Emperor Jimmu

Emperor Jimmu
Emperor Jimmu
Japanese name
Kanji	神武天皇
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Jinmu-tennō

Posthumous name
	Chinese-style shigō:; Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇); Japanese-style shigō:; Kamu-yamato Iware-biko no Sumeramikoto (神日本磐余彦天皇)

Emperor Jimmu
神武天皇
Emperor Jimmu; 神武天皇
	Emperor Jimmu with his emblematic self bow, the kinshikyū (金鵄弓), by Adachi Ginkō, 1891
Emperor of Japan
Reign	660–585 BC (traditional)
Successor	Suizei
Born	Hikohohodemi (彦火々出見); 711 BC or 721 BC; eastern Tsukushi-no-shima (now Kyushu)
Died	585 BC (aged 126 or 136); possibly Kashihara, Nara
Burial	Unebi-yama no ushitora no sumi no misasagi (畝傍山東北陵) (Kashihara, Nara)
Spouses	Ahiratsu-hime; Himetataraisuzu-hime;
Issue	Tagishimimi-no-Mikoto; Kisumimi; Hikoyai-no-Mikoto; Kamuyaimimi; Emperor Suizei;
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	Chinese-style shigō:; Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇); Japanese-style shigō:; Kamu-yamato Iware-biko no Sumeramikoto (神日本磐余彦天皇)
Father	Ugayafukiaezu
Mother	Tamayori-hime
Religion	Shinto

Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇, Jinmu-tennō) was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki.^[2] His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC.^[6]^[7] In Japanese mythology, he was a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu, through her grandson Ninigi, as well as a descendant of the storm god Susanoo. He launched a military expedition from Hyūga near the Seto Inland Sea, captured Yamato, and established this as his center of power. In modern Japan, Emperor Jimmu's legendary accession is marked as National Foundation Day on February 11.^[8] There is no evidence to suggest that Jimmu existed.^[9]^: 460 However, there is a high probability that there was a powerful dynasty in the vicinity of Miyazaki Prefecture during the Kofun period.^[9]^: 592

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^ Clements, Jonathan (2017). "Chapter 5". A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-1934-5.
^ ^a ^b Campbell, Allen; Nobel, David S (1993). "Jimmu Emperor". Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha. p. 1186. ISBN 406205938X.
^ "Genealogy of the Emperors of Japan" (Archive), Imperial Household Agency, 2011.
^ Aston 1896, pp. 109–137.
^ Chamberlain 1919, p. 188.
^ Kelly, Charles F. "Kofun Culture", Japanese Archaeology. April 27, 2009.
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* Kitagawa, Joseph (1987). On Understanding Japanese Religion, p. 145, at Google Books: "emphasis on the undisrupted chronological continuity from myths to legends and from legends to history, it is difficult to determine where one ends and the next begins. At any rate, the first ten legendary emperors are clearly not reliable historical records."
- Boleslaw Szczesniak, "The Sumu-Sanu Myth: Notes and Remarks on the Jimmu Tenno Myth", in Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 10, No. 1/2 (Winter 1954), pp. 107–26. doi:10.2307/2382794. JSTOR 2382794.
^ Trevor, Malcolm (2001). Japan: Restless Competitor: The Pursuit of Economic Nationalism. Psychology Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-903350-02-7.
^ ^a ^b Ring, Trudy; Salkin, Robert M.; Schellinger, Paul E.; Boda, Sharon La; Watson, Noelle; Hudson, Christopher; Hast, Adele (1994). International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-884964-04-6.

[2] Clements, Jonathan (2017). "Chapter 5". A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-1934-5.

[KodanshaJimmu-3] Campbell, Allen; Nobel, David S (1993). "Jimmu Emperor". Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha. p. 1186. ISBN 406205938X.

[4] "Genealogy of the Emperors of Japan" (Archive), Imperial Household Agency, 2011.

[FOOTNOTEAston1896109–137-5] Aston 1896, pp. 109–137.

[FOOTNOTEChamberlain1919[httpswwwsacred-textscomshikjkj061htm_188]-6] Chamberlain 1919, p. 188.

[kelly-7] Kelly, Charles F. "Kofun Culture", Japanese Archaeology. April 27, 2009.

[Understanding_Japanese_Religion_p._145-8] * Kitagawa, Joseph (1987). On Understanding Japanese Religion, p. 145, at Google Books: "emphasis on the undisrupted chronological continuity from myths to legends and from legends to history, it is difficult to determine where one ends and the next begins. At any rate, the first ten legendary emperors are clearly not reliable historical records."
Boleslaw Szczesniak, "The Sumu-Sanu Myth: Notes and Remarks on the Jimmu Tenno Myth", in Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 10, No. 1/2 (Winter 1954), pp. 107–26. doi:10.2307/2382794. JSTOR 2382794.

[8] Boleslaw Szczesniak, "The Sumu-Sanu Myth: Notes and Remarks on the Jimmu Tenno Myth", in Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 10, No. 1/2 (Winter 1954), pp. 107–26. doi:10.2307/2382794. JSTOR 2382794.

[9] Trevor, Malcolm (2001). Japan: Restless Competitor: The Pursuit of Economic Nationalism. Psychology Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-903350-02-7.

[:6-10] Ring, Trudy; Salkin, Robert M.; Schellinger, Paul E.; Boda, Sharon La; Watson, Noelle; Hudson, Christopher; Hast, Adele (1994). International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-884964-04-6.

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