Editing Emperor Ninken (section)

==Ninken's reign==
When Emperor Kenzo died without heirs, Prince Oke succeeded him as Emperor Ninken.

Ninken's contemporary title would not have been ''tennō'', as most historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of [[Emperor Tenmu]] and [[Empress Jitō]]. Rather, it was presumably {{Nihongo|''Sumeramikoto'' or ''Amenoshita Shiroshimesu Ōkimi''|治天下大王}}, meaning "the great king who rules all under heaven". Alternatively, Ninken might have been referred to as {{Nihongo2|ヤマト大王/大君}} or the "Great King of Yamato".

Ninken married to [[Emperor Yūryaku]]'s daughter Kasuga no Ōiratsume no Himemiko, a second cousin of him. Their daughter Tashiraka was later married to [[Emperor Keitai]], successor or possibly usurper after her brother, and became mother of [[Emperor Kinmei]], a future monarch and lineal ancestor of all future monarchs of Japan. There apparently was also another daughter, Princess Tachibana, who in turn is recorded to have become a wife of [[Senka]] and mother of Princess Iwahime, who herself became a consort of Kimmei and bore [[Emperor Bidatsu]], a future monarch and lineal ancestor of current monarchs of Japan.

Ninken was succeeded by his son, who would accede as [[Emperor Buretsu]].<ref>[[William George Aston|Aston, William George]]. (1998). ''Nihongi,'' Vol. 1, pp. 393–398.</ref>

The actual site of Ninken's [[grave (burial)|grave]] is not known.<ref name="kunaicho"/> The Emperor is traditionally venerated at a [[memorial]] [[Shinto]] [[shrine]] (''misasagi'') at [[Osaka]].

The [[Imperial Household Agency]] designates this location as Ninken's [[mausoleum]]. It is formally named ''Hanyū no Sakamoto no misasagi''.<ref>Ponsonby-Fane, p. 419.</ref>