(466 — 15 March 539) was the 28th legendary emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): 宣化天皇 (28) according to the traditional order of succession.Varley, Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki, p. 121; Titsingh, Isaac. (1834).
No firm dates can be assigned to this emperor's life or reign, but he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 25 January 536 to 15 March 539,Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). The Imperial House of Japan, p. 45. the end of the Kofun period, which was followed by the Asuka period.
Legendary narrative Senka is considered to have ruled the country during the early-6th century, but there is a paucity of information about him. There is insufficient material available for further verification and study.
When Emperor Ankan died, he had no offspring; and succession passed to his youngest brother , who will come to be known as Emperor Senka. Emperor Senka was elderly at the time of his enthronement; and his reign is said to have endured for only three years.
Senka's contemporary title would not have been , as most historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō. Rather, it was presumably , meaning "the great king who rules all under heaven". Alternatively, Senka might have been referred to as or the "Great King of Yamato".
During this reign, Soga no InameTitsingh, p. 33. is believed to have been the first verifiable Omi (also , "Great Minister").
The Emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine (misasagi) at Nara. The Imperial Household Agency designates this location as Senka's mausoleum. It is formally named ;Ponsonby-Fane, p. 419. however, the actual sites of the graves of the early Emperors remain problematic, according to some historians and archaeologists.
Genealogy Empress: , Emperor Ninken's daughter , married to Emperor Kinmei , married to Emperor Kinmei , married to Emperor Kinmei
Child (died early, gender unknown) Consort:
Mother unknown , married to Emperor Kinmei , speculated as Emperor Kinmei's son
See also Emperor of Japan List of Emperors of Japan Imperial cult
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