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Emperor Bidatsu

Emperor Bidatsu
敏達天皇
Great King of Yamato
Emperor of Japan
Reign30 April 572 – 14 September 585
PredecessorKinmei
SuccessorYōmei
Born538
Died14 September 585(585-09-14) (aged 46–47)
Burial
Kawachi no Shinaga no naka no o no misasagi (河内磯長中尾陵) (Osaka)
SpousesHirohime
Nukatabe (later Empress Suiko)
IssueSee below
Posthumous name
Chinese-style shigō:
Emperor Bidatsu (敏達天皇)

Japanese-style shigō:
Nunakuranofutotamashiki no Sumeramikoto (渟中倉太珠敷天皇)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherEmperor Kinmei
MotherIshi-hime
ReligionShinto

Emperor Bidatsu (敏達天皇, Bidatsu-tennō, 538 – 14 September 585) was the 30th emperor of Japan,[1] according to the traditional order of succession.[2]

The years of reign of Bidatsu start in 572 and end in 585; however, there are no certain dates for this emperor's life or reign.[3] The names and sequence of the early emperors were not confirmed as "traditional" until the reign of Emperor Kanmu, who was the 50th monarch of the imperial dynasty.[4]

  1. ^ Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 敏達天皇 (30); retrieved 2013-1-31.
  2. ^ Brown, Delmer. (1979). Gukanshō, pp. 262–263; Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki. pp. 124–125; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du Japon, pp. 36–37; Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2002). "Traditional order of Tennō" in Japan encyclopedia, pp. 962–963.
  3. ^ Nussbaum, "Traditional order of Tennō" at pp. 962–963; excerpt, "dates ... should be treated with caution up to Emperor Bidatsu Tennō, the thirtieth on the list."
  4. ^ Aston, William George. (1896). Nihongi, p. 109 n1.

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