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Emperors in the Kiki (Kojiki and Nihon Shoki) 660 B.C. -  697 A.D. 

      Dates             Emperor                    Location of Tomb                                                          Main Shrine

1)   660-585 B.C.      Jimmu  神武          Nara-ken, Kashihara-shi, Ōkubo-chō               Miyazaki Jingū                         Miyazaki-ken, Miyazaki

2)   581 - 549           Suizei    綏靖          Nara-ken, Kashihara-shi, Shijō-chō                   Ariso Sho-Hachiman-gū       Toyama-ken, Takaoka

3)   549 - 511           Annei    安寧          Nara-ken, Kashihara-shi, Yoshida-chō             Annei Tennō-Jinja                   Nara-ken,  Kashihara-shi

4)   510 - 476           Itoku     懿徳          Nara-ken, Kashihara-shi, Nishi-ikejiri-chō       Ichihiraki-tashiro-hiko Jinja Ishikawa-ken, Wajima-shi

5)   475 - 393           Kōshō   孝昭           Nara-ken, Gose-shi, Mimuro                             Koda-Jinja                                 Shiga-ken, Ōtsu-shi

6)   392 - 291           Kōan     孝安           Nara-ken, Gose-shi, Tamade                             Ninomiya-Jinja                        Hiroshima-ken,  Fukuyama

7)   290 - 215           Kōrei     孝霊           Nara-ken, Kitakatsuragi-gun, Ōji-chō              Fuse-Jinja                                  Nagano-ken, Nagano-shi

8)   214 - 158           Kōgen   孝元           Nara-ken, Kashihara-shi, Ishikawa-chō           Obata-Jinja                               Kyōto-fu, Kameoka-shi

9)   57 - 98               Kaika     開化          Nara-ken, Nara-shi, Aburasaka-chō                 Kibitsuhiko-Jinja                     Okayama-ken, Okayama-shi

10) 97 - 30               Sujin      崇神          Nara-ken, Tenri-shi, Yanagimoto-chō              Sanage-Jinja                              Aichi-ken, Toyota-shi

11) 29 B.C.-70 A.D. Suinin   垂仁           Nara-ken, Nara-shi, Amagatsuji Nishimachi  Tsubashichigami-Jinja            Tottori-ken Tottori-shi

12) 71 - 130             Keikō    景行           Nara-ken, Tenri-shi, Shibutani-chō                  Iminomiya-jinja                       Yamaguchi-ken, Shimonoseki-shi

13) 131 - 191           Seimu   成務           Nara-ken, Nara-shi, Misasagi-chō  

14) 192 - 200           Chūai    仲哀           Ōsaka-fu, Fujiidera-shi, Fujiidera 4                   Kashii-gū                                   Fukuoka-ken, Fukuoka-shi

      201 - 269            Jingū     神功皇后   Nara-ken, Nara-shi, Sanryō-chō, Miyanotani  Usa Jingū                                   Ōita-ken, Usa-shi, Minami-Usa

The first  41 emperors (including four empresses) are those who appear in the Nihon Shoki: the Kojiki closes with the 33rd, the Empress Suiko. The tomb locations are from the Imperial Household Agency's web site (Japanese) and are very much official. The same cannot be said of the Main Shrines in the list. As the main deity of a particular shrine grouping  some of the emperors are enshrined at thousands of jinja, Ōjin/Hachiman is a good example. For some of the other emperors I have not yet been able to find one shrine dedicated to them, and this should be remedied in due course. The Nihon Shiki has long sections on these emperors and it is not my intention to provide something similar. Rather, I want to place the kami I come across in my shrine research in their correct genealogical positions.

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Jingu

According to the Kiki, Jingu was the wife of the 14th emperor,  Chūai, and became empress dowager on the latter's death at the hands of rebels in 200. She was pregnant with Chūai's son. After extracting revenge from her husband's killers, Jingu is said to have had a vision of a "promised land" which led to a Japanese invasion of Silla in what is now Korea. Seeing the strength of the Japanese forces, the ruler of Silla realised he could not resist and surrendered. The rulers of Koryo and Pekche followed suit and after three years the victorious jingu returned to Japan, where, after what was a three year pregnancy, she gave birth to a son who became the 15th emperor, Ōjin: he is no better known as Hachiman,  the God of War.   

