Empress Jingū
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Empress Jingū was a legendary Japanese empress who ruled as a regent following her husband's death in 200 AD. Both the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki record events that took place during Jingū's alleged l
Woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1843-44
Empress Jingū, woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1880)
Empress Jingū and Takenouchi no Sukune Fishing at Chikuzen
Gosashi kofun (tomb)
Seven-Branched Sword
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The Seven-Branched Sword is a ceremonial sword believed to be a gift from the crown prince of Paekche to a Yamato ruler. It is mentioned in the Nihon Shoki in the fifty-second year of the reign of the
Empress Jingū
…complete lack of evidence and involvement of both the Japanese and Korean points of view. According to the Nihon Shoki, the king of Baekje gifted Jingū a Seven-Branched Sword sometime in 253 AD. Empress Jingū was the de facto ruler until her death in 269 at the age of 100. The modern traditional view is that Chūai's son…
Replica of the Seven-Branched Sword at the War Memorial in Seoul, South Korea.