Chūai was a Japanese monarch, the 14th emperor (tenno) of Japan to appear on the traditional list of emperors. The name is a posthumous name (if he ever lived). His Majesty Emperor Akihito of Japan Imperial Seal of Japan The Emperor (天皇 tennō, literally heavenly sovereign) is a constitutionally-recognized symbol of the Japanese nation and the unity of its people. ... His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Akihito of Japan The Emperor of Japan (天皇, tennō) is Japans titular head of state and the head of the Japanese imperial family. ... A posthumous name (Traditional Chinese: 諡號/謚號 Simplified Chinese: 谥号; Pinyin: shì hào; Romaji: shigō/tsuigō; Revised Romanization of Korean: siho) is a honorary name given to royalty in some cultures posthumously, that is, after the persons death. ...

Later generations have included this name to the list of emperors (tenno) of Japan (as (仲哀天皇, Chūai Tennō), thus making him posthumously an emperor and assigning him as one of the early sovereigns and ancestors of the dynasty that has reigned unbroken since time immemorial. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

If he lived, at his time the title tenno was not yet used, and the polity he possibly ruled did certainly not contain all or even the most of Japan. Concluding from his putative son and alleged successors in beginnings of historical time, also Chuai would have been a chieftain, local king, in Yamato society. History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban period Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei Kofun is an era in the history of Japan...

No firm date can be assigned to this monarch and he is regarded by historians as a "legendary emperor." This does not necessarily imply that no such person existed, just that there is insufficient evidence to conclude that he existed or assign him to a particular period of history. However, since he was the putative father of Hondawake (posthumously Ojin Tenno) (who is generally accepted to have been real and is found in contemporary archaeological sources) in the Kojiki, he was probably a historical figure. It is probable that the historical person lived sometime in 4th century CE, and that dates assigned to him in Japanese TD are incorrect. Emperor Ōjin (応神天皇 Ōjin Tennō) was the 15th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Kojiki or Furukotofumi (古事記) is the oldest surviving historical book dealing with the ancient history of Japan. ...

According to the legend in Kojiki and Nihonshoki, he was a son of Prince Yamato Takeru, therefore a grandson of Keikō, a Yamato monarch. Chuai's wife was Jingū. Kojiki or Furukotofumi (古事記) is the oldest surviving historical book dealing with the ancient history of Japan. ... Nihonshoki (日本書紀) is the second oldest history book about the ancient history of Japan. ... Prince Yamatotakeru or Prince ÅŒsu was the Japanese legendary prince of the Emperor Keikō. He is one of the impressive figures in Kojiki and Nihonshoki and both of those books tells of his tragic epics. ... Emperor Keikō (景行天皇 Keikō Tennō) was the twelfth imperial ruler of Japan to appear on the traditional list of emperors. ... Empress Consort JingÅ« of Japan (c. ...

According to those legends, his wife was suddenly possessed by unknown gods. The gods promised him a rich land overseas. Chūai gave a look to the sea, but he could not see anything. He denounced his beliefs in the gods' promise. The gods were enraged and declared he would die and never receive the promised land, but his conveived but unborn son would get it instead. The legend than states that Chūai died soon and his widow, Jingū, conquered the promised land, which is conjectured to be Korea. One of versions about his son states that the boy was born three years after the death of the father. Either a period of less than nine months contained three "years" (some seasons), e.g three harvests, or the paternity is just mythical and symbolic, rather than real. Amaterasu, one of the central kami in the Shinto faith Look up Kami in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Kami (神) is the Japanese word for the objects of worship in the Shinto faith. ... Korea (한국, Hanguk, or ì¡°ì„ , Choseon) is a civilization and geographical area situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, bordering China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast, with Japan situated to the southeast across the Korea Strait. ... Hay bales after harvest in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany In agriculture, harvesting is the process of gathering mature crops from the fields. ...