Emperor Bidatsu (敏達天皇 Bidatsu Tennō) (538- September 14, 585) was the 30th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He was the second son of Emperor Kimmei by his consort Iwahime, a daughter of Emperor Senka. According to Nihonshoki his name was Nunakurafutotamashiki; supposedly this was his posthumous name as well as Bidatsu. Events End of the Kofun era and beginning of the Asuka period, the second part of the Yamato period in Japan. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... Events Famine in Gaul. ... Emperor Kimmei (欽明天皇 Kinmei Tennō) (509-571) was the 29th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and the first to whom contemporary historiography assigns clear dates. ... ... Nihonshoki (Japanese: 日本書紀), sometimes translated as Chronicles of Japan, is the second oldest book of classical Japanese history. ...

According to Nihonshoki, he had six consorts and twenty-four children. He was appointed crown prince by his father Kimmei; after Kimmei died, Bidatsu ascended to the throne within a few days. During his reign, he had two empresses. The first empress, Hirohime, died in the fifth year of his reign. To replace her, he elevated one of his consorts, Princess Nukatabe, to the rank of empress. Nukatabe was his half-sister by their father Kimmei. Later she ascended to the throne in her own right and is today known as Empress Suiko. Nihonshoki (Japanese: 日本書紀), sometimes translated as Chronicles of Japan, is the second oldest book of classical Japanese history. ... Empress Suiko (推古天皇) (554-628) was the 33rd imperial ruler of Japan and the first woman to hold this position. ...

He ruled during a tense period between the Soga and Mononobe clans regarding acceptance of Buddhism in Japan. In external affairs, he sought to re-establish Japanese influence in Korea, but was largely unsuccessful; according to Nihonshoki, his court established relations with Baekje and Silla. The Soga clan was one of the most powerful clans in Yamato Japan. ... Mononobe clan (物部氏; mononobe-shi) was an old Japanese clan of Yamato period. ... A replica of an ancient statue of Gautama Buddha, found in Sarnath, near Varanasi. ... Korea (Korean: (조선 or 한국, see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ... Baekje (18 BC (legendary) – AD 660) was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla. ... Silla (also spelled Shilla, traditional dates 57 BCE - 935 CE) was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. ...

Though he had many children, none of them would ever become emperor. He was succeeded first by one of his brothers, Emperor Yōmei, then by another, Emperor Sushun, and then Empress Suiko, his sister and wife, before his grandson, Emperor Jomei, eventually took the throne. ... ... Emperor Jomei (舒明天皇 Jomei Tennō) (593- November 17, 641) was the 34th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ...