Kōgen

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Kōgen on a print from the Meiji period

According to the old history books Kojiki and Nihonshoki, Kōgen ( Japanese 孝 元 天皇 , Kōgen-tennō ; * 273 BC ; † 158 BC ) was the 8th Tenno of Japan (214 BC – 158 BC) .). Its historical existence is doubtful. He is one of the "eight undocumented emperors" ( 欠 史 八 代kesshi hachidai ) of whom only a sketchy representation is known.

His proper name was Ō-yamato-neko-hiko-kuni-kuru no mikoto (Nihonshoki (N): 大 日本 根子 彦 国 牽 尊 , Kojiki (K): 大 倭 根子 日子 国 玖 琉 命 ). His mother was Hoso-hime no mikoto (N: 細 媛 命 / K: 細 比 売 命 ). At the beginning of the 36th year of reign (255 BC) of his father Kōrei he was appointed Crown Prince and took over the throne after his death on the 14th day of the 1st lunar month of the following year (214 BC).

Kōgen ruled in the palace Sakaihara (N: 謂 境 原 宮 , K: 軽 之 堺 原 宮 , Karu no Sakaihara no miya ) in Karu (probably in today's Kashihara ). His wives and children were (named in Nihonshoki and Kojiki, separated by a slash):

  • Utsu-shiko-me no mikoto ( 欝 色 謎 命 / 内 色 許 売 命 ), wife
    • Ō-hiko no mikoto ( 大 彦 命 / 大 毘 古 命 ), son
    • Sukuna-hiko-o-kokoro no mikoto ( 少 彦 男 心 命 ) / Sukuna-hiko-take-i-gokoro no mikoto ( 少 名 日子 建 猪 心 命 ), son, called unsafe in Nihonshoki
    • Waka-yamato-neko-hiko-ō-hihi no mikoto ( 稚 日本 根子 彦 大 日 日 尊 / 若 倭 根子 日子 大 毘 毘 命 ), son and heir to the throne
    • Yamato-toto-hime no mikoto ( 倭 迹 迹 姫 命 ) / -, daughter, only Nihonshoki
  • Ika-ga-shiko-me no mikoto ( 伊 香 色 謎 命 / 伊 賀 迦 色 許 売 ), concubine
    • Hiko-futo-oshi-no-makoto no mikoto ( 彦 太 忍 信 命 / 比 古 布 都 押 之 信 命 ), son
  • Hani-yasu-hime ( 埴 安 媛 / 波 邇 夜 須 毘 売 ), concubine
    • Take-hani-yasu-hiko no mikoto ( 武 埴 安 彦 命 / 建波 邇 夜 須 毘 古 命 ), son
Entrance to Kōgens Imperial Tomb

According to the Nihonshoki, he died at the age of 116 on the 2nd day of the 9th lunar month in his 57th year of reign (158 BC), after the Kojiki at the age of 57. His mausoleum ( misasagi ) is the keyhole-shaped barrow Tsurugi-no-ike-no-shima-no-e-no-misasagi ( 劔 池 嶋 上 陵 , 'Imperial tomb on the island of the Sea of ​​the Sword'; 34 ° 28 ′ 52 ″  N , 135 ° 48 ′ 12 ″  E ) in Kashihara.

The name Kōgen, whose characters mean ' filial piety ' and 'origin', he received later when the Japanese emperors began to give themselves Chinese, often Buddhist-inspired names.

Remarks

  1. ↑ The lake is now called Ishikawa-ike ( 石川 池 ) instead of Tsurugi-no-ike and the island is now a peninsula.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d William George Aston: Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD 697 . Trench, Trübner & Co., London 1896, p. 147–148 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ). Copy of Nihonshoki (Japanese)
  2. ↑ a b c d Basil Hall Chamberlain: The Kojiki . 1919, Section XLI. - Emperor Kō-gen ( sacred-texts.com ).
  3. ↑ 天 皇陵 - 孝 元 天皇 劔 池 嶋 上 陵 . Kunai-chō , accessed October 7, 2017 (Japanese).
predecessor Office successor
Kōrei Tennō
214–158 BC Chr. 		Kaika
personal data
SURNAME Kōgen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 孝 元 天皇 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 8. Tennō of Japan (214 BC – 158 BC)
DATE OF BIRTH 273 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 158 BC Chr.