稚宮皇子) (?-479)
Lady: Wani no warawakimi (和珥童女君) , daughter of kasuga no Wani no omi Fukame (春日和珥臣深目)
- Princess Kasuga no Ōiratsume (春日大娘皇女) , married to Emperor Ninken
King Bu
King Bu, supposed to be Yūryaku, sent an envoy to the emperor of Liu Song, a minor Chinese dynasty, in 478. The ambassador explained their ancestors who are conqueror of 115 barbarian countries. This claims followed by the request of military support against Goguryeo, an ancient kingdom in the Korean peninsula. [4]
Yūryaku is believed to be referred to as Bu (武, In Japanese, it is read as Take or Takeru) in contemporary Chinese records. These records state that Bu began his rule before 477, was recognized as the ruler of Japan by the Liu Song, Southern Qi, and Liang dynasties, and continued his rule through 502. Bu sent messengers to the Song dynasty in 477 and 478 to ask military support for protecting Baekje against the threat of Goguryeo.[5] Some scholars claim that Bu is not Yūryaku but Sima who became a king of Baekje, Muryeong. [6]
Poetry
This Japanese sovereign's predilection for poetry is amongst the more well-documented aspects of his character and reign. Poems attributed to this 5th century monarch are included in the Manyōshū, and a number of his verses are preserved in the Kojiki and the Nihonshoki.[3]
See also
- Emperor of Japan
- List of Emperors of Japan
- Imperial cult
- Inariyama_Sword
- Eta_Funayama_Sword
- Five_kings_of_Wa
Nots
- ^ a b c All dates are given in the traditional lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873.
- ^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 27-28; Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 113-115.
- ^ a b Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai (1969). The Manyōshū, p. 317.
- ^ Bruce Loyd Batten, Gateway to Japan, ISBN 9780824830298
- ^ Aston, William. (1998). Nihongi, Vol. 1, pp. 333-372.
- ^ So Jin Cheol, 백제 무령왕의 세계(The world of the king Muryeong ) p.124, ISBN 978-89-6246-010-0
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
- Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai (1969). The Manyōshū: The Nippon Gakujutsu Shinkokai Translation of One Thousand Poems. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-08620-2
- 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 Ankō |
Emperor of Japan: Yūryaku 456-479 (traditional dates) |
Succeeded by Emperor Seinei |
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