Emperor Jimmu
Legendary first emperor of Japan · Japan · Historical Figures · Lived 711 BC to 585 BC · aged 126
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Something wrong?Japan's founding emperor exists in myth, not history - a solar-descended warlord who supposedly unified the archipelago in 660 BC, now honored each February 11 as the nation's origin point despite zero archaeological trace.
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Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution (1891) (18249191819)
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Le Temple Shintô Kanbe-kôtachi-shin'mei-sha - Le monument en pierre à Jinmu Ten'nô
Legendary Site of Takashima Palace
Site of Ashihitotsuagari Palace in Usa Shrine
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The Nihon Shoki and Kojiki place Jimmu as grandson of Ninigi, himself descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu and the storm god Susanoo. He launched a military expedition from Hyūga near the Seto Inland Sea, captured Yamato, and made it his seat of power. His ascension in 660 BC became the anchor date for Japan's imperial chronology. Modern scholars regard him as legendary rather than historical - no evidence supports his existence. But the myth endures: National Foundation Day falls on February 11, the date tradition assigns to his rule's beginning, enshrining a story where bloodline starts with the sun.
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