The emperors listed thus far are legendary. The one who should have been 15th in the line, Jingū, was female, and presumably for that reason was not allowed to sit on the throne. She did though serve as regent for the actual 15th of the line, Ōjin.  The years from 250 to 552 are known as the Kofun (Tumulus) Period as some large burial mounds date back to that time. Ōjin was the first emperor of that period, but as the Imperial Household Agency will not allow excavation of these tombs there is no actual historical evidence of the existence of those emperors whose tombs bear their names.  Kinmei, 29th in the line, is the first for whom the historical evidence is unequivocal. 

The Post-Kiki Emperors 

Kofun Period (270-539)

 

15)   270 - 310  Ōjin      応神  Ōsaka-fu, Habikino-shi, Konda 6                          Usa Jingū                     Ōita-ken, Usa-shi, Minami-Usa

 Ōjin was born to Empress Jingū   in 201 AD, and was named Homutawake (誉田別尊). He became the crown prince at the age of four, and was  crowned Emperor inl 270 AD at the of three score years and ten. He is said to have been the father of 28 children through his wife, Nakatsu-hime Mikoto,(仲姫命) and ten consorts. Two of the latter were his wife's sisters. Two of the emperor's children were by Nakatsu-hime, and one of them became the  16th emperor, Nintoku.

 

16)   313 - 399  Nintoku   仁徳  Ōsaka-fu, Sakai-shi, Sakai-ku, Daisen-chō           Kōzu-Gū                    Ōsaka-shi, Chūō-ku, Kōzu 119

17)   400 - 405  Richū         履中  Ōsaka-fu, Sakai-shi, Nishi-ku, Ishizugaoka          Wakazakura-Jinja   Nara-ken, ,Sakurai-shi, Ikenouchi

18)   406 - 410  Hanzei      反正   Ōsaka-fu, Sakai-shi, Sakai-ku, Kitamikunigaoka Shibagaki-Jinja       Ōsaka-fu, Matsubara-shi

19)   411 - 453  Ingyō        允恭   Ōsaka-fu, Fujiidera-shi, Kou 1                                Suwa Jinja                   Tokushima-ken, Naruto-shi

20)   453 - 456  Ankō         安康   Nara-ken, Nara-shi, Hōrai 4                                   Zaō-Jinja                      Chiba-Ken, Chiba-shi, Midori-ku

21)   456 - 479  Yūryaku   雄略   Ōsaka-fu, Habikino-shi, Shimaizumi 8                 Hitokotonushi Jinja Nara-ken,  Gose-shi, Moriwake 

22)   480 - 484  Seinei       清寧   Ōsaka-fu, Habikino-shi, Nishiura 6​ 

23)   485 - 487  Kenzō       顕宗   Nara-ken, Kashiba-shi, Kita-imaichi                      Kensōjinken Jinja     Hyōgo-ken, Kobe-shi, Nishi-ku 

24)   488 - 498  Ninken     仁賢   Ōsaka-fu, Fujiidera-shi, Aoyama 3                        Kensōjinken Jinja     Hyōgo-ken, Kobe-shi, Nishi-ku 

25)   498 - 506  Buretsu    武烈   Nara-ken, Kashiba-shi, Imaizumi                          SakuradaSan Jinja Miyagi-ken, Kurihara-shi

26)   507 - 531  Keitai        継体   Ōsaka-fu, Ibaraki-shi,  Ōda 3                                 Asuwa-Jinja                Fukui-shi, Asuwa Kamichō 108

27)   531 - 535  Ankan      安閑   Ōsaka-fu, Habikino-shi, Furuichi 5                        Zaō Sha                       Tōkyō, Machida, Aihara-machi 

28)   535 - 539  Senka       宣化   Nara-ken, Kashihara-shi, Toriya-chō ​

 

Asuka Period (539–710)

29)   539 - 571  Kinmei     欽明   Nara-ken, Takaichi-gun, Asuka Hirata                   Ōe Jinja                       Ōsaka-shi, Tennōji-ku

30)   572 - 585  Bidatsu    敏達   Ōsaka-fu, MinamiKawachi-gun Taishi-chō           Gojō-Gū                       Ōsaka-shi, Tennōji-ku

31)   585 - 587  Yōmei       用明   Ōsaka-fu, MinamiKawachi-gun Taishi-chō           Mori Jinja                   Kagoshima-ken, Shibushi-shi

