Emperor Keitai (継体天皇 Keitai Tennō) was the 26th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He is believed to have ruled the country during the early 6th century CE. 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. ... (5th century — 6th century — 7th century — other centuries) Events The first academy of the east the Academy of Gundeshapur founded in Persia by the Persian Shah Khosrau I. Irish colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to Caledonia (later known as Scotland) Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland founded by St. ...

Records on his life

His record is confusing as there are differences of his life according to Kojiki and Nihonshoki. Kojiki or Furukotofumi (古事記) is the oldest known historical book about the ancient history of Japan. ... Nihonshoki (日本書紀) is the second oldest history book about the ancient history of Japan. ...

Kojiki puts his birth year at 485 and to have died on April 9, 527.¹ It writes that he was called Ōdo no Mikoto(袁本杼命). Events Peter the Fuller is excommunicated by a synod in Rome. ... This article is about the year. ...

On the other hand, Nihonshoki put his birth year at 450 and to have died on February 7, 531 or 534.¹ It writes that he was called Ōdo no Kimi(男大迹王) and Hikofuto no Mikoto(彦太尊). Events August 25 - Marcian proclaimed Eastern Roman Emperor by Aspar and Pulcheria. ... Events End of the reign of Northern Wei Chang Guang Wang, ruler of the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty. ... Events January 1 - Decimus Theodorius Paulinus appointed consul, the last to hold this office in the West. ...

Life and genealogy

He is said to have been not the son of the immediate previous emperor, but the great-great-great-grandson of [Emperor Ojin of Japan|Emperor Ōjin]]. According to documents he ascended to the throne when Emperor Buretsu died childless and did not appoint a sucesssor; some historians doubt this geneology and suppose a change of dynasties. Emperor Buretsu (c. ...

According to Kojiki and Nihonshoki, his father was Hikonushi no Kimi and his mother was Furihime. He was born in Echizen province. When Buretsu died, Kanamura recommended Keitai at his age of 58 as a possible heir to the throne. Keitai declared his ascension in Kusuba, in the northern part of Kawachi Province (present day Shijonawate, Osaka) and married a younger sister of Buretsu, Princess Tashiraga. It is supposed that his succession was not welcomed by everyone, and it took about 20 years for Keitai to enter Yamato province, near Kawachi and the political center of Japan at the time. Echizen (越前国; -no kuni) was an old province of Japan, which is today the northern part of Fukui prefecture. ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... Yamato (大和) is a province of Japan, which covers area of present Nara Prefecture. ...

In Emperor Keitai's later years, 527 or 528, a rebellion led by Iwai occurred in Tsukushi province, Kyushu. Keitai went to Kyushu and put down the rebellion. This article is about the year. ... Events February 13 - Justinian appoints a commission (including the jurist Tribonian) to codify all imperial laws that were still in force from Hadrian to the current date. ... Kyushu region, Japan Kyushu (九州) is the third largest island of Japan and most southerly and westerly of the four main islands. ...

Among his sons, Emperor Ankan, Emperor Senka and Emperor Kimmei ascended to the throne. Emperor Ankan (安閑天皇) was the 27th imperial ruler of Japan. ... Emperor Senka (宜化天皇) was the 28th imperial ruler of Japan. ... Emperor Kinmei (欽明天皇) (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. ...

Notes

1. Japanese dates correspond to the traditional lunisolar calendar used in Japan until 1873.

A lunisolar calendar is a calendar whose date indicates both the moon phase and the season. ...

Emperor Buretsu (c. ... The following is a traditional list of Emperors of Japan. ... Emperor Ankan (安閑天皇) was the 27th imperial ruler of Japan. ...