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English: Herewith, the letter in Kunaifu (Imperial Household Office) in this act was amended to Kunaicho (Imperial Household Agency).
Japanese: これにより、本法にある宮内府の字句は、宮内庁と改められることとなった。
English: Emperor Keitai (450 - March 10, 531), the twenty-sixth Japanese emperor, was in power from March 3, 507 to March 10, 531.
Japanese: 継体天皇（けいたいてんのう、允恭天皇39年（450年）?-継体天皇25年2月7日(旧暦)（531年3月10日））は第26代の天皇で、在位は継体天皇元年2月4日(旧暦)（507年3月3日）-同25年2月7日（531年3月10日）。
English: After the reign of Emperor Keitai, the force in Yamato Province and the forces of local ruling families in Echizen province, Omi Province, and other northern areas were unified, which strengthened the power of Yamato sovereignty (the ancient Japan sovereignty) in Japan.
Japanese: 継体天皇以降は、大和国の勢力と越前国や近江国など北方の豪族の勢力が一体化し、ヤマト王権の力が国内で強くなった。
English: His other names include Odo no Mikoto in "Kojiki" (The Records of Ancient Matters), Odo no Okimi and Hikofuto no Mikoto in "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), Odo no Sumeramikoto in surviving fragments of "Chikugo no kuni Fudoki" (description of regional climate, culture, etc. of Chikugo Province), and Odo no Okimi in surviving fragments of "Joguki" (Record of the Crown Prince).
Japanese: 別名として伝わるのは『古事記』に袁本杼命（おおどのみこと）、『日本書紀』に男大迹王（おおどのおおきみ）、彦太尊（ひこふとのみこと）、『筑後国風土記』逸文に「雄大迹天皇（おおどのすめらみこと）」、『上宮記』逸文に乎富等大公王（おおどのおおきみ）。
English: One theory says that '孚弟王 (Oto no kimi ?)' inscribed on Suda Hachiman Shrine Mirror in Sudahachiman-jinja Shrine (Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture) (there are two theories about its year of creatoin: 443 and 503) indicates Emperor Keitai (details of this theory will be mentioned later in 'Heresy').
Japanese: なお、隅田八幡宮（和歌山県橋本市）蔵の隅田八幡宮人物画像鏡（443年説と503年説）に見える「孚弟王（男弟王?）」は継体天皇を指すとする説がある（詳細は異説にて後述）。
English: Estimated year of birth: 485 in "Kojiki" and 450 in "Nihonshoki".
Japanese: 推定生年：『古事記』には485年、『日本書紀』には允恭天皇39年（450年）。
English: Estimated year of death: May 26, 527 in "Kojiki" and March 10, 531 or 534 in "Nihonshoki".
Japanese: 推定没年：『古事記』には丁未4月9日(旧暦)（527年5月26日）、『日本書紀』には辛亥2月7日（531年3月10日）または甲寅（534年）とされる。
English: According to "Kojiki" and "Nihonshoki", Emperor Keitai was the fifth generation descendant of Emperor Ojin and his father was Hikoushio.
Japanese: 『古事記』、『日本書紀』によると継体天皇は応神天皇5世の孫であり、父は彦主人王。
English: He was born in Miono, Takashima Village, Omi Province (around present Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture) but was raised up in Takamuku Echizen Province (present Takaboko, Maruoka Town, Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture), the hometown of his mother, because his father died when he was a child.
Japanese: 近江国高嶋郷三尾野（現在の滋賀県高島市あたり）で誕生したが幼い時に父を亡くし、母の故郷である越前国高向（たかむく、現在の福井県坂井市丸岡町高椋）で成長した。
English: According to "Nihonshoki", Emperor Buretsu passed away in 506 without designating his inheritor, so OTOMO no Kanamura, Omuraji (the most powerful of Muraji [one of the highest family names]) and others went to Echizen Province to have Odo no Okimi preside as the great king of the Yamato sovereignty.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』によれば506年に武烈天皇が後嗣定めずして崩御したため、連（おおむらじ）・大伴金村らは越前に赴いて男大迹王を大王(ヤマト王権)に推戴した。
English: Okimi accepted this recommendation and was enthroned the next year when he was 58, in Kusuba no Miya Palace, Kawachi Province.
