Editing Emperor Nintoku (section)

==Known information==
Nintoku is regarded by historians as a ruler during the early 5th century<ref>{{cite web |author=Kelly, Charles F. |title=Kofun Culture |url=http://www.t-net.ne.jp/~keally/kofun.html |access-date=February 5, 2022 |work=www.t-net.ne.jp}}</ref> whose existence is generally accepted as fact without attributing all of the things he allegedly accomplished.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Wetzler|first=Peter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g58BEAAAQBAJ&dq=historicity+of+Emperor+Jimmu&pg=PA101|title=Hirohito and War: Imperial Tradition and Military Decision Making in Prewar Japan|date=1998-02-01|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-6285-5|pages=101|language=en}}</ref> Nintoku'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, Nintoku might have been referred to as {{Nihongo2|ヤマト大王/大君}} or the "Great King of Yamato". The name "Nintoku" also might have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to him, possibly during the time in which legends about the origins of the [[Imperial House of Japan|imperial dynasty]] were compiled as the chronicles known today as the ''[[Kojiki]]''.<ref name="aston109 & 272-300">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJ5OAQAAIAAJ&q=Nintoku|title=Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, Volume 1|author=Aston, William George.|publisher=The Japan Society London|date=1896|page=109 & 272–300|author-link=William George Aston}}</ref><ref name="Brinkley">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistoryjapanes00kikugoog|title=''A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the end of the Meiji Era''|author=Brinkley, Frank|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica Company|year=1915|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistoryjapanes00kikugoog/page/n33 21]|quote=Posthumous names for the earthly ''Mikados'' were invented in the reign of Emperor Kanmu (782–805), i.e., after the date of the compilation of the ''Records'' and the ''Chronicles.''|author-link=Francis Brinkley}}</ref>

Although the ''Nihon Shoki'' states that Nintoku ruled from 313 to 399, research suggests those dates are likely inaccurate.<ref name="parry1995">Parry, Richard Lloyd. [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/japan-guards-the-Emperors-secrets-1581547.html  "Japan guards the Emperors' secrets; Ban on digs in ancient imperial tombs frustrates archaeologists"], ''The Independent'' (London). 12 November 1995.</ref> [[William George Aston]] notes that if they were factual, Nintoku would be 312 years old in his 78th year of reign assuming that the traditional accounts are correct.<ref name="aston295">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJ5OAQAAIAAJ&q=Nintoku|title=Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, Volume 1|author=Aston, William George.|publisher=The Japan Society London|date=1896|page=295|author-link=William George Aston}}</ref> Outside of the ''Kiki'', the reign of [[Emperor Kinmei]]{{efn|The 29th Emperor<ref name="Titsingh"/><ref name="Brown"/>}} ({{circa|509}}&nbsp;– 571 AD) is the first for which contemporary historiography has been able to assign verifiable dates.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axRyAAAAMAAJ&q=According+to+legend%2C+the+first+Japanese+Emperor+was+Jimmu.+Along+with+the+next+13+Emperors%2C+Jimmu+is+not+considered+an+actual%2C+historical+figure.+Historically+verifiable+Emperors+of+Japan+date+from+the+early+sixth+century+with+Kimmei.|title=''Japanese Politics: Fixed and Floating Worlds''|author=Hoye, Timothy.|publisher=Prentice Hall|year=1999|page=78|quote=According to legend, the first Japanese Emperor was Jimmu. Along with the next 13 Emperors, Jimmu is not considered an actual, historical figure. Historically verifiable Emperors of Japan date from the early sixth century with Kimmei.|isbn=9780132712897}}</ref> The conventionally accepted names and dates of the early Emperors were not confirmed as "traditional" though, until the reign of [[Emperor Kanmu]]{{efn|Kanmu was the 50th sovereign of the imperial dynasty}} between 737 and 806 AD.<ref name="aston109 & 272-300"/>

Hidehiro Okada identifies him with [[Dei of Wa]],<ref>岡田, 2008</ref> a king who preceded the better known [[Five kings of Wa]].<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |last=Kishimoto |first=Naofumi |date=2013-05-01 |title=Dual Kingship in the Kofun Period as Seen from the Keyhole Tombs |journal=Journal of Urban Culture Research|s2cid=193255655 }}</ref>{{rp||pages=11}}