Dei of Wa
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Dei of Wa (禰), also known as Sodei (祖禰, lit. 'great ancestor').[1]: 11 was a King of Wakoku, who was compared to Emperor Nintoku, founder of the Kawachi dynasty by the historian Hidehiro Okada.[2] He was not among the Five kings of Wa but would be another King of Wa predating them.[1]: 11
He is sometimes identified with “Mye (彌),” the Wa leader mentioned in the Book of Liang,[1]: 11
Kuranishi Yūko identifies him as the father of Sai of Wa who she identifies with Emperor Ingyō.[1]: 11 Okada identifies him with Emperor Nintoku, the grandfather of Emperor Yūryaku.[3]
Some dispute the identification as an individual and take the phrase Sodei to refer to ancestors as a whole.[1]: 11
Basis for the name
[edit]This is the genealogy proposed by Okada
| Dei of Wa（Emperor Nintoku） | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San of Wa（Emperor Richū） | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Chin of Wa（Emperor Hanzei） | Sai of Wa（Emperor Ingyō） | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ko of Wa（Emperor Ankō） | Bu of Wa（Emperor Yūryaku） | ||||||||||||||||||||
The name Dei is recorded in the Book of Song as the Japanese king Wangmu[4] to the Song dynasty of the Northern and Southern dynasties of China in 487,[5]
Okada (岡田) said of Sodei (祖禰)
Sodei (祖禰) is Emperor Nintoku, the grandfather of Emperor Yūryaku.[3]。
Bu of Wa, wrote in a letter addressed to the Song dynasty in China in 487 that he had been engaged in warfare both at sea and abroad since the generation of Grandfather-Dei「祖禰」or his grandfather Dei of Wa. There must be another King of Wa before San, Chin, and Sai.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Kishimoto, Naofumi (2013-05-01). "Dual Kingship in the Kofun Period as Seen from the Keyhole Tombs". Journal of Urban Culture Research. S2CID 193255655.
- ^ 岡田, 2008
- ^ a b 岡田, 2008, p. 225、「中国の古典の用例では、「禰」は父の霊をまつる廟を指すので、これまでの学説では、「祖禰」は「祖先以来」を意味するものと漠然と解釈されてきたが、それは間違いである。明確の仁徳天皇の事績を伝えようとしているのだ」
- ^ ワカタケル大王。『日本書紀』にいう雄略天皇
- ^ 岡田, 2008, pp. 225, 257
- ^ 岡田, 2008, p. 257