Emperor Chūai

was  the 14th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 仲哀天皇 (14); retrieved 2011-10-19. according to the traditional order of succession.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 15; Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 100-101; Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric et al. (2002).  "Traditional order of Tennō" in Japan encyclopedia, pp. 962-963.  Historians consider Emperor Chūai to be a legendary person,Kelly, Charles F.  "Kofun Culture,"  Japanese Archaeology. April 27, 2009; retrieved 2011-10-19. and the name Chūai-tennō was created for him posthumously by later generations.

No certain dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign.Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 30.  The conventionally accepted names and sequence of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as "traditional" until the reign of Emperor Kammu, who was the 50th monarch of the Yamato dynasty.Aston, William George. (1896). Nihongi, pp. 109.

Traditional history
Chūai is almost certainly a legend; but the Kojiki and Nihonshoki record his name.Aston, William. (1998). Nihongi. Vol. 1, pp. 188-214.  He was a grandson of Emperor Keikō.

Chūai's wife is known as Empress Jingū.  Her son would become known as Emperor Ōjin.Aston (1998), pp. 217-223.

Events of Chūai's life
The limited information about Chūai does not imply that no such person ever existed. Very little information is available for study prior to the reign of the 29th monarch, Emperor Kimmei.Titsingh, pp. 34-36; Brown, pp. 261-262; Varley, pp. 123-124.

 After his death 
This emperor's official name after his death (his posthumous name) was regularized many centuries after the lifetime which was ascribed to Chūai.

The actual site of his grave is not known.  According to the Imperial Household Agency, this emperor is venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine (misasagi) at Fujiidera of Osaka Prefecture.

Related pages
 Emperor of Japan
 List of emperors of Japan
 Japanese imperial family tree

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Category:Emperors of Japan