Emperor Keitai

Emperor Keitai
継体天皇
Great King of Yamato
Statue of Keitai in Mount Asuwa, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Emperor of Japan
Reign3 March 507 – 10 March 531
PredecessorBuretsu
SuccessorAnkan
Born450
DiedMarch 10, 531(531-03-10) (aged 80–81)
Burial
Mishima no Akinu no misasagi (三島藍野陵) (Osaka)
SpouseTashiraka
Issue
among others...
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Emperor Keitai (継体天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Ohodo no Sumeramikoto (雄大迹天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherHikoushi no Ōkimi
MotherFurihime

Emperor Keitai (継体天皇, Keitai-tennō) (died 10 March 531) was the 26th 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 3 March 507 to 10 March 531.[3]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 継体天皇 (26)
  2. ^ Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 119–120; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 31–33., p. 31, at Google Books
  3. ^ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 43.

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