Emperor Kenzō

was the 23rd  emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō), 顕宗天皇 (23); retrieved 2011-10-16. according to the traditional order of succession.Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 29-30; Brown, Delmer et al. (1979) Gukanshō, p. 259; Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 116; Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric et al. (2002). "Traditional order of Tennō" in Japan encyclopedia,  pp. 962-963.  Historians consider details about the life of Emperor Kenzō to be possibly legendary, but probable.Kelly, Charles F.  "Kofun Culture,"  Japanese Archaeology. April 27, 2009; retrieved 2011-10-16.  The name Kenzō-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 
Kenzō was a grandson of Emperor Richū; and he was adopted as heir by the childless Emperor Seinei.Aston, William. (1998). Nihongi, Vol. 1, pp. 373-377.

 Events of Kenzō's life 
Very little is known about the events of Kenzō's life and reign.  Only limited 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 Kenzō.Aston (1998), pp. 146-147. 

According to the Imperial Household Agency, Kenzō final resting place is in an earthen tumulus (kofun). This emperor is venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine (misasagi) which is associated with the burial mound.

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

 References 

Category:Emperors of Japan