Japanese: これを承諾した王は翌年58歳にして河内国樟葉宮（くすばのみや）で即位。
English: He took Princess Tashiraka, the older (or younger) sister of Emperor Buretsu, as his empress.
Japanese: 武烈天皇の姉（妹との説もある）にあたる手白香皇女（たしらかのひめみこ）を皇后とした。
English: Immediately after that, Keitai sent troops to back Baekje, but Iwai (local ruling family in Kyushu) colluded with Silla and began Iwai War in northern Kyushu which caused Keitai great pain to quell.
Japanese: その直後、継体は百済救援の軍を送ったが、新羅と結んだ磐井により、九州北部で磐井の乱が勃発し、その平定に苦心している（磐井の乱については諸説ある）。
English: In this description, it took Keitai nearly 20 years to place the capital in Yamato after he assumed the throne, which suggests there was disarray between the imperial family (in fact Yamato sovereignty) and the neighboring tribal states.
Japanese: しかしこの記述では、継体が507年に即位してから大和に都をおくまで約20年もかかっており、天皇家（実態はヤマト王権）と周辺の部族国家間での混乱があったと思われる。
English: In 531, he abdicated in favor of Magari no Ooe Prince (Emperor Ankan) (the first abdication in recorded Japanese history), and passed away on the day of the Prince's enthronement.
Japanese: 531年に後継を皇子の勾大兄（安閑天皇）に譲位（記録上最初の譲位例）し、その即位と同日に崩御した。
English: "Nihonshoki" quotes the lines from "Original records of Paekche" ('the article in the Original records of Paekche says that King Anjang of Goguryeo encountered rebellion from his subjects and was murdered in 531. Around the same time, Japanese Emperor, Crown Prince and Prince were killed altogether by their subjects.') to introduce a theory that the Emperor, Crown Prince and Prince died at the same time, which hints the possibility that Keitai was actually killed in a political turmoil ('Xinhai Incident' theory).
Japanese: また『日本書紀』では、『百済本記』（「百濟本記爲文其文云大歳辛亥三月軍進至于安羅營乞乇城是月高麗弑其王安又聞日本天皇及太子皇子倶崩薨由此而言辛亥之歳當廿五年矣」）を引用して、天皇及び太子、皇子が同時に死んだとの説を紹介しており、何らかの政変によって継体自身が殺害された可能性もある（「辛亥の変」説）。
English: Ohodo no Mikoto, the fifth generation descendant of King Homuda, lived in the palace of Tamaho at Iware and ruled the country.
Japanese: 品太（ほむだ）王の五世（いつせ）の孫（みこ）、袁本杼（をほどの）命、伊波禮（いわれ）の玉穂宮に坐しまして、天の下治らしめしき。
English: (The next line tells that he was married to several wives and had 19 children, three of which eventually became emperor. They are Kinmei, Ankan and Senka.)
Japanese: （この後は、何人かの妻を娶って産ませた子供が19人でこれらの子から後の三人の天皇が出たことを書いている。即ち欽明、安閑、宣化の3天皇である）。
English: In his reign, Tsukushi no Kimi Iwai often behaved disrespectfully to the word of the emperor.
Japanese: この御世に竺紫君石井（いはい）、天皇の命（みこと）に従わずして、多くの禮無かりき。
English: So he sent MONONOBE no Arakai Omuraji and OTOMO no Kanamura Muraji to kill Iwai.
Japanese: 故、物部荒甲（もののべのあらかひ）の大連（おほむらじ）、大伴の金村（かなむら）の連二人を遣わして、石井を殺したまひき。
English: According to Kiki (Kojiki and Nihonshoki), Emperor Keitai, 'the fifth generation descendant of Emperor Ojin' was received from Echizen Province (or Omi Province) and took the throne in conformity with the request of a crowd of his subjects because the late Emperor Buretsu did not have an inheritor.
