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Kōrei
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kōrei-tennō, Emperor Kōrei, Korei, Emperor Korei, Ooyamatonekohikofutoni no Mikoto, Kourei
Emperor of Japan
Key facts
- Reign
- 290 BC – 215 BC (traditional)
- Predecessor
- Kōan
- Successor
- Kōgen
- Born
- 342 BC
- Died
- 215 BC (aged 127)
- Burial
- Kataoka no Umasaka no misasagi ( 片丘馬坂陵 ) (Ōji)
- Spouse
- Kuwashi-hime
- Issue among others
- Emperor Kōgen Yamatototohimomoso-hime [ ja ] Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto
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- Tennō Kōrei thumb.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0341-01-01
- date of death
- 0214-00-00
- name in native language
- 孝霊天皇
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- Emperor Kōrei
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Emperor Kōrei (孝霊天皇, Kōrei-tennō), also known as Ōyamatonekohikofutoni no Mikoto (大倭根子日子賦斗邇命) was the seventh 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. Kōrei 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. Kōrei's reign allegedly began in 290 BC. He had one wife and three consorts with whom he fathered seven children. After his death in 215 BC, one of his sons supposedly became the next emperor. Kōrei is traditionally accepted as the first emperor of the Yayoi period, which is named after the Yayoi people who migrated to the Japanese archipelago from mainland Asia.