Key facts
- Reign
- 131–190 (traditional)
- Predecessor
- Keikō
- Successor
- Chūai
- Born
- Wakatarashi hiko ( 稚足彦尊 ) , 84
- Died
- 190 (aged 107)
- Burial
- Saki no Tatanami no misasagi ( 狭城盾列池後陵 ) (Nara)
- Spouse
- Oto-takara Kibi-no-Iratsume
- Issue
- Prince Wakanuke
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Father
- Keikō
- Mother
- Yasakairihime no mikoto
- Sibling
- Yamato Takeru
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- Emperor of Japan
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Family
- Imperial House of Japan
- Image
- Emperor Seimu.jpg
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- Commons category
- Emperor Seimu
- name in native language
- 成務天皇
- date of birth
- 0083-01-01
- date of death
- 0191-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
HouseImperial House of Japan FatherEmperor Keikō MotherYasakairi-hime ReligionShinto
Emperor Seimu (成務天皇, Seimu-tennō), also known as Wakatarashi hiko no Sumera mikoto (稚足彦天皇), was the 13th legendary Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Both the Kojiki, and the Nihon Shoki (collectively known as the Kiki) record events that took place during Seimu's alleged lifetime. This legendary Emperor is best known for organizing his local governments by making the first appointments of their kind to provinces under his rule. Seimu had only one recorded wife who bore him a single child; he also had a concubine but she had no children. This is in stark contrast to his father, who is said to have had at least 80 children with multiple wives.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emperor Seimu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.