Emperor Seimu

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Emperor Seimu (成務天皇,, Seimu-tennō^?) was the 13th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.^[1] No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign. Seimu is regarded by historians as a "legendary emperor" because of the paucity of information about him, which does not necessarily imply that no such person ever existed. Rather, scholars can only lament that, at this time, there is insufficient material available for further verification and study.^[2]

Although the final resting place of this legendary sovereign remains unknown, Suijin's officially designated Imperial misasagi or tomb can be visited today at Misasagi-cho, Nara City.^[3]

References

^ Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, pp. 14-15; Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, pp. 99-100.
^ Aston, William. (1998). Nihongi, Vol. 1, pp. 214-216.
^ Seimu's misasagi -- map (lower right)

Aston, William George. (1896). Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. [reprinted by Tuttle Publishing, Tokyo, 2007. 10-ISBN 0-8048-0984-4; 13-ISBN 978-0-8048-0984-9 (paper)]
Brown, Delmer M. and Ichirō Ishida, eds. (1979). [ Jien, c. 1220], Gukanshō (The Future and the Past, a translation and study of the Gukanshō, an interpretative history of Japan written in 1219). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-03460-0
Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon, tr. par M. Isaac Titsingh avec l'aide de plusieurs interprètes attachés au comptoir hollandais de Nangasaki; ouvrage re., complété et cor. sur l'original japonais-chinois, accompagné de notes et précédé d'un Aperçu d'histoire mythologique du Japon, par M. J. Klaproth. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland....Click link for digitized, full-text copy of this book (in French)
Varley, H. Paul , ed. (1980). [ Kitabatake Chikafusa, 1359], Jinnō Shōtōki ("A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa" translated by H. Paul Varley). New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04940-4

Preceded by Emperor Keikō	Legendary Emperor of Japan 131-191 (traditional dates)	Succeeded by Emperor Chūai

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Legendary Period	Jimmu · Suizei · Annei · Itoku · Kōshō · Kōan · Kōrei · Kōgen · Kaika · Sujin · Suinin · Keikō · Seimu · Chūai · Jingū♀

Yamato Period (Kofun Period)	Ōjin · Nintoku · Richū · Hanzei · Ingyō · Ankō · Yūryaku · Seinei · Kenzō · Ninken · Buretsu · Keitai · Ankan · Senka

Asuka Period	Kimmei · Bidatsu · Yōmei · Sushun · Suikō♀ · Jomei · Kōgyoku♀ · Kōtoku · Saimei♀ · Tenji · Kōbun · Temmu · Jitō♀ · Mommu · Gemmei♀

Nara Period	Gensho♀ · Shōmu · Kōken♀ · Junnin · Shōtoku♀ · Kōnin

Heian Period	Kammu · Heizei · Saga · Junna · Ninmyō · Montoku · Seiwa · Yōzei · Kōkō · Uda · Daigo · Suzaku · Murakami · Reizei · En'yū · Kazan · Ichijō · Sanjō · Ichijō · Go-Suzaku · Go-Reizei · Go-Sanjō · Shirakawa · Horikawa · Toba · Sutoku · Konoe · Go-Shirakawa · Nijō · Rokujo · Takakura · Antoku · Go-Toba

Kamakura Period	Tsuchimikado · Juntoku · Chūkyō · Go-Horikawa · Shijō · Go-Saga · Go-Fukakusa · Kameyama · Go-Uda · Fushimi · Go-Fushimi · Go-Nijō · Hanazono · Go-Daigo

Northern Court	Kōgon · Kōmyō · Suko · Go-Kōgon · Go-En'yū · Go-Komatsu

Muromachi Period	Go-Murakami · Chōkei · Go-Kameyama · Go-Komatsu · Shōkō · Go-Hanazono · Go-Tsuchimikado · Go-Kashiwabara · Go-Nara · Ōgimachi · Go-Yōzei

Edo Period	Go-Mizunoo · Meishō♀ · Go-Kōmyō · Go-Sai · Reigen · Higashiyama · Nakamikado · Sakuramachi · Momozono · Go-Sakuramachi♀ · Go-Momozono · Kōkaku · Ninkō · Kōmei

Modern Japan	Meiji · Taishō · Shōwa · Akihito (current)

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