Civil War during the reign of Emperor Keitai and Emperor Kinmei

Japanese: 継体･欽明朝の内乱 - けいたいきんめいちょうのないらん

This civil war is thought to have broken out over the succession to the throne at the end of the reign of Emperor Keitai in the first half of the 6th century. The Nihon Shoki states that Emperor Keitai died in the 25th year of the Xinhai era (531), and the throne was vacant for two years until the first year of Emperor Ankan's reign (534). Meanwhile, while the Nihon Shoki states that Buddhism was officially introduced in the Jinshin era (552), the Jogū Shōtoku Hōō Tei-setsu and Gangō-ji Engi state that it was in the Bogo era (538), and that Emperor Kinmei ascended to the throne in the Xinhai era, which is connected to the year of the death of Emperor Keitai, leaving no room for the reigns of Emperors Ankan and Senka in between.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

6世紀前半の継体朝末年に皇位継承をめぐって勃発したと想定されている内乱。《日本書紀》では継体天皇の死をその25年辛亥(531)のこととし，安閑天皇1年(534)までの2年間は空位とされる。一方，仏教公伝を《日本書紀》が壬申年(552)とするのに対し戊午年(538)として伝える《上宮聖徳法王帝説》や《元興寺縁起》によれば，欽明天皇の即位は辛亥年となって先の継体没年とつながり，その間に安閑･宣化2天皇の治世をいれる余地がない。

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