Editing Emperor Seimu (section)

==Legendary narrative==
The Japanese have traditionally accepted this sovereign's historical existence, and a mausoleum (misasagi) for Seimu is currently maintained. The following information available is taken from the [[Pseudohistory|pseudo-historical]] ''[[Kojiki]]'' and ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'', which are collectively known as {{Nihongo|''Kiki''|記紀}} or ''Japanese chronicles''. These chronicles include legends and myths, as well as potential historical facts that have since been [[Tall tale|exaggerated and/or distorted]] over time. The records state that Seimu was born to {{ill|Yasakairi-hime|lt=Yasakairi-hime|ja|八坂入媛命}} sometime in 84 AD, and was given the name {{Nihongo|''Wakatarashihiko''|稚足彦尊}}.<ref name="toyo-bunko-1974a"/><ref name="kenneth-henshall-2013a"/> It is unknown how he was chosen as crown prince, but Wakatarashihiko later ascended to the throne in 131 AD. Seimu is best known for organizing his local governments by appointing the first provincial governors and district officials.<ref name="martin-peter-1997a">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A1nJbdwgQVUC&q=Seimu|title=''The Chrysanthemum Throne: A History of the Emperors of Japan''|author=Martin, Peter|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=1997|page=23|isbn=9780824820299|access-date=31 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="brinkley-frank-dairoku-kikuchi-1915a">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NnsEAAAAMAAJ|quote=emperor Seimu.|title=A History of the Japanese People: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era|author-link1=Francis Brinkley |last1=Brinkley|first1=Frank|author-link2=Kikuchi Dairoku|first2=Dairoku|last2=Kikuchi|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica Company|year=1915|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NnsEAAAAMAAJ/page/n86 87]–88|access-date=1 August 2019 }}</ref> While the details of his system of governing remain elusive, at the time Imperial princes were sent to important places in the provinces. These members are designated as ''wake'', which represented their status as a branch of the Imperial family.<ref name="brinkley-frank-dairoku-kikuchi-1915a"/> It has been theorized by [[Francis Brinkley|Brinkley]] and [[Kikuchi Dairoku|Kikuchi]] that these appointments of local governors were designed to extend the "prestige of the Court". Those that were eligible included "men of merit", Imperial princes, or chiefs of [[Indigenous peoples|aboriginal tribe]]s.<ref name="brinkley-frank-dairoku-kikuchi-1915a"/>

The records state that Seimu had a wife named {{Nihongo|''Oho-takara''|弟財郎女}}, who was the daughter of ''Take-oshiyama-tari-ne''.<ref name="asiatic-society-of-japan-1881a"/> Oho-takara bore the Emperor one child, named {{Nihongo|Prince Wakanuke|和訶奴気王}}. Seimu's only son appears to have died at a young age as the Emperor appointed [[Yamato Takeru]]'s son as Crown Prince, before his own death in 190 AD at the age 107 years old.<ref name="kidder-jonathan-e-2007a"/><ref name="martin-peter-1997a"/> His nephew ''Tarashinakatsuhiko'' was later enthroned as the [[Emperor Chūai|next emperor]] in 192 AD.<ref name="kenneth-henshall-2013a"/> Seimu's death marked an end of direct lineage from legendary [[Emperor Jimmu]], and was the first split branch of others that later followed.