Japanese: 記紀によると、先代の武烈天皇に後嗣がなかったため、越前（近江国とも）から「応神天皇5世の孫」である継体天皇が迎えられ、群臣の要請に従って即位したとされる。
English: An accurate genealogy cannot be created because a roll of family tree in "Nihonshoki" has been lost, and we can barely know the circumstances at the time from the surviving fragment of "Joguki".
Japanese: しかし、『日本書紀』の系図一巻が失われたために正確な系譜が書けず、『上宮記』逸文によって辛うじて状況を知ることが出来る。
English: The traditional theory respected the descriptions in Kiki and believed that the Emperor Keitai came from 'a powerful royal family in a distant collateral line' of the great king's family.
Japanese: 記紀の記述を尊重して、継体天皇を大王家の「遠い傍系に連なる有力王族」とする旧来の説があった。
English: But after the World War II, it was allowed to conduct the study of history, especially study of emperor more freely, which gave rise to a theory claiming that Keitai was the 'founder of a new dynasty (the first king)' ('Changes of Dynasties Theory' by Yu MIZUNO).
Japanese: しかし戦後に、歴史とりわけ天皇に関する自由な研究が認められることになったことから、継体は従来の大王家とは血縁のない「新王朝の始祖（初代大王）」とする説（水野祐「三王朝交代説」）が提唱された。
English: This theory denies so-called unbroken imperial line and says that a new great king's family was founded by the twenty-sixth Japanese Emperor Keitai whose origin is unknown.
Japanese: この説によれば、いわゆる万世一系は否定され、出自不明の第26代・継体天皇から新たな大王家が始まる。
English: A further advanced theory says that he came from the Okinaga clan, a family in Omi Province which branched out from the Imperial family (as a result of demotion from nobility to subject) and he wrested the throne by repressing the Yamato sovereignty by military power.
Japanese: さらに論を進め、近江の皇別氏族（皇族が臣籍降下して誕生した氏族）息長氏（おきながうじ）の出身と見なし、大和王権を武力制圧して王位を簒奪したとする説も出された。
English: Recently, another prevailing opinion says that the position of great king had not been occupied by a specific blood relationship before Keitai.
Japanese: 近年では、継体以前には大王の地位は特定の血縁に固定されなかったとする説も強い。
English: That means that there existed several local ruling families with different ancestors, including the one which Keitai came from, instead of one identifiable imperial ancestor.
Japanese: つまり、継体を含め祖先の異なる複数の豪族があり、祖先が誰かは分からないという意味である。
English: Makoto TAKEMITSU claims that great kings before Keitai were chosen from several powerful local ruling families (Refer to the following literature).
Japanese: 武光誠は、継体以前の大王は複数の有力豪族から出たとしている（以下の文献参照）。
English: He says that Emperor Buretsu never even existed and that there are also various theories about the existence of Emperor Ojin.
Japanese: また武光によれば、武烈天皇などは実在した天皇ではなく、応神天皇の実在に関しても諸説ある、としている。
English: But in the 1980s, the possibility that the creation of "Joguki" which records the origin of Keitai would go back to the reign of Empress Suiko (Hiromichi MAYUZUMI 'A Denealogical Study of Emperor Keitai' "Ritsuryo kokka seiritsushi no kenkyu"[Study of the establishment of the Japanese nation under the ritsuryo codes] Yoshikawa Kobunkan Inc. 1982), was brought to light and the collateral line royal family theory regained momentum.
Japanese: ところが1980年代に入り、継体の出自を伝える『上宮記』の成立が推古天皇朝に遡る可能性が指摘（黛弘道「継体天皇の系譜について」『律令国家成立史の研究』吉川弘文館、1982年）されて、傍系王族説が再び支持を集めるようになった。
English: The surviving fragment of "Joguki" can be seen in "Shaku Nihongi" (annotated text of the Nihon Shoki) which quotes it with the phrase 'According to Joguki', but the author of "Joguki" actually had quoted yet another historical material.
