Figure
Jimmu
Legendary first emperor of Japan
- Child of Ugayafukiaezu and Tamayorihime
- Married to Himetataraisuzuhime, Ahiratsuhime
- Dated 13 February 711 BCE – 585 BCE
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Life
One office on record
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
What this means
As the records give them: every row is a third party’s statement, not a self-description, and a role or an affiliation is often held for one period of a life only. An affiliation is not a belief, and this site does not ask anyone about theirs. For an office: which one, for how long, and where the records give an ordinal or the holders either side. Recognition of a tenure is never universal: contested lines appear as overlapping tenures rather than as one corrected sequence.
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11 February 660 BCE – 3 April 585 BCE Emperor of Japan Number 1 in the sequence Succeeded by Emperor Suizei
Family
The family of Jimmu
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 15
Kinship in an account 2
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Family 13
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching · a religious affiliation held by the whole house · continuous rule · a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (mother) Tamayorihime Japanese kami -
child of (father) Ugayafukiaezu mythical character -
of the house Imperial House of Japan members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan -
parent of (father) Emperor Suizei emperor of Japan - parent of (child) Hikoyai-no-mikoto son of Emperor Jimmu
- parent of (child) Kamuyaimimi-no-mikoto son of Emperor Jimmu
- parent of (child) Kishimi Mino Mikoto son of Emperor Jimmu
- parent of (child) Tagishimimi figure in Japanese mythology
- sibling of Hiko Itsuse no Mikoto older brother of the first Emperor of Japan
- sibling of Inai no Mikoto Japanese nobleman
- sibling of Mikeiri no Mikoto mythical brother of Japan's first Emperor
- married to Ahiratsuhime legendary wife of emperor Jinmu
- married to Himetataraisuzuhime First Empress of Japan
Religious context
What the records tie them to
Founded, supported, associated with — as third parties recorded it.
What this means
A founding is an attribution, usually contested, and not a claim that the tradition began fully formed. Patronage is an act, not a belief: it says nothing about the religion of a population, and nothing about the patron’s own practice in every period of a life. Domains are as sources record them — for a saint, usually a patronage — rarely exclusive, and not the same in every account.
Connections
How Jimmu connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Succession in office 1
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply parentage · discipleship · an explanation of why the succession happened
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Identification 1
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
16 statements on this record
- 13 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 3 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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