Emperor Ankan

Emperor Ankan
安閑天皇
Great King of Yamato
Emperor of Japan
Reignc. 10 March 531 – 25 January 536
PredecessorKeitai
SuccessorSenka
BornMagari ()
466
DiedJanuary 25, 536(536-01-25) (aged 69–70)
Burial
Furuchi no Takaya no oka no misasagi (古市高屋丘陵) (Osaka)
SpouseKasuga no Yamada
Issue
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Emperor Ankan (安閑天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Hirokuni-oshitakekanahi no Sumeramikoto (広国押武金日天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Keitai
MotherMenokohime

Emperor Ankan (安閑天皇, Ankan-tennō) (466 – 25 January 536) was the 27th legendary 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 10 March 531 to 25 January 536.[3]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 安閑天皇 (27)
  2. ^ Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 120; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 33., p. 33, at Google Books
  3. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 44.

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