Editing Emperor Kaika (section)

==Legendary narrative==
In the ''[[Kojiki]]'' and ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'', only Kaika's name and genealogy were recorded. The Japanese have traditionally accepted this sovereign's historical existence, and an Imperial ''misasagi'' or tomb for Kaika is currently maintained; however, no extant contemporary records have been discovered that confirm a view that this historical figure actually reigned. Kaika was born sometime in 208 BC, and is recorded as being the second son of [[Emperor Kōgen]].<ref name="Henshall"/> His empress mother was named ''Utsushikome'', who was the daughter of ''Oyakuchisukune''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}} Before he was enthroned sometime in 158 BC, his pre-ascension name was ''Prince Nikohiko Ō-hibi no Mikoto''.<ref name="Nussbaum"/> The Kojiki records that he ruled from the palace of {{Nihongo||軽之堺原宮|[[Sakaihara-no-miya]]|extra=and in the ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'' as {{Nihongo2|軽境原宮}}}} at Karu in what would come to be known as [[Yamato Province]].<ref name="Brown1"/> Emperor Kaika had a chief wife (empress) named ''Ikagashikome'', along with three consorts of which he fathered five children with. Kaika ruled until his death in 98 BC; his second son was then enthroned as [[Emperor Sujin|the next emperor]].<ref name="Nussbaum"/> His son/heir to the throne was [[Posthumous name|posthumously]] named ''Sujin'' by later generations, and is the first emperor that historians say might have actually existed.<ref name="Fishbowl">{{cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2007/03/27/reference/life-in-the-cloudy-imperial-fishbowl/#.UhYzedK-2uI|title=Life in the Cloudy Imperial Fishbowl|publisher=Japan Times|author=Yoshida, Reiji.|date=March 27, 2007|access-date=May 17, 2019|newspaper=The Japan Times Online}}</ref>