Empress Jingū

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Empress Jingū is a legendary Japanese consort and regent celebrated in myth and early chronicles for her supposed conquest of Korea and as a revered figure in Shinto tradition.

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Empress Jingū canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinto deity
legendary Japanese empress
mythological figure
regent of Japan
appearsIn Kojiki
Nihon Shoki
associatedWith Imperial House of Japan
Yamato court
category Deified Japanese people
Japanese mythology
Legendary Japanese people
Women in mythology
child Emperor Ōjin
commemoratedOn Japanese cultural and historical narratives
country Japan
cultCenter Kashii-gū Shrine
surface form: Hakozaki-gū Shrine

Kashii-gū Shrine
describedAs legendary consort and regent
semi-legendary empress
era Kofun period
surface form: Kofun period (traditional chronology)
gender female
historicity considered legendary by modern historians
disputed
honorificTitle Empress
knownFor being pregnant during her regency in legend
leading a military expedition to Korea in legend
serving as regent after Emperor Chūai’s death
supposed conquest of the Korean peninsula
linkedTo early Japanese-Korean relations in myth
motherOf Emperor Ōjin
mythologicalEvent invasion of Silla
subjugation of Korean kingdoms
posthumousName Kōgō
surface form: Jingū Kōgō
regencyFor Emperor Ōjin
unborn heir of Emperor Chūai
religion Shinto
representedBy statues at various Shinto shrines
role consort
regent
spouse Emperor Chūai
titleInSources kōgō (empress consort)
sesshō (regent)
veneratedIn Shinto
worshippedAs kami

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Hachiman associatedWith Empress Jingū
Emperor Ōjin mother Empress Jingū
Iwashimizu Hachimangū hasMainDeity Empress Jingū