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Great King of Yamato
Emperor Keitai 継体天皇
Great King of Yamato
Statue of Keitai in Mount Asuwa, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Emperor of Japan
Reign
3 March 507 – 10 March 531
Predecessor
Buretsu
Successor
Ankan
Born
450
Died
March 10, 531(531-03-10) (aged 80–81)
Burial
Mishima no Akinu no misasagi (三島藍野陵) (Osaka)
Spouse
Tashiraka
Issue among others...
Emperor Kinmei
Emperor Ankan
Emperor Senka
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō: Emperor Keitai (継体天皇)
Japanese-style shigō: Ohodo no Sumeramikoto (雄大迹天皇)
House
Imperial House of Japan
Father
Hikoushi no Ōkimi
Mother
Furihime
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]
^Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 継体天皇 (26)
^Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 119–120; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 31–33., p. 31, at Google Books
^Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 43.
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