Emperor Anko

According to the Kojiki and Nihon shoki, he was the 20th emperor. He is also called Emperor Anaho. He is said to be the first of the Wa kings who appeared in the Song Shu. His father was Emperor Ingyō. His mother was Oshisaka no Onakahime no Mikoto. He killed Emperor Ingyō's son Prince Karu and ascended to the throne, and made his capital in Isonokami Anaho Palace (near Tamachi, Tenri City) in Yamato. In February of the first year of the reign, he believed the slander of Sakamoto no Omi's Sokon no Omi and killed his uncle Prince Okusaka, and brought Prince Nakashihime's wife into the palace, making her empress, and he greatly favored her. In August of the third year of the reign, while taking a nap on the Empress's lap, he was stabbed to death by Prince Mayowa, a seven-year-old son of Princess Nakatsuhime and Prince Okusaka. He was 56 years old at the time. Three years later, he was buried in the mausoleum of Sugawara no Fushimi (Horaicho, Nara City).

[Junichi Shida]

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記紀によれば第20代天皇。穴穂天皇(あなほのすめらみこと)ともいう。『宋書(そうじょ)』にみえる倭王(わおう)の興(こう)にあたるとされている。父は允恭(いんぎょう)天皇。母は忍坂大中姫命(おしさかのおおなかつひめのみこと)。允恭天皇の太子軽(かる)皇子を殺して即位し、大和(やまと)の石上(いそのかみ)穴穂宮（天理市田町付近）に都した。元年2月、坂本臣(さかもとのおみ)の祖根使主(ねのおみ)の讒言(ざんげん)を信じて叔父の大草香(おおくさか)皇子を殺し、その妻中蒂(なかし)姫を宮中に入れて皇后とし、はなはだ寵愛(ちょうあい)した。3年8月、皇后の膝枕(ひざまくら)で昼寝中に、中蒂姫と大草香皇子の間に生まれた7歳の眉輪(まよわ)王に刺殺された。ときに56歳。3年ののち菅原伏見(すがわらのふしみ)陵（奈良市宝来町）に葬られた。

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