Emperor Yuryaku of Japan
Emperor Yūryaku (雄略天皇) was the 21st imperial ruler of Japan. No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor or to his reign, but he is believed to have ruled the country during the late 5th century CE.
According to Kojiki and Nihonshoki Yuryaku was named Prince Ohatsuse-Wakatake in birth. He was the fifth and youngest son of Ingyo. After his elder brother Emperor Anko was murdered, he won the struggle against his other brothers and became the new emperor.
He had three wives including the empress Kusahahatahi and Katsuragi-no-karahime whose son Prince Shiraka was his successor, Seinei.
A iron sword was found from a kofun, ancient tomb in Saitama. On this sword a name Wakatakeru Okimi (Great King Wakatakeru) had been curved. This sword was supposingly given to a local strongman in Musashi province, Saitama prefecture today.
Yuryaku corrsponds to Bu in Chinese records, who began the rule before 477 and required Song Dynasty to admit him as the King of Japan and ruled Japan still in 502. Bu sent messangers to the Song dynasty in 477 and 478. Qi Dynasty and Liang Dynasty also admited Bu as the ruler of Japan.
