Yūryaku

Emperor Yūryaku

Yūryaku ( Japanese 雄略天皇 ; * around 418; † August 7, 479 ) was the 21st Tennō of Japan (456-479). It presumably ruled in the late 5th century . Historians identify him with the Japanese king Bu ( 武 ) in Chinese documents.

History books Kojiki and Nihon Shoki was his proper name Ōhatsuse-no-Wakatake (Nihon Shoki: 大泊瀬幼武尊 , Kojiki: 大長谷若建命 ), and an iron blade, Kinsakumei Tekken called, with the inscription Wakatakeru Okimi ( 獲加多支鹵大王 , German “Great King Wakatakeru”) was discovered in 1968 in the sword on Inariyama-Kofun in Saitama Prefecture . Historians consider it to be evidence of its historical importance and rule over the Kanto region.

After Nihonshoki he was a son of Emperor Ingyōs and brother Ankōs from the same mother. He was the father of the Emperor Seinei , who was his crown prince. He ruled in Hase, now Nara Prefecture .

His character was strict and strong. According to these documents, he murdered his own relatives himself, his two brothers and a cousin, whose two sons later became Emperor Kenzō and Emperor Ninken . There was believed to be a dispute over the throne after Ankō was murdered.

According to the Nihonshoki and a Korean chronicle, he waged wars in Korea .

The Nihonshoki and the Kojiki , as well as the anthology of poetry Man'yōshū contain poems ascribed to him, u. a. the opening poem of Man'yōshū :

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篭毛與美篭母乳布久思毛與美夫君志持此岳尓菜採須兒家吉閑名告告紗根虚見津津山跡乃國者押奈戸手吾許曽居倍手名名名居倍手名名名居己手名名名倍手吉名名曽座我許背齒告目家呼毛名雄母	Ko mo yo miko mochi fukushi mo yo mibukushi mochi kono oka ni na tsumasu ko ie kika na norasane soramitsu yamato no kuni wa oshinabete ware koso ore shikinabete ware koso mase ware kosoba norame ie o mo na o mo	Your basket, with your pretty basket, Your trowel, with your little trowel, Maiden, picking herbs on this hillside, I would ask you: Where is your home? Will you not tell me your name? Over the spacious Land of Yamato It is I who reign so wide and far, It is I who rule so wide and far, I myself, as your lord, will tell you Of my home, and my name.	With the basket there, The beautiful basket in hand, With the graveyard there, The beautiful graveyard in hand, Child picking herbs on this hill ! I would like to know your house, tell me your name! The heaven-found land of Yamato - On the whole, it is me who lives there, On the whole, it is me who resides there, It is I who like to call myself your husband. Call me your house, the name yours!

personal data
SURNAME	Yūryaku
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	雄略天皇 (Japanese); King Bu (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	21. Tennō of Japan (456-479)
DATE OF BIRTH	at 418
DATE OF DEATH	August 7, 479

Yūryaku

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