Bidatsu
Bidatsu ( Japanese 敏達 天皇 , Bidatsu-tennō ; * 538 ; † September 14, 585 ) was the 30th Tennō of Japan . He was the second son of Emperor Kimmei and ruled from 572 to 585. His mother was Empress Iwahime, the daughter of Senka .
He became Crown Prince Emperor Kimmeis in 569 (according to Kojiki 555). After he died in April 572, he succeeded him to the throne. During his lifetime he was known as Nuna-kura-futo-tama-shiki no Mikoto ( 沼 名 倉 太 珠 敷 命 ). He had his residence in (Ihare no) Wosada no Miya ( 他 田 宮 , Wosada no miya ), the location of which is not certain. It was probably located in Shiki-gun , Nara Prefecture or, given the name Ihare, near the other Ihare palaces at Sakurai .
Bidatsu hoped to strengthen the Japanese influence in Korea again, but failed. His religious policy leaned towards Shinto . In 585 he banned Buddhism because of an epidemic and had temples and statues of Buddhas burned. In the same year he got sick himself and died.
After his first wife died in his fourth year of reign, he married his half-sister Princess Kashikiya, known as Empress Suiko . He is said to have had a total of 16 children from four women.
Both Emperor Jomei and his wife Kōgyoku descended from him.
Web links
- List of Japanese Emperors (German)
- Family table of Japanese emperors (The Imperial Household Agency )
literature
- William George Aston : Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD 697 . In: Transactions and Proceedings of The Japan Society, London . Supplement I. Volume I and II. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Limited, London 1896 ( digitized in the Internet Archive - English translation of Nihonshoki).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Kimmei |
Emperor of Japan 572-585 |
Yōmei |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bidatsu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 敏達 天皇 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | 30. Tennō of Japan (572-585) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 538 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 585 |