Yūryaku

The emperor Yūryaku (ja 雄略天皇, Yūryaku Tennō , of its personal name Ō-Hatsuse Wakatake No Mikoto ) was it twentieth-and-unième emperor Japan, according to the traditional order of the succession. One locates his reign towards the end of the 5th century, although one does not know the dates with certainty of them. The tradition however allots to him dates of life of 418 or 428 with 479 and locates its reign starting from 457.

According to the Kojiki and the Nihonshoki , Yūryaku is named prince Ō-Hatsuse Wakatake with his birth. Swords withdrawn from some Kofun S indicate that its name was in fact Waka Takeru (Ōkimi), Yūryaku being a posthumous name allotted well after its death. Fifth and more young person wire of the emperor Ingyō, he fights successfully against his brothers after the death of their older brother the emperor Ankō. At the time where he lived, the title of the emperor was probably not Tennō , but Ōkimi and/or Sumeramikoto (ja 治天下大王, amenoshita shiroshimesu ōkimi , or will sumera No mikoto , “Large king who reigns on all that is under the Skies”) and/or king de Yamato (ja ヤマト大王/大君, yamato ōkimi , “Large king de Yamato”). It had three women, including her empress-consort Kusahahatahi, his successor Seinei being the son of his wife Kazuraki No Karahime.

It accommodates many artists and Korean craftsmen , the Kikajin, fleeing the invasion of the country by the Silla. These men bring with them the techniques of breeding of the Silkworm, that Yūryaku encourages.

Yūryaku wrote several of the poems of the Man' yōshū .

Yūryaku is identified as being king Bu in the contemporary Chinese writings. These texts indicate that Bu begins its role before 477, is recognized as leader of Japan by the dynasties Liu Song IQ of the South and Liang and continues its reign until in 502 Bu sends messengers to Song in 477 and 478.

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