Japanese: すなわち『上宮記』逸文がのっている『釈日本紀』には「上宮記曰一伝」という記述があるが、『上宮記』の作者は別史料を引用している。
English: The material contained the genealogy of the sovereignty based on yet another older material, which may or may not be true.
Japanese: それには、真偽は不明であるが、さらに古い資料に基づいた王権系譜が載っていた。
English: Widely-accepted theory in the present Japanese historical community is that Keitai was enthroned with the approval of central ruling families, while the question of his origin as the fifth generation descendant of Emperor Ojin remains unsolved.
Japanese: 現在の歴史学界では、継体が応神の5世孫かどうかは不明とするが、中央豪族の支持を得て即位したのは事実とする説が有力である。
English: Meanwhile, Kiki's imperial genealogy after Keitai is credible to some extent.
Japanese: なお、継体以降の天皇系譜については、記紀の記録もある程度は信用できる。
English: However that may be, the empress of Emperor Keitai was Princess Tashiraka, the Princess of Emperor Ninken and the mother of Emperor Kinmei.
Japanese: ともかく下記にもある通り、継体天皇の皇后は仁賢天皇の皇女である手白香皇女であり、欽明天皇を産んでいる。
English: Emperor Kinmei is the direct ancestor of the present Imperial family and, at least, he definitely inherited the imperial bloodline from the maternal side.
Japanese: 欽明天皇は現在の天皇家の直系の祖であり、少なくとも女系で継承されているのは間違いないとされる。
English: His Empress was Princess Tashiraka, the granddaughter of Emperor Yuryaku, Princess of Emperor Ninken and the older (or younger) sister of Emperor Buretsu.
Japanese: 皇后は雄略天皇の孫娘で、仁賢天皇の皇女であり、武烈天皇の姉(妹)の手白香皇女である。
English: Despite Emperor Keitai already had several wives and a lot of children before he moved to Yamato, he took the older (younger) sister of late Emperor as his Empress.
Japanese: 継体天皇は大和に入る以前、現地で複数の妃を持ち沢山の子がいたが、即位後先代天皇の姉(妹)を皇后をとして迎え入れた。
English: Emperor Keitai, who was from the collateral line, seems to have tried to prove his legitimacy as Emperor by marrying to Princess Tashiraka, who was the younger sister of late Emperor with legitimate and direct bloodline, taking the form of Irimuko (man who takes his wife's premarital family name).
Japanese: これは傍系である継体天皇は、先代天皇の妹で正当な血筋を持つ直系の手白香皇女を皇后にする事により、一種の入り婿という形で正当性を誇示したと考えられている。
English: Although Emperor Keitai had many other children, Prince Amenokunioshiharakihironiwa no Mikoto (Emperor Kinmei), the child between he and Princess Tashiraka, was chosen as his legitimate child.
Japanese: 継体天皇は他に沢山の子がいたのにも関わらず、嫡子は手白香皇女との間の皇子である天国排開広庭尊(欽明天皇)であった。
English: Emperor Kinmei too received Prince Ishihime no Himemiko, the Princess between Emperor Senka and one of the sisters of Princess Tashiraka, as his wife and Emperor Bidatsu was born between them.
Japanese: 欽明天皇もまた手白香皇女の姉妹を母に持つ、宣化天皇皇女の石姫皇女を皇后に迎え敏達天皇をもうけた。
English: This is how the bloodline of Emperor Kinmei, the Prince of Emperor Keitai and Princess Tashiraka, continues to this day.
Japanese: かくして継体天皇と手白香皇女の皇子である欽明天皇の血筋が、長く現在まで続く事になる。
English: According to "Nihonshoki", Emperor Keitai was the fifth generation descendant of Emperor Ojin (grandchild of his great-grandchild) and his father was Hikoushio and his mother was Furihime the seventh generation descendant of Emperor Sunin.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』によれば応神天皇5世の孫（曾孫の孫）で父は彦主人王（ひこうしのおおきみ）、母は垂仁天皇7世孫の振媛（ふりひめ）である。
English: The four generations from Ojin to Keitai is omitted in the genealogy of "Kiki", and the only historical material on them is the barely surviving fragment of "Joguki", quoted in "Shaku Nihongi" which was established in Kamakura period.
