Key facts
- Reign
- 453–456 (traditional)
- Predecessor
- Ingyō
- Successor
- Yūryaku
- Born
- Anaho ( 穴穂 ) , 400
- Died
- 456 (aged 56)
- Burial
- Sugawara no Fushimi no nishi misasagi ( 菅原伏見西陵 ) (Nara)
- Spouse
- Nakashi
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Father
- Ingyō
- Sibling
- Prince Kinashi no Karu
- Occupation
- ruler
- Position held
- Emperor of Japan
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Family
- Imperial House of Japan
- Image
- Emperor Ankō.jpg
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- cause of death
- decapitation
- date of birth
- 0401-01-01
- date of death
- 0456-01-01
- Commons category
- Emperor Ankō
- name in native language
- 安康天皇
- manner of death
- murder
- name in kana
- あんこう てんのう
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Encyclopedic overview
HouseImperial House of Japan FatherEmperor Ingyō MotherOshisaka no Ōnakatsuhime ReligionShinto
Emperor Ankō (安康天皇, Ankō-tennō) (401 – 456) was the 20th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Emperor Ankō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.