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Emperor Jimmu
Summary
(721 BC or 711 BC - 585 BC) was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC. 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. There is no evidence to suggest that Jimmu existed. However, there is a high probability that there was a powerful dynasty in the vicinity of Miyazaki Prefecture during the Kofun period.
Jimmu is recorded as Japan's first ruler in two early chronicles, Nihon Shoki (721) and Kojiki (712). Nihon Shoki gives the dates of his reign as 660–585 BC. In the reign of Emperor Kanmu (737–806), the eighth-century scholar Ōmi no Mifune designated rulers before Emperor Ōjin as 天皇, a Japanese pendant to the Chinese imperial title Tiān-dì (天帝), and gave several of them including Jimmu their canonical names. Prior to this time, these rulers had been known as Sumera no mikoto/Ōkimi. This practice had begun under Empress Suiko, and took root after the Taika Reforms with the ascendancy of the Nakatomi clan.
Both the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki give Jimmu's name as 神倭伊波礼琵古命 or 神日本磐余彦天皇. Iware indicates a toponym (an old place name in the Nara region) whose precise purport is unclear.
Among his other names were: 若御毛沼命, 神日本磐余彦火火出見尊 and 彦火火出見.
The Imperial House of Japan traditionally based its claim to the throne on its putative descent from the sun-goddess Amaterasu via Jimmu's great-grandfather Ninigi.
Consort: Ahiratsu-hime, Hosuseri's (Ninigi-no-Mikoto's son) daughter
First son: Prince Tagishimimi
Son: Prince Kisumimi
Daughter: Princess Misaki (神武天皇)
Empress: Himetataraisuzu-hime, Kotoshironushi's daughter
Son: Prince Hikoyai no mikoto
Second son: Prince Kamuyaimimi no mikoto
Third son: Prince Kamununakawamimi, later Emperor Suizei
In Japanese mythology, the Age of the Gods is the period before Jimmu's accession.
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