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was the 16th emperor of Japan
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Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, according to the traditional order of succession. No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign. Nintoku is considered to have ruled the country during the late-fourth century and early-fifth century, but there is a paucity of information about him.






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was the 16th emperor of Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, according to the traditional order of succession. No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign. Nintoku is considered to have ruled the country during the late-fourth century and early-fifth century, but there is a paucity of information about him. There is insufficient material available for further verification and study.

According to Nihonshoki, he was the fourth son of Emperor Ojin
Emperor Ojin

was the 15th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign....
 and the father of Emperors Richu
Emperor Richu

was the 17th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign....
, Hanzei
Emperor Hanzei

was the 18th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign....
, and Ingyo
Emperor Ingyo

was the 19th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign....
. The book also states that Nintoku ruled from 313 till 399 but modern research suggests those dates are likely inaccurate.

The achievements noted in Nihon Shoki
Nihon Shoki

The , sometimes translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second oldest book of classical Japanese history of Japan. It is more elaborate and detailed than the Kojiki, the oldest, and has proven to be an important tool for historians and archaeologists as it includes the most complete extant historical record of ancient Japan....
 include:
  • constructed a thorn field bank called Namba no Horie to prevent a flood in Kawachi plains and for deveopment. It is assumed that this was the Japan's first large-scale engineering works business.
  • established a thorn field estate under the direct control of the Imperial Court (???????)
  • constructed a Yokono bank (horizontal parcel, Ikuno-ku, Osaka-shi).


Daisen-Kofun
Kofun

are megalithic tombs or tumulus in Japan, constructed between early 3rd century and early 7th century. They gave their name to the Kofun period . Most of the Kofun have a keyhole-shaped mound , which was unique to ancient Japan....
 (the biggest tomb in Japan) in Sakai, Osaka
Sakai, Osaka

is a cities of Japan in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the Medieval era.Following the February 2005 annexation of Mihara, Osaka in Minamikawachi District, Osaka, the city has grown further and is now the fourteenth most populous city in Japan, with 833,414 residents as of 2007-0...
 is considered to be his tomb. The Imperial tomb of Nintoku's consort, Iwa-no hime no Mikoto, is said to be located in Saki-cho, Nara City. Both kofun
Kofun

are megalithic tombs or tumulus in Japan, constructed between early 3rd century and early 7th century. They gave their name to the Kofun period . Most of the Kofun have a keyhole-shaped mound , which was unique to ancient Japan....
-type Imperial tombs are characterized by a keyhole-shaped island located within a wide, water-filled moat.

See also

  • Emperor of Japan
    Emperor of Japan

    The of Japan is the symbol of the state and of the unity of the Japanese people. He is the head of the Imperial House of Japan. Under Japan's present constitution, the Emperor is the "symbol of the state and the unity of the people," and is a ceremonial figurehead in a constitutional monarchy ....
  • List of Emperors of Japan
    List of Emperors of Japan

    The following is a traditional list of Emperor of Japan. Dates for the first 28 emperors, and especially the first 16, are based on the Japanese era name system....
  • Imperial cult
    Imperial cult

    An Imperial cult is a form of state religion in which an emperor, or a dynasty of emperors , are worshiped as messiahs, demigods or deity. "Cult " here is used to mean "worship," not in the modern pejorative sense....


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