Editing Emperor Suizei (section)

==Legendary narrative== <!--Legendary stories and accounts go in this section-->
While the ''[[Kojiki]]'' provides little information about Suizei, it does state his name, genealogy, and a record about his accession to the throne. He was born sometime in 632 BC, and was one of the sons of [[Emperor Jimmu]] and his chief wife Himetataraisuzu-hime.<ref name="Henshall"/><ref name="Brown 250-251">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&q=Katsuragi|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=250–251|isbn=9780520034600}}</ref> The account in the Kojiki states that Suizei's older brother Kamuyaimimi was originally the Crown-prince. When Jimmu died, another of his sons named [[Tagishimimi]] attempted to seize the throne by murdering those in his way. Tagishimimi was given birth to by a lesser wife named Ahiratsu-hime, and was older than Jimmu's legitimate heir. When Himetataraisuzu-hime learned of the plot she tried in vain to warn her sons by way of songs and poems.<ref name="Motoori2007">{{cite book|author=Norinaga Motoori|title=The Poetics of Motoori Norinaga: A Hermeneutical Journey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zk4EucRlvSwC&pg=PA191|year=2007|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-3078-6|page=191}}</ref> While Suizei encouraged Kamuyaimimi to slay Tagishimimi, he could not find it in him to murder his own half brother. Suizei pleaded with his older brother for the weapon he was going to use, and upon receiving it accomplished the deed for him. Kamuyaimimi ceded his rights as crown prince shortly after to Suizei as he believed his braver younger brother should be the new Emperor.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/kj/kj059.htm|title=''The Kojiki''|author=[[Basil Chamberlain|Chamberlain, Basil]]|publisher=Read before the Asiatic Society of Japan on April 12, May 10, and June 21, 1882, reprinted in 1919|page=184}}</ref>

Emperor Suizei's pre-ascension name remains unknown, but the ''Kojiki'' records that he ruled from the palace of {{Nihongo||葛城高岡宮|[[Takaoka-no-miya]]}}{{efn|In the ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'' as {{Nihongo2|葛城高丘宮}}}} at Katsuragi in what would come to be known as [[Yamato Province]].<ref name="Brown 250-251"/> While another more expansive account exists in the ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'', the section is more steeped in myth. Suizei is conventionally considered to have reigned from 581 to 549 BC.<ref name="Brown 250-251"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3|title=Nihon Ōdai Ichiran|author=[[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]]|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland|language=fr|year=1834|page=3}}</ref> He wed [[Isuzuyori-hime]] at an unknown date, and the two had one son. Emperor Suizei allegedly died in 549 BC and his gravesite is formally named ''Tsukida no oka no e no misasagi''.<ref name="Fane"/> He was succeeded by his only son, ''Prince Shikitsuhikotamatemi'' who became [[Emperor Annei]].