Editing Emperor Keikō (section)

==Legendary narrative==
The Japanese have traditionally accepted this sovereign's historical existence, and a mausoleum (misasagi) for Keiko is currently maintained. The following information available is taken from the [[Pseudohistory|pseudo-historical]] ''[[Kojiki]]'' and ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'', which are collectively known as {{Nihongo|''Kiki''|記紀}} or ''Japanese chronicles''. These chronicles include legends and myths, as well as potential historical facts that have since been [[Tall tale|exaggerated and/or distorted]] over time. The records state that Keikō was born sometime in 13 BC, and was given the name "Otarashihiko-no-mikoto".<ref name="root"/><ref name="Henshall"/> He was the 3rd son of [[Emperor Suinin]], and his second empress wife "{{ill|Hibasu-hime|ja|日葉酢媛命}}".<ref name="root"/><ref name="Brown">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&pg=PA261|title=A Translation and Study of the Gukanshō, an Interpretative History of Japan Written in 1219|author=[[Delmer Brown|Brown, Delmer M.]] and Ichirō Ishida|publisher=University of California Press|year=1979|pages=248, 261–262|isbn=9780520034600}}</ref> Otarashihiko-no-mikoto was allegedly chosen as crown prince over his elder brother based on a casual question on what they both had wished for. In the former's case he said "The Empire" while his elder brother said "Bow and arrows".<ref name="Brinkley Kikuchi">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NnsEAAAAMAAJ|quote=emperor keiko children.|title=A History of the Japanese People: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era|author=[[Francis Brinkley|Brinkley, Frank]], [[Kikuchi Dairoku|Dairoku, Kikuchi]]|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica Company|year=1915|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NnsEAAAAMAAJ/page/n84 85]|access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref> Otarashihiko-no-mikoto later ascended to the throne in 71 AD, coming a year after his father's death.

Accounts in the ''[[Kojiki]]'' and ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'' are split when it comes to initial territorial expansion during Emperor Keikō's reign. In the ''Kojiki'', the Emperor is said to have sent his son "Prince Ōsu" ([[Yamato Takeru]]) to [[Kyūshū]] to conquer local tribes. Alternatively, the ''Nihon Shoki'' records that he went there himself and won battles against local tribes. Both sources agree that Keikō later sent Yamato Takeru to [[Izumo Province]], and eastern provinces to conquer the area and spread his territory.<ref name="aston109 & 188-214">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_oEfAAAAYAAJ|title=Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, Volume 2|author=Aston, William George.|publisher=The Japan Society London|date=1896|page=109 & 188–214|isbn=9780524053478 |author-link=William George Aston}}</ref> According to traditional sources, Yamato Takeru died in the {{Nihongo|43rd year of Emperor Keiko's reign|景行天皇四十三年}}.<ref name="Fane1953">{{cite book|title=''Studies in Shinto and Shrines''|author=[[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard]]|publisher=Ponsonby-Fane Society Publications|year=1953|pages=419, 433–435}}</ref> The possessions of the dead prince were gathered together along with the sword [[Kusanagi]]; and his widow venerated his memory in a shrine at her home. Sometime later, these relics and the sacred sword were moved to the current location of the [[Atsuta Shrine]].<ref name="Fane1953"/>

Emperor Keikō was recorded as {{convert|10|ft|2|in|cm}}, who had at least 80 children from multiple wives.<ref name="Brinkley Kikuchi"/> This claim would put him into the category of [[gigantism]] if verified, although as with other aspects it was more than likely [[Giant|exaggerated]]. Other than [[Yamato Takeru]], at least three of Keikō's children were ancestors of notable clans. According to tradition, emperor Keikō died in 130 AD at the age of 143, and his son Prince ''Wakatarashihiko'' was enthroned as the [[Emperor Seimu|next emperor]] the following year.<ref name="Henshall"/>