Kosho

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Kosho

Kōshō ( Japanese 孝 昭天皇 Kōshō-tennō ; * 506 BC ; † 393 BC ) was according to the old imperial chronicles Kojiki and Nihonshoki the 5th Tenno of Japan (475 BC-393 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 Mi-matsu-hiko-kae-shine no mikoto (Nihonshoki: 観 松 彦 香 殖 稲 尊 , Kojiki: 御 真 津 日子 訶 恵 志 泥 命 ). According to the Nihonshoki, his mother was Ama-toyo-tsu-hime no mikoto ( 天 豊 津 媛 命 ), according to the Kojiki Futo-ma-waka-hime no mikoto ( 賦 登 麻 和 訶 比 売 命 ). On the 12th day of the 2nd lunar month in the 22nd year of his father Itoku's reign (489 BC) , he was appointed Crown Prince at the age of 18 and took over after his death after a one-year interregnum on the 9th day of the 1st lunar month ( 475 BC) the throne.

Kōshō ruled after the Nihonshoki in the Ikegokoro Palace ( 掖 上 池心 宮 Waki-no-kami no Ikegokoro no miya ) in Wakinokami and after the Kojiki in the Wakinokami Palace ( 葛 城 掖 上 宮 Kazuragi no Waki-no-kami no miya ) in Kazuragi ( probably in today's Gose ). According to the Nihonshoki, his wife was Yoso-tarashi-hime ( 世襲 足 媛 ), according to the Kojiki Yoso-taho-hime no mikoto ( 余 曽 多 本 毘 売 命 ). After Nihonshoki, she gave birth to the sons Ama-tarashi-hiko-kuni-oshi-hito no mikoto ( 天足 彦 国 押 人命 ) and Yamato-tarashi-hiko-kuni-oshi-hito no mikoto ( 日本 足 彦 国 押 人尊 ) or after the Kojiki Ame-oshi-tarashi-hiko no mikoto ( 天 押 帯 日子 命 ) and Ō-yamato-tarashi-hiko-kuni-oshi-hito no mikoto ( 大 倭 帯 日子 国 押 人命 ).

Entrance to Kōshō's imperial tomb

According to the Nihonshoki he died at the age of 113 on the 5th day of the 8th lunar month in his 83rd year of reign (393 BC), after the Kojiki at the age of 93. His mausoleum ( misasagi ) is the tumulus Waki-no-kami-no-hakata-no-yama-no-e-no-misasagi ( 掖 上 博 多 山上 陵 , 'Imperial tomb on the mountain of Hakata by Waki-no-kami'); 34 ° 27 ′ 28 ″  N , 135 ° 43 ′ 51 ″  E ) in Gose. His successor was the second son (Ō-) Yamato-tarashi-hiko-kuni-oshi-hito.

The name Kōshō, whose characters' filial piety 'and' bright; clear 'or' filial piety revealed ', it received afterwards when the Japanese emperors began to give themselves Chinese, often Buddhist-inspired names.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f William George Aston: Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD 697 . Trench, Trübner & Co., London 1896, p. 144–145 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ). ; Copy of Nihonshoki (Japanese)
  2. ↑ a b c d e Basil Hall Chamberlain: The Kojiki . 1919, Section LVIII. - Emperor Ko-sho ( sacred-texts.com ).
  3. ↑ 天 皇陵 - 孝 昭天皇 掖 上 博 多 山上 陵 . Kunai-chō , accessed October 6, 2017 (Japanese).
predecessor Office successor
Itoku Tennō
475–393 BC Chr. 		Koan
personal data
SURNAME Kosho
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kôshô; 孝 昭天皇 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION 5. Tennō of Japan (475–393 BC)
DATE OF BIRTH 506 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 393 BC Chr.