Editing Emperor Kōan (section)

==Legendary narrative== <!--The legendary story and accounts go in this section-->
In the ''[[Kojiki]]'' and ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'', only his name and genealogy were recorded. The Japanese have traditionally accepted this sovereign's historical existence, and an Imperial ''misasagi'' or tomb for Kōan is currently maintained; however, no extant contemporary records have been discovered that confirm a view that this historical figure actually reigned.  He is believed to be son of Emperor Kōshō; and his mother is believed to have been Yosotarashi-no-hime, who was the daughter of Okitsuyoso, and ancestress of the Owari.<ref name="Varley 90">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tVv6OAAACAAJ|title=Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns|author=[[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul.]]|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=1980|page=90|isbn=9780231049405}}</ref> The ''Kojiki'' records Kōan was the second son of [[Emperor Kōshō]], and that he ruled from the palace of {{Nihongo||葛城室之秋津島宮|[[Akitsushima-no-miya]]|extra=and in the ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'' as {{Nihongo2|室秋津島宮}}}} at Muro in what would come to be known as [[Yamato Province]].<ref name="Brown 251&252"/><ref name="Varley 90"/> Kōan was allegedly an emperor who reigned for more than a hundred years, and lived to the age of 137 (according to the Kojiki).<ref name="Age">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P1OZUmnLTdoC&q=emperor+K%C5%8Dan+age&pg=PA30|title=Political Thought in Japanese Historical Writing: From Kojiki (712) to Tokushi Yoron (1712)|author=John S. Brownlee|publisher=Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press|date=August 14, 1991|page=30|isbn=9780889209978}}</ref> He allegedly had a wife named Yosotarashi-hime, and fathered two children with her. Kōan's reign lasted from 392 BC until his death in 291 BC, one of his sons then took the throne and would later be referred to as [[Emperor Kōrei]].