Emperor Chūai

• Reign: 192-270AD
• Period: Legendary Period
• Family: Yamato Takeru (father) Futajirihime (mother) Emperor Seimu (uncle) Empress Jingu (wife)
• Burial Place: –
• Order of Succession: Predecessor Emperor Seimu * Successor Empress Jingu

Emperor Chūai

Emperor Chūai (仲哀天皇) also known as Tarashinakatsuhiko (足仲彦天皇) was the fourteenth Emperor of Japan.¹

He was made crown prince by Emperor Seimu in the Spring of the 48th year (Spring, 3rd month, 1st day¹) of his reign¹² with his mother and father being Futajirihime and Yamato Takeru.¹

He is described as a phenomenally big man.

During his reign, he established and maintained his capital in Kyushu after quelling a rebellion there. After his death, he was succeeded by his widow Empress Jingu.³

Footnotes

1. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.
2. Varley, H.P (1980) “A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa.” New York: Columbia University Press.
3. Martin, P. (1997) ”The Chrysanthemum Throne”. Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing Limited.

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