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. His father was Emperor Keitai and his mother was Emperor Ninken's daughter, Princess Tashiraka (手白香皇女). He was also known by the name Emperor Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa (天国排開広庭尊). Upon the death of his older brother Emperor Senka in 539, Emperor Kinmei acceded to the throne and moved his court to Shikishima no Kanazashi Palace (磯城嶋金刺宮) in Yamato. Mononobe no Okoshi and Nakatomi no Kanamura were both appointed Ōmuraji, and Soga no Iname was appointed Ōomi. Although the imperial court did not move to the Asuka region of Japan until 592, Emperor Kinmei's rule is considered by some to be the beginning of the Asuka period of Yamato Japan, particulary those who associate the Asuka period primarily with the introduction of Buddhism to Japan. Events Births Emperor Kimmei of Japan († 571) Adi Sankara Deaths Categories: 509 ... Events The Monophysites again reject the Council of Chalcedon, causing another schism. ... 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. ... Emperor Keitai (継体天皇) was the 26th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Emperor Ninken (-c. ... Emperor Senka (宜化天皇) was the 28th imperial ruler of Japan. ... Events November 29 - Antioch struck by an earthquake. ... Yamato (大和) is a province of Japan, which covers area of present Nara Prefecture. ... Muraji (連). Muraji was an ancient Japanese hereditary title denoting rank and political standing (a kabane) that was reserved for the most powerful among the Tomo no Miyatsuko clans, which were clans associated with particular occupations. ... Soga no Iname (蘇我稲目, d. ... Categories: Japan geography stubs | Old provinces of Japan ... Categories: Villages in Nara Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... Events After the great slaughter at Woddesbeorg, Ceawlin is deposed as both king of Wessex and Bretwalda. ... 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 The Asuka period is the period in Japanese history... 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 The Yamato period (大和) (better known as the Kofun... Statues of Buddha such as this, the Tian Tan Buddha statue in Hong Kong, remind followers to practice right living. ...

According to the Nihon Shoki, Emperor Kinmei received a bronze statue of Buddha as a gift from the king of Paekche Song Myong Wang (聖明王, Seimei Ō) in 552. {However, according to the 'Jōgū Shōtoku Hōō Teisetsu', Buddhism was introduced in 538.) Although Buddhism was already practiced in Japan by many Korean immigrants by this time, this episode is widely regarded as the official introduction of Buddhism to the country. Nihonshoki (日本書紀) is the second oldest history book about the ancient history of Japan. ... A stone image of the Buddha. ... Baekje was a kingdom in southwestern Korea. ... Events July - Battle of Taginae: The Byzantine general Narses defeats and kills Totila, king of the Ostrogoths. ... Events End of the Kofun and beginning of the Asuka period, the second part of the Yamato period in Japan. ...

With the introduction of a new religion to the court, a deep rift developed between the Mononobe clan, who supported the worship of Japan's traditional dieties, and the Soga clan, who supported the adoption of Buddhism. According to one famous episode, shortly after the Soga's began worshipping the new Buddha statue, a plague broke out, which the Mononobe's promptly attributed to a curse by Japan's traditional dieties as punishment for worshipping the foreign god. Mononobe no Okoshi and his men promptly threw the statue into a river in Naniwa and burned the temple that the Soga's had built to hold it. Mononobe clan (物部氏; mononobe-shi) was an old Japanese clan of Yamato period. ... Naniwa is an old name of Osaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan. ...

Because of several temporal discrepancies in the account of Emperor Kinmei in the Nihon Shoki, some believe that his was actually a rival court to that of Emperors Ankan and Senka. According to the Nihon Shoki, Emperor Kinmei ruled until his death in 571 and was buried in the Hinokuma no Sakai Burial Mound (桧隈坂合陵) but a stronger theory holds that he was actually buried in the Misemaruyama Tumulus (見瀬丸山古墳) located in Kashihara City (橿原市). 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. ... Events The Monophysites again reject the Council of Chalcedon, causing another schism. ...

Emperor Senka (宜化天皇) was the 28th imperial ruler of Japan. ... History of Japan Paleolithic Jomon Yayoi Yamato period ---Kofun period ---Asuka period Nara period Heian period Kamakura period Muromachi period Azuchi-Momoyama period ---Nanban contacts Edo period Meiji period Taisho period Showa period ---Japanese expansionism ---Occupied Japan ---Post-Occupation Japan Heisei The following is a traditional list of Emperors of... Emperor Bidatsu (敏達天皇) (538-585) was the 30th imperial ruler of Japan. ...