Emperor Yūryaku
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Emperor Yūryaku was the 21st Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. According to the Kojiki, this Emperor is said to have ruled from the Thirteenth Day of the Eleventh Mon
Woodblock print of Yūryaku hunting Wild Boars by Adachi Ginkō, 1896
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Emperor Kinmei
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Emperor Kinmei was the 29th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign is said to have spanned the years from 539 to 571. Most historians support either the view tha
Emperor Yūryaku
…suggested that Emperor Yūryaku may have had an "intermittent explosive disorder, a type of Impulse-control disorder." Outside of the Kiki, the reign of Emperor Kinmei (c. 509 – 571 AD) is the first for which contemporary historiography has been able to assign verifiable dates. The conventionally accepted names and…
Emperor Kinmei, from "Rekidai Son'ei" (Portraits of Japanese Emperors) by Kōtarō Miyake, 1894