Editing Emperor Ankan

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| name         = Emperor Ankan<br>{{nobold|{{lang|ja|安閑天皇}}}}
| title        = [[Okimi|Great King of Yamato]]
| succession   = [[Emperor of Japan]]
| image        = Emperor Ankan.jpg
| caption      = Emperor Ankan, painted in 1937
| reign        = c. 10 March 531 – 25 January 536
| coronation   = 
| cor-type     = Japan
| predecessor  = [[Emperor Keitai|Keitai]]
| successor    = [[Emperor Senka|Senka]]
| posthumous name = [[Posthumous name#Chinese-style (Han-style) shigō|Chinese-style ''shigō'']]:<br/>Emperor Ankan ({{lang|ja|安閑天皇}})<br/><br/>[[Posthumous name#Japanese-style shigō|Japanese-style ''shigō'']]:<br/>Hirokuni-oshitakekanahi no Sumeramikoto ({{lang|ja|広国押武金日天皇}})
| spouse       = [[Princess Kasuga no Yamada|Kasuga no Yamada]]
| issue        = {{plainlist|
*Imperial Prince Ako
*Prince Kibu
*[[Emperor Kinmei]]}}
| royal house  = [[Imperial House of Japan]]
| father       = [[Emperor Keitai]]
| mother       = Menokohime
| birth_name   = Magari ({{lang|ja|勾}})
| birth_date   = 466
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = {{death date and age|536|1|25|466}}
| death_place  = 
| burial_place = {{Nihongo||古市高屋丘陵|''Furuchi no Takaya no oka no misasagi''}} (Osaka)|
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Emperor Ankan'''|安閑天皇|Ankan-tennō}} (466 – 25 January 536) was the 27th [[Emperor of Japan]],<ref name="kunaicho">[[Imperial Household Agency]] (''Kunaichō''): [http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/ryobo/guide/027/index.html  安閑天皇 (27)]</ref> according to the traditional [[List of Emperors of Japan|order of succession]].<ref>Varley, Paul. (1980). ''Jinnō Shōtōki'', p. 120;  Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|''Annales des empereurs du japon,'' p. 33.|page=33}}</ref>

No firm dates can be assigned to this Emperor's life or reign, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 10 March 531 to 25 January 536.<ref>Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan,'' p. 44.</ref>

==Legendary narrative==
According to the ''[[Kojiki]]'', {{Nihongo|Prince Magari no Ōe|勾大兄皇子}}, later Emperor Ankan, was the elder son of [[Emperor Keitai]], who is considered to have ruled the country during the early-6th century, though there is a paucity of information about him.<ref>Kelly, Charles F. [http://www.t-net.ne.jp/~keally/kofun.html  "Kofun Culture,"] [http://www.t-net.ne.jp/~keally/index.htm  Japanese Archaeology.] April 27, 2009.</ref> When Ankan was 66 years old, Keitai abdicated in favor of him.

Ankan'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, Ankan might have been referred to as {{Nihongo2|ヤマト大王/大君}} or the "Great King of Yamato".

The most noteworthy event recorded during his reign was the construction of state granaries in large numbers throughout Japan, indicating the broad reach of imperial power at the time.<ref>Mason, Joseph. (2002). {{Google books|18oNAAAAIAAJ|''The Meaning of Shinto'', p. 172.|page=172}}</ref>

[[File:Takaya Tsukiyama Kofun, haisho.jpg|thumb|right|Mausoleum of Emperor Ankan in [[Habikino|Habikino, Osaka]]]]

Ankan's grave is traditionally associated with the Takayatsukiyama [[kofun]] in [[Habikino, Osaka]].

==Genealogy==
Empress: {{Nihongo|[[Princess Kasuga no Yamada]]|春日山田皇女|extra=d.539}}, [[Emperor Ninken]]'s daughter

Consort: {{Nihongo|Satehime|紗手媛}}, Kose no Ohito no Ōomi's daughter

Consort: {{Nihongo|Kakarihime|香香有媛}}, Kose no Ohito no Ōomi's daughter

Consort: {{Nihongo|Yakahime|宅媛}}, Mononobe no Itabi no Ōomuraji's daughter

First son: Imperial Prince Ako.

Second son: Prince Kibu

Third son: Prince Akihinohohoshika, later Emperor Kinmei

==See also==
* [[Emperor of Japan]]
* [[List of Emperors of Japan]]
* [[Imperial cult]]

==Notes==

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==References==
* [[William George Aston|Aston, William George.]] (1896). [https://books.google.com/books?id=_oEfAAAAYAAJ  ''Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697.''] London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. {{OCLC|448337491}}
* Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [https://books.google.com/books?id=w4f5FrmIJKIC&q=Gukansho  ''Gukanshō: The Future and the Past.''] Berkeley: University of California Press. {{ISBN|978-0-520-03460-0}}; {{OCLC|251325323}}
* [[Richard Ponsonby-Fane|Ponsonby-Fane, Richard Arthur Brabazon]]. (1959). [https://books.google.com/books?id=SLAeAAAAMAAJ&q=The+Imperial+House+of+Japan  ''The Imperial House of Japan.''] Kyoto: Ponsonby Memorial Society. {{OCLC|194887}}
* [[Isaac Titsingh|Titsingh, Isaac.]] (1834). ''[[Nihon Ōdai Ichiran]]''; ou, [https://books.google.com/books?id=18oNAAAAIAAJ&q=nipon+o+dai+itsi+ran  ''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'']  Paris: Royal Asiatic Society, Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. {{OCLC|5850691}}
* [[H. Paul Varley|Varley, H. Paul.]] (1980). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tVv6OAAACAAJ  ''Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns.''] New York: Columbia University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-231-04940-5}}; {{OCLC|59145842}}

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