Sai of Wa (済) was a king of Wa in the middle of the

5th century The 5th century is the time period from AD 401 (represented by the Roman numerals CDI) through AD 500 (D) in accordance with the Julian calendar. The 5th century is noted for being a period of migration and political instability throughout Eurasia. ...

( Kofun era). He was also known as Wa Osai. Father of Ko and Wu, he was one of the '' Wa''. He is considered to be the 19th Emperor Ingyo.

Records

Book of Liang

; The Biography of Liang : In the

Book of Liang The ''Book of Liang'' () was compiled under Yao Silian and completed in 635. Yao heavily relied on an original manuscript by his father Yao Cha, which has not independently survived, although Yao Cha's comments are quoted in several chapters. ...

, the article on "Yamato" (梁書倭伝) states that his son Je stood up after the death of "Ya", and his son Xing stood up after his death.。

History of the Southern Dynasties

In the

History of the Southern Dynasties The ''History of the Southern Dynasties'' is one of the official Chinese historical works in the ''Twenty-Four Histories'' canon. It contain 80 volumes and covers the period from 420 to 589, the histories of the Liu Song, Southern Qi, Liang, ...

, the article on the Japanese Kingdom (Nan