Winter, 12th month, 5th day. He was buried in the misasagi on the Awi plain.[1]
A certain book says:—"The Emperor died in the 28th year of his reign, namely the year Kinoye Tora. The statement in the text that he died in the 25th year of his reign, viz. the year Kanoto I, is taken from a passage in the 'Original Record' of Pèkché. This passage runs as follows: 'In the year Kanoto I of the Cycle, the 3rd month, an army advanced to Ara and constructed the fortified place of Kwi-tök. In this month Koryö slew their king An. It is said, moreover, that the Emperor of Japan with the Prince Imperial died at the same time and were buried.' This was the authority on which the statement was made. The year Kanoto I corresponds to the 25th year of the reign. Later inquirers may ascertain which is correct."[2]
- ↑ In Settsu. This misasagi is visible from the railway, on the left as one goes from Osaka to Kioto.
- ↑ The uncertainty about this date shows how imperfect the chronological records must have been even at this late period.
There is this difficulty about making Keidai die in the 28th year of his reign. He was then 82, and his son died the following year, aged 70, which would make him born when his father was only 13. One chronological work suggests that there was an interregnum. But this is contrary to the positive statement in the "Nihongi."
