The following is a family tree of the
emperors of Japan, from the legendary
Emperor Jimmu to the present monarch,
Naruhito.
Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors; Kōgen's descendant,
Emperor Sujin (98 BC – 30 BC?), is the first for whom many agree that he might have actually existed. These monarchs are regarded by historians as "legendary emperors", since there are insufficient material available for further verification and study.
The reign of
Emperor Kinmei
was the 29th Emperor of Japan, Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 欽明天皇 (29) retrieved 2013-8-22. according to the traditional order of succession. Titsingh, Isaac. (1834)pp. 34–36 Brown, Delmer. (1979) ''Gukanshō,'' pp. 261– ...
( – 571 AD), the 29th emperor,
[Titsingh]
pp. 34–36
Brown
pp. 261–262; Varley, pp. 123–124
is the first for which the contemporary historiography is able to assign verifiable dates. However, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as "traditional" until the reign of
Emperor Kanmu (737–806), the 50th sovereign of the
Yamato dynasty.
[ Aston, William. (1896). ''Nihongi'', pp. 109.]
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Succession to the Japanese throne
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Family Tree of Japanese deities
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