Ankan Reign legendary Predecessor Keitai Successor Senka Born legendary Died legendary Burial Furuchi no Takaya no oka no misasagi (Osaka)
Emperor Ankan (安閑天皇 Ankan-tennō was the 27th emperor of Japan ,[ 1] traditional order of succession .[ 2] possibly legendary , but probable .[ 3] -tennō was created for him posthumously by later generations .
No certain dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign .[ 4] conventionally accepted names and sequence of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as "traditional" until the reign of Emperor Kammu , who was the 50th monarch of the Yamato dynasty .[ 5]
Traditional history
According to Kojiki Emperor Keitai .
Ankan died childless, and the throne passed to his brother, who would become known as Emperor Senka .
Very little is known about the events of Ankan's life and reign. Only limited information is available for study prior to the reign of the 29th monarch, Emperor Kimmei .[ 6]
Ankan attained the Imperial throne when his father, Emperor Keitai, abdicated in his favor.
The construction of state granaries in large numbers throughout Japan was a demonstration of the broad reach of Imperial power and concerns.[ 7]
The mausoleum (misasagi ) of Emperor Ankan in Osaka Prefecture . His death ended his reign after only four years.
After his death
This emperor's official name after his death (his posthumous name ) was regularized many centuries after the lifetime which was ascribed to Ankan.[ 8]
According to the Imperial Household Agency , the emperor's final resting place is in an earthen tumulus (kofun venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine (misasagi ) which is associated with the burial mound.[ 1]
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References
The chrysanthemum symbol of the Japanese emperor and his family.
↑ 1.0 1.1 Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō ), 安閑天皇 (27) ; retrieved 2011-10-18.↑ Titsingh, Isaac . (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 33; Brown, Delmer . (1979). Gukanshō , pp. 314-315Varley, H. Paul . (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 120; Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric . (2002). "Traditional order of Tennō" in Japan encyclopedia, pp. 962-963.↑ Kelly, Charles F. "Kofun Culture," Japanese Archaeology. April 27, 2009; retrieved 2011-10-18.
↑ Ponsonby-Fane, Richard . (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 30.↑ Aston, William George . (1896). Nihongi, pp. 109.↑ Titsingh, pp. 34-36; Brown, pp. 261-262; Varley, pp. 123-124.
↑ Mason, Joseph. (2002). The Meaning of Shinto , p. 172.
↑ Aston (1998), pp. 146-147.
