Key facts
- Reign
- 475 BC – 393 BC (traditional)
- Predecessor
- Itoku
- Successor
- Kōan
- Born
- 501 BC
- Died
- 393 BC (aged 108)
- Burial
- Waki-no-kami no Hakata no yama no e no misasagi ( 掖上博多山上陵 ) (Gose)
- Spouse
- Yosotarashi-hime
- Issue
- Ametarashihikokunioshihito-no-Mikoto Emperor Kōan
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Encyclopedic overview
HouseImperial House of Japan FatherEmperor Itoku MotherAmonotoyototsu-hime ReligionShinto
Emperor Kōshō (孝昭天皇, Kōshō-tennō), also known as Mimatsuhikokaeshine no Mikoto (真津日子訶恵志泥命) was the fifth legendary emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Very little is known about this Emperor due to a lack of material available for further verification and study. Kōshō is known as a "legendary emperor" among historians as his actual existence is disputed. Nothing exists in the Kojiki other than his name and genealogy. Kōshō's reign allegedly began in 475 BC, he had one wife and two sons. After his death in 393 BC, his second son supposedly became the next emperor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emperor Kōshō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.