AT of early Japanese monarchs

[M.Sjostrom]

Other parts of the world had monarchies also in what
was Middle Ages in Europe.
Japan seems to have been in process of forming one
state instead of several statelets, in 400s, and in
500s, the state apparently expanded.
I collected what historically seems to be known about
early monarchs of those periods, without mythical
unreliabilities. Here some of that presented in form
of ancestral table of the famous Naka-no-oe.



1 Naka, great king Ame Hiraki Wake okimi (b 626, d
July 672), 38.monarch of Japan 661-672, [formerly:
Naka no Oe] known posthumously as Tenji


2 Tamura, great king Okinaga Tarashi Hironuka okimi
(b 593, d 17/11/641), 34.monarch of Japan 629-41,
posthumously known as Jomei
3 Takara, great female king Ame Toyo Takara okimi (b
594, d 661), 35. and 37. monarch of Japan,
posthumously known as the Kogyoku & Saimei monarch


4 imperial prince Oshisaka-Hikohito shinno, of Maroko
(bc 556)
5 imperial princess Nukate-Hime naishinno
6 imperial prince Chinu-no-okimi shinno (bc 575)
7 imperial princess Kibi-Hime naishinno


8 great king Nunakura Futotama-Shiki okimi (b 538, d
585), 30.monarch of Japan 572-585, posthumously known
as Bidatsu
9 princess Hiro-Hime nyoo, of ? (d 575)
10 same as 8, Nunakura Futotama-Shiki okimi (b 538, d
585), 30.monarch of Japan 572-585, posthumously known
as Bidatsu
11 lady Unako (-Otoshi-Iratsume), of Ise
12 same as 4, imperial prince Oshisaka-Hikohito
shinno, of Maroko (bc 556)
13 imperial princess Ohomata [Ohotomo] (bc 560)
14 ?
15 ?


16 great king Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa okimi, king
of Yamato, 29.monarch of Japan (b 509, d 571),
probably parallel king in central Japan c530->union
c539, practically undisputed 29.monarch c539->death,
seat: Shikishima, posthumously known as Kinmei
17 imperial princess Iwahime [Ishi-Hime] naishinno,
of Koshi & Ihorinu
18 prince Mate-no-Okinaga shinno, of ?
19 ?
20 same as 16, Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa okimi,
king of Yamato, 29.monarch of Japan (b 509, d 571),
probably parallel king in central Japan c530->,
29.monarch c539->death, posthumously known as Kinmei
21 same as 17, imperial princess Iwahime [Ishi-Hime]
naishinno, of Koshi & Ihorinu
22 lord Ohoka (no Obito no Okuma), headman of Ise
23 ?
24 same as 8, great king Nunakura Futotama-Shiki
okimi (b 538, d 585), 30.monarch of Japan 572-585,
posthumously known as Bidatsu
25 same as 9, princess Hiro-Hime nyoo, of ? (d 575)
26 same as 16, Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa okimi,
king of Yamato, 29.monarch of Japan (b 509, d 571),
probably parallel king in central Japan c530->,
29.monarch c539->death, posthumously known as Kinmei
27 lady Kitashi-Hime Soga
28 ?
29 ?
30 ?
31 ?