32)   587 - 592  Sushun     崇峻   Nara-ken, Sakurai-shi, Kurahashi                          Mikuni Jinja               Fukui-ken, Sakai, Mikuni-chō

33)   592 - 628  Suiko*      推古   Ōsaka-fu, MinamiKawachi-gun Taishi-chō           Horikoshi  Jinja         Ōsaka-shi, Tennōji-ku

34)   629 - 641  Jomei        舒明   Nara-ken, Sakurai-shi, Otsusaka​​

35)   642 - 645  Kōgyoku*皇極   Ōsaka-fu, MinamiKawachi-gun Taishi-chō  

36)   645 - 654  Kōtoku     孝徳   Nara-ken, Takaichi-gun, Takatori, Kurumaki       Toyosaki Jinja             Ōsaka, Kita-ku, Toyosaki 6-6-4

37)   655 - 661  Saimei*    斉明   Kyōto-fu, Kyōto-shi, Yamashina-ku,   

38)   661 - 671  Tenji          天智   Shiga-ken, Ōtsu-shi, Goryō-chō                             Ōmi Jingū                   Shiga-ken, Ōtsu-shi, Jingū-chō

39)   671 - 672  Kōbun       弘文   Nara-ken, Takaichi-gun, Asuka, Noguchi             Shirayama Jinja        Chiba-ken, Kimitsu-shi

40)   672 - 686  Tenmu      天武   Nara-ken, Takaichi-gun, Asuka, NoguchiTenmu Tennō Sha                   Mie-ken, Kuwana-shi

41)   686 - 697  Jitō*           持統   Nara-ken, Takaichi-gun, Asuka, Kurihara  

* indicates Empress 

42)   697–707   Monmu   文武

43)   707–715   Genmei* 元明

Nara Period (710–794)

43)   707–715   Genmei* 元明

44)   715–724   Genshō   元正

45)   724–749   Shōmu     聖武

46)   749–758   Kōken*   孝謙

47)   758–764    Junnin    淳仁

48)   764–770   Shōtoku  称徳

Ordered the construction of Kasuga Taisha in 768. 

49)   770–781   Kōnin       光仁

50)   781–806   Kanmu    桓武

Heian Period (794–1185)

50)   781–806       Kanmu          桓武

51)   806–809       Heizei            平城

52)   809–823       Saga                  嵯峨

53)   823–833       Junna                淳和

54)   833–850       Ninmyō            仁明

55)   850–858       Montoku          文徳

56)   858–876       Seiwa                清和

Emperor Seiwa was the fourth son of Emperor Montoku. His mother, Empress Dowager Fujiwara no Akirakeiko, was the daughter of Fujiwara Yoshifusa, (藤原良房), great minister of the council of state. On Emperor Seiwa’s ascension to the  throne at the age of 9 Fujiwara Yoshifusa was appointed regent.

 The emperor had four sons, one of whom,  Imperial Prince Sadazumi (貞純親王 Sadazumi Shinnō) (873–916),  fathered  Minamoto no Tsunemoto (源経基), and this line of descent is known as the Seiwa Genji (清和源氏). Among its descendants are Minamoto Yoritomo and Ashikaga Takauji, the founders of the Kamakura and  Ashikaga Shogunates respectively, while the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu claimed such descent.

57)   876–884       Yōzei                 陽成

58)   884–887       Kōkō                 光孝

59)   887–897       Uda                   宇多

60)   897–930       Daigo                醍醐

61)   930–946       Suzaku             朱雀

62)   946–967       Murakami        村上

63)   967–969       Reizei               冷泉

64)   969–984       En'yū                 円融

65)   984–986       Kazan                花山

66)   986–1011     Ichijō                 一条

67)   1011–1016   Sanjō                 三条

68)   1016–1036  Go-Ichijō後一条

69)   1036–1045  Go-Suzaku後朱雀

70)   1045–1068  Go-Reizei後冷泉

71)   1068–1073  Go-Sanjō後三条

72)   1073–1087  Shirakawa白河

73)   1087–1107   Horikawa堀河

74)   1107–1123   Toba鳥羽

75)   1123–1142   Sutoku崇徳

76)   1142–1155   Konoe近衛

77)   1155–1158   Go-Shirakawa  後白河

78)   1158–1165   Nijō二条

79)   1165–1168   Rokujō六条

80)   1168–1180   Takakura高倉

81)   1180–1185   Antoku安徳

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