Japanese: ただし、応神から継体に至る中間4代の系譜について『記紀』では省略されており、辛うじて鎌倉時代の『釈日本紀』に引用された『上宮記』逸文という史料によって知ることが出来る。
English: This material identifies the direct male descendants of Emperor as follows; 'Homutawake no Okimi (Emperor Ojin) - Wakanukefutamata no Miko - Oiratsuko (a man whose name is Ohodo no Okimi) - Oi no Okimi - Okimi (Hikoushio) - Odo no Okimi (Emperor Keitai)'.
Japanese: これによると、男子の直系は「凡牟都和希王（ほむたわけのおおきみ・応神天皇）─若野毛二俣王─大郎子（一名意富富杼王）─乎非王─斯王（彦主人王）─乎富等大公王（継体天皇）」とされる。
English: Recently, Hiromichi MAYUZUMI's study pointed out the possibility that the surviving fragment of "Joguki" is a remaining document from the Reign of Empress Suiko, and, even though its credibility and the truth of genealogy remain an open question as mentioned above, the tradition of genealogy appears to have been established around the same time as when Gentekiki (the ur-text of Teiki [records of Emperor's family tree]) was compiled (possibly in the reign of Emperor Kinmei).
Japanese: 『上宮記』逸文は近年、黛弘道の研究によって推古朝の遺文である可能性も指摘され、その内容の信憑性や実際の血統については前述のとおり議論が分かれているものの原帝紀の編纂（欽明天皇朝か）と同じ頃に系譜伝承が成立したものと思われる。
English: The enthronement took place in Kusuba no miya Palace (the traditional place is the area near Katano-tenjinsha Shrine in Kuzuhaoka district, Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture) in February, 507.
Japanese: 507年2月、樟葉宮（くすばのみや、大阪府枚方市楠葉丘の交野天神社付近が伝承地）で即位。
English: The capital was transferred to Tsutsuki no miya Palace (present Tatara Miyakodani, Kyotanabe City, Kyoto Prefecture) in October, 511.
Japanese: 511年10月、筒城宮（つつきのみや、現在の京都府京田辺市多々羅都谷か）に遷す。
English: The capital was transferred to Otokuni no miya Palace (present Imazato, Nagaokakyo City, Kyoto Prefecture) in March, 518.
Japanese: 518年3月、弟国宮（おとくにのみや、現在の京都府長岡京市今里付近か）に遷す。
English: The capital was transferred to Iware no tamaho no miya Palace (present Ikenouchi, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture) in September, 526.
Japanese: 526年9月、磐余玉穂宮（いわれのたまほのみや、現在の奈良県桜井市池之内か）に遷す。
English: Some theories claim that the above-mentioned transfer of the national capital was caused by critical transformation in politics, all of which is no more than a speculation.
Japanese: 上叙の遷都は政治上の重大な変革があったためとする説もあるが、憶測の域を出ない。
English: But if this record is true, Keitai lived in Yamato only the last 5 years before his death.
Japanese: ただし、この記録が事実とすると、継体が大和にいたのは最後の5年のみである。
English: The inscription on 'Suda Hachiman Shrine Mirror', a national treasure, once possessed by Sudahachiman-jinja Shrine says "癸未年八月日十大王年男弟王在意柴沙加宮時斯麻念長寿遣開中費直穢人今州利二人等取白上同二百旱作此竟" 'On August 10, year of Yin Water Sheep, when Otonokimi lived in Oshisaka no Miya Palace, Shima sent KAWACHI no Atai and AYAHITO Imasuri to make a mirror with 200 kan of high-quality copper to pray for his health.' (There are various theories as to the decipher and interpretation).
