Editing Emperor Suinin (section)

==Known information==
[[File:SuininTennoRyo.jpg|thumb|left|Official mausoleum (''misasagi'') of Emperor Suinin, [[Nara Prefecture]]]]
Emperor Suinin is regarded by historians as a "legendary Emperor" as there is insufficient material available for further verification and study.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.t-net.ne.jp/~keally/kofun.html|title=Kofun Culture|author=Kelly, Charles F.|work=www.t-net.ne.jp|access-date=May 28, 2019}}</ref> Unlike [[Emperor Sujin]], there is less known about Suinin to possibly support his existence. In either case (fictional or not), the name Suinin''-tennō'' was assigned to him [[Posthumous name|posthumously]] by later generations.<ref name="name">{{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=Britannica.com |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> His name might have been regularized centuries after the lifetime ascribed to Suinin, 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 & 167-187"/> Suinin's longevity was also written down by later compilers, who may have unrealistically extended his age to fill in time gaps.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Japan/09 Domestic History |volume= 15 |last= Brinkley |first= Francis |author-link= Francis Brinkley | pages = 252&ndash;273; see page 253 }}</ref> While the actual site of Suinin's [[grave (burial)|grave]] is not known, the Emperor is traditionally venerated at a [[memorial]] [[Shinto]] [[shrine]] (''misasagi'') at Nishi-machi, Amagatsuji, [[Nara City]]. The [[Imperial Household Agency]] designates this location as Suinin's [[mausoleum]], and is formally named ''Sugawara no Fushimi no higashi no misasagi''.<ref name="kunaicho"/><ref>Ponsonby-Fane, ''Studies in Shinto,'' p. 418.</ref>

While the [[Ise Grand Shrine]] is traditionally said to have been established in the 1st century BC, other dates in the 3rd and 4th centuries have also been put forward for the establishment of Naikū and Gekū respectively.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=voerPYsAB5wC&q=Ise+Shrine+4th+century+BC&pg=PA376|title=Asia and Oceania: International Dictionary of Historic Places|author=Trudy Ring, Noelle Watson, Paul Schellinger|publisher=Routledge|year=2012|isbn=9781136639791}}</ref> The first shrine building at Naikū was allegedly erected by [[Emperor Tenmu]] (678–686), with the first ceremonial rebuilding being carried out by his wife, [[Empress Jitō]], in 692.<ref name="witcombe.sbc.edu">''Sacred Places - Ise Shrine'' http://witcombe.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/ise.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126053720/http://witcombe.sbc.edu/sacredplaces/ise.html |date=2021-01-26 }}</ref> Outside of the Kiki, the reign of [[Emperor Kinmei]]{{efn|The 29th Emperor<ref name="Titsingh pp. 34-36">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon%20o%20dai%20itsi%20ran&pg=PA34|title=Nihon Ōdai Ichiran|author=Titsingh, Isaac.|publisher=Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland|language=fr|year=1834|pages=34–36|author-link=Isaac Titsingh}}</ref><ref>{{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=261–262|isbn=9780520034600}}</ref>}} ({{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 & 167-187">{{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 & 167–187|isbn=9780524053478 |author-link=William George Aston}}</ref>

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