32 king Ohoto okimi [Wo Ofu Ato-no-Hiko Fudo] (bc 450
d 07/02/534, or at least in early 530s), chieftain of
Koshi, seat: Tamaho palace at Ihare, 26.Japanese
monarch over (most) Yamato ('sumeramikoto') c510-c530,
posthumously known as Keitai [no contemporary
attestation, though]
33 imperial princess Tashiraga naishinno, practically
heiress of Yamato
34 king Take-hi Hiro-kuni(/Hinokuma) Oshi-take okimi
(dc 539), head of Koshi lineage, a Japanese king in
Ihorinu at Hinokuma c537-c539 [primary source: Kojiki
vol III sects CLXIII and CLXXV], posthumously known as
Senka [no contemporary attestation, though]
35 imperial princess Tachibana Nakatsu-Hime nyoo, of
Hirataka [primary source: Kojiki vol III sect CLXXV]
36 ?
37 ?
38 ?
39 ?
40 same as 32, king Ohoto okimi [Wo Ofu Ato-no-Hiko
Fudo] (bc 450 d 07/02/534, or at least in early 530s),
chieftain of Koshi, 26.Japanese monarch over (most)
Yamato ('sumeramikoto') c510-c530, posthumously known
as Keitai
41 same as 33, imperial princess Tashiraga naishinno,
practically heiress of Yamato
42 same as 34, king Take-hi Hiro-kuni(/Hinokuma)
Oshi-take okimi (dc 539), head of Koshi lineage, a
Japanese king in Ihorinu at Hinokuma c537-c539
[primary source: Kojiki vol III sects CLXIII and
CLXXV], posthumously known as Senka
43 same as 35, imperial princess Tachibana
Nakatsu-Hime nyoo, of Hirataka [primary source: Kojiki
vol III sect CLXXV]
44 ?
45 ?
46 ?
47 ?
48 same as 16, great king Amehara Oshiharaki Hironiwa
okimi, king of Yamato, 29.monarch of Japan (b 509, d
571), probably parallel king in central Japan c530->,
29.monarch c539->death, posthumously known as Kinmei
49 same as 17, imperial princess Iwahime [Ishi-Hime]
naishinno, of Koshi & Ihorinu
50 same as 18, prince Mate-no-Okinaga shinno, of ?
51 ?
52 same as 32, king Ohoto okimi [Wo Ofu Ato-no-Hiko
Fudo] (bc 450 d 07/02/534, or at least in early 530s),
chieftain of Koshi, 26.Japanese monarch over (most)
Yamato ('sumeramikoto') c510-c530, posthumously known
as Keitai
53 same as 33, imperial princess Tashiraga naishinno,
practically heiress of Yamato
54 lord Iname Soga, "Prime Minister"
55 ?


64 Hiko-no-Ushi no Kimi - an ancestor of Koshi
lineage [note: He is historically unattested. And,
despite myths, his ancestry is not reliably known.]
65 lady Furihime
66 Oyoke okimi, king of Yamato [Oho Ai Azana Sima-no
Irako], 'sumeramikoto' (dc 504, ruled a few years
around 500), seat: Hirataka [primary source: Kojiki
vol III sect CLXI] [traditionally: 24.monarch]
posthumously known as Ninken [no contemporary
attestation, though]
67 imperial princess Kasuga naishinno, practically
heiress of Yamato [primary source: Kojiki vol III sect
CLXI]
68 same as 32, king Ohoto okimi [Wo Ofu Ato-no-Hiko
Fudo] (bc 450 d 07/02/534, or at least in early 530s),
chieftain of Koshi, seat: Tamaho palace at Ihare,
26.Japanese monarch over (most) Yamato
('sumeramikoto') c510-c530, posthumously known as
Keitai
69 Meko-no-Iratsume (from dynasty of chieftains of
Wohari) [primary source: Kojiki vol III sects CLXIII]
70 same as 66, Oyoke okimi, king of Yamato [Oho Ai
Azana Sima-no Irako] (dc 504, ruled around 500)
[primary source: Kojiki vol III sect CLXI]
[traditionally: 24.monarch] posthumously known as
Ninken
71 presumably some later concubine


132 legend-based: Oshiha, prince of Ichinobe [Kojiki
vol III sects CXXXI and CXLIX]
133 ?
134 (O-Hatsuse) Waka Takeru okimi, king of Yamato
[primary sources: Chinese chronicle mentioning king Bu
in land of Wa; and Kojiki vol III sect XL] (ruled some
decades in latter half of 400s, life tentatively: bc
430, dc 490), seat: Asakura at Hatsuse [traditionally:
21.monarch] posthumously known as Yuryaku
135 possibly lady Kazuraki-no-Karahime, a lesser wife




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One of perplexing questions (at least to me) is,
whether something more identifying is known with
certainty about parentage of nr 7, princess Kibi-Hime
(or Kibitsu-hime), who is mentioned as one imperial
princess, and should be descendant of the same dynasty
as her husband.





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[Hickory]

As you will see from a quick look at my profile which I uploaded quite
recently, I am not a specialist in Japanese history, though, of
course, being Japanese, am interested in it and have books at my home
in Japan on the genealogy of the Japanese monarchs and high nobility.
Unfortunately, being a nation for whom the appearance of harmony is
often more important than an appreciation of historical truth, recent
or distant, Japanese are generally not particularly good genealogists
and many, perhaps most, would, in fact, rather not know what hides in
their background as this might conflict disagreeably with their self-
images.

It would be wonderful if DNA studies could be done of the various
Japanese noble and gentry families. If it happens, though, it will be
long after this is done for European and neighboring Asian societies.

I appreciate your gathering of material as you have done. I would
happily supply more, but, being on sabbatical in London, will not have
access to appropriate Japanese language materials until after April of
next year. - Hikaru