Japanese: 隅田八幡神社旧蔵の国宝「隅田八幡神社人物画像鏡」の銘文に『癸未年八月日十大王年男弟王在意柴沙加宮時斯麻念長寿遣開中費直穢人今州利二人等取白上同二百旱作此竟』「癸未の年八月十日、男弟王が意柴沙加の宮にいます時、斯麻が長寿を念じて河内直、穢人今州利の二人らを遣わして白上銅二百旱を取ってこの鏡を作る」（判読・解釈には諸説あり）とある。
English: Sumidahachiman-jinja Shrine was established in 859 but the findspot and the date of excavation of the mirror remain unclear, and there is a controversy over the interpretation of 'year of Yin Water Sheep' between 443 and 503.
Japanese: 隅田八幡神社は859年の設立であるが、人物画像鏡の出土場所、出土年代はあきらかにされておらず、「癸未」については443年説と503年説など争いがある。
English: Interpreting 'Yin Water Sheep' as 503 and 'Otonokimi' as Odonookimi leads to the hypothesis that Emperor Keitai lived in Oshisaka no Miya Palace = (Oshisaka no Miya Palace) on August 10, Yin Water Sheep Buretsu era 5 (the old calendar) (September 18, 503).
Japanese: 「癸未」を503年、「男弟王」を（おおと）男大迹王と解釈すると、継体天皇は癸未武烈天皇5年8月10日(旧暦)（503年9月18日）の時点では、大和の意柴沙加宮忍坂宮にいたとする仮説が成り立つ。
English: If this hypothesis is correct, it will undermine the theory which believes that the resistance from the forces in Kinai region (the five capital provinces surrounding the ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto) retarded Emperor Keitai' entry into Nara Basin for years.
Japanese: もしこの説が正しければ、継体天皇が畿内勢力の抵抗にあい、長期に渡って奈良盆地へ入れなかったとする説が崩れる。
English: In the theory which interprets 'Yin Water Sheep' as 503, 'Shima' who ordered a mirror to pray for the longevity was Muryeong-wang (another name King Shima) of Baekje which was then allied with Wakoku (Japan).
Japanese: 「癸未」を503年とする説では、鏡を作らせて長寿を祈った「斯麻」は、当時倭国と同盟関係にあった百済の武寧王（別名斯麻王）とする解釈がある。
English: Also, there is a theory which claims that the 'Wooto' on the mirror cannot be identified as Emperor Keitai because the pronunciation of 'Wohodo', the King's name in 'Kojiki', differed from 'Wooto' in the inscription on the mirror in the early sixth century.
Japanese: 「古事記」に見える王名「袁本杼（ヲホド）」と鏡の銘文に記された「男弟（ヲオト）」とは6世紀初頭における発音は異なっていたので、鏡にある「男弟（ヲオト）」は継体天皇ではないと解釈する説がある。
English: Echizen Province, the region associated with him, used to be a vast stretch of wetland, unfit for farming and human habitation.
Japanese: ゆかりの地である越前はかつて湿原が広がり農耕や居住に適さない土地であった。
English: After he conquered this region, Oto no Miko (later Emperor Keitai) built a (main building of) Shinto Shrine in Mt. Asuwa to worship Omiyadokoro no mitama (spirit of Omiyadokoro) as the guardian god of the region.
Japanese: 男大迹王（おおとのみこ、のちの継体天皇）はこの地を治めると、まず足羽山に社殿を建て大宮地之霊（おおみやどころのみたま）を祀りこの地の守護神とした。
English: Then, he conducted a large scale flood control construction based on a topographic investigation to create the three major rivers in Fukui Prefecture; Kuzuryu River, Asuwa River, and Hino River, and he successfully developed the wetland.
Japanese: 次に地形を調査のうえ、大規模な治水を行い九頭竜川・足羽川・日野川(福井県)の三大河川を造ることで湿原の干拓に成功した。
English: Thanks to his achievement, Echizen plain turned into a land rich in harvest and suitable to live.
Japanese: このため越前平野は実り豊かな土地となり人々が定住できるようになった。
English: Following this, he opened a port and developed water transport which, as a result, developed rice cropping, sericulture, quarrying and papermaking and various other industries.
Japanese: 続いて港を開き水運を発展させ稲作、養蚕、採石、製紙など様々な産業を発達させた。
English: Concerned about the region before leaving Echizen Province in order to accede to the throne, he appeased his vengeful spirit in Asuwa-jinja Shrine and left it to the care of one of his children, Princess Umakuda no Himemiko who served as the priestess of the shrine.
Japanese: 天皇即位のため越前を離れることになると、この地を案じて自らの御生霊を足羽神社に鎮めて御子の馬来田皇女（うまくだのひめみこ）を斎主としてあとを託したという。
English: Although the Imperial Household Agency identifies the Ota Chausuyama Tumulus (large keyhole-shaped tomb mound, 226-meter-long) in 3 Ota, Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture as Emperor Keitai's mausoleum, its construction is presumed to date back to about the mid-fifth century, so the accepted notion of today is that his true mausoleum is Imashirozuka Tumulus (large keyhole-shaped tomb mound, 190-meter-long) in Gunge Shinmachi, Takatsuki City, Osaka Prefecture which is estimated to have been built in early sixth century because of the cluster of Haniwa (a clay figure artifact) like the lifelike images of soldiers and horses in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, were discovered there.
Japanese: 宮内庁は同陵を大阪府茨木市太田三丁目の太田茶臼山古墳（前方後円墳・全長226m）に比定しているが、築造時期は5世紀の中頃とみられており、近年、同府高槻市郡家新町の今城塚古墳（前方後円墳・全長190m）から兵馬俑の如き埴輪群が発見され、6世紀前半の築造と考えられる同古墳を真の継体天皇陵とするのが定説になっている。
English: In 1847, a monument of Emperor Keitai genealogy was erected in the precinct of Asuwa-jinja Shrine, which was proposed by Ohide TANAKA, a scholar of Japanese classical literature and materialized by his disciples, TACHIBANA no Akemi, 武万侶 IKEDA, 春村 YAMAGUCHI and 馬来田善包, the Asuwa-jinja Shrine priest.
Japanese: 1847年、飛騨高山の国学者・田中大秀の起案を受けて門弟・橘曙覧、池田武万侶、山口春村、足羽神社神主・馬来田善包らにより継体天皇御世系碑が足羽神社境内に建立されている。
English: Inscribed on this monument is the genealogy from Emperor Ojin to Emperor Keitai, based on Ohide's study.
Japanese: この碑文には、大秀の研究による応神天皇から継体天皇までの系図が彫り込まれている。
English: Under the title 'Genealogy of Emperor Tamaho no miya', the inscription says 'Homudawake no Mikoto (posthumous name Emperor Ojin) - Wakanukefutamata no Miko - Ooiratsuko (a man whose name is 意本杼王) - Oi no Okimi - Ushi no Okimi (according to Nihonshoki, Hikoushio) - Oodo no Okimi (according to Nihonshoki, other name Hikofu no Mikoto, posthumous name Emperor Keitai)'.
Japanese: これには「玉穂宮天皇大御世系」とあり、その下に「品陀和気命（御諡応人天皇）─若沼毛二俣王─大郎子（亦名意本杼王）─宇斐王─汙斯王（書記云彦主人王）─袁本杼命（書記云更名彦太尊御諡継体天皇）」と彫り込まれている。
English: In the Asuwayama park near Asuwa-jinja Shrine, there stands the giant stone statue of Emperor Keitai, overlooking the Sakai City and attracting tourists.
Japanese: また足羽神社の近くにある足羽山公園には継体天皇を模した巨大な石像が坂井市を見下ろすように建っており、観光スポットとなっている。
English: Emperor Konin (November 22, 709 - January 15, 782) was the 49th Emperor who reigned from October 27, 770 to May 4, 781.
Japanese: 光仁天皇（こうにんてんのう、和銅2年10月13日(旧暦)（709年11月18日）-天応(日本)元年12月23日(旧暦)（782年1月11日））は、第49代天皇（在位：宝亀元年10月1日(旧暦)（770年10月23日）-天応(日本)元年4月3日(旧暦)（781年4月30日））。
English: Later he married the Imperial princess Inoe, the princess of Emperor Shomu, in 744, and suddenly he had a lot of chances to be promoted and in 762, he became Chunagon (vice-councilor of state) and he made a great achievement to put down the Rebellion of Fujiwara no Nakamaro and won the trust of Emperor Koken/Emperor Shotoku and was promoted to Dainagon (chief councilor of state) in 766.
Japanese: その後天平16年（744年）聖武天皇の皇女・井上内親王（いのえのひめみこ）を妃としたことからにわかに昇進が早くなり、天平宝字6年（762年）に中納言となり、藤原仲麻呂の乱の鎮圧に功績を挙げて孝謙天皇称徳天皇の信任を受けて天平神護2年（766年）には大納言に昇進した。
English: However, as many imperial princes and princes (members of Imperial family) were purged in a series of political changes, it is said that he pretended to be a mediocre person, spending most of the time drinking.
Japanese: だが、度重なる政変で多くの親王・王_(皇族)が粛清されていったために専ら酒を飲んで日々を過ごす事で凡庸を装っていたといわれている。
English: As the Empress was single and had no successor, and because there was no imperial family members who were descendants of Emperor Tenmu due to the repeated purges in political changes, FUJIWARA no Nagate, Minister of the Left, KIBI no Makibi, Minister of the Right, FUJIWARA no Sukunamaro, Sangi (councilor), FUJIWARA no Tadamaro, Sangi, ISONOKAMI no Yakatsugu, Sangi, FUJIWARA no Kurajimaro, Division of Inner Palace Guard, and others had talks, which led to his accession to the imperial throne at the age of 62.
Japanese: 独身の女帝に後継者はなく、度重なる政変による粛清劇によって天武天皇の子孫たる皇族がなかったため、左大臣藤原永手、右大臣吉備真備、参議藤原宿奈麻呂、同藤原縄麻呂、同石上宅嗣、近衛府藤原蔵下麻呂らによる協議が行われ、その結果を受けて、62歳で即位することとなった。
English: Imperial Prince Osabe and Imperial Princess Sakahito were born between Shirakabe no okimi and the Imperial princess Inoe and he was the last male member of the imperial family Emperor Tenmu, though Imperial Prince Osabe himself was the maternal side of the family, so it is believed that his father, Shirakabe no okimi, was recommended as the next heir to the Imperial Throne.
Japanese: 白壁王と井上内親王の間には他戸親王と酒人内親王が生まれており、特に、他戸王は女系ではあるものの天武天皇系男性皇族の最後の一人であるということから、その父親である白壁王が次期皇位継承者として推挙されたと考えられている。
English: His enthronement at the age of 65 is the oldest since Emperor Keitai (the 26th) including the present Emperor.
Japanese: 62歳で即位と言うのは継体天皇（第26代）以降では現在の今上天皇を含め最高齢である。
English: (In fact, the emperor who took over the throne at the old age next to Emperor Konin is the present 125th Emperor.
Japanese: (ちなみに光仁天皇に次いで高齢で即位した天皇は125代今上天皇である)
English: After enthronement, he made the Imperial princess Inoe an empress and Imperial Prince Osabe Crown Prince but he charged the Imperial princess Inoe with high treason by cursing and removed the empress, and also removed Imperial Prince Osabe, the Crown Prince, from power in 772.
Japanese: 即位後、井上内親王を皇后とし、他戸親王を皇太子とするが、宝亀3年（772年）井上内親王を呪詛による大逆を図ったとして罪し皇后を廃し、皇太子の他戸親王も廃した。
English: Next year, the Imperial princess Inoe was confined for the charge of cursing Imperial Princess Naniwa, the older sister of the emperor, along with Imperial Prince Osabe who was also stripped of the rank of the Crown Prince and became a prince, and they both died unnatural deaths.
Japanese: 井上内親王は翌年、天皇の同母姉難波内親王を呪ったとして幽閉され、連座して王に落とされた他戸親王もともに幽閉されてやがて二人とも変死した。
English: In 773, Imperial Prince Yamanobe, the son of TAKANO no Niigasa, became the Crown Prince.
Japanese: 翌宝亀4年（773年）高野新笠から生まれた山部親王を立てて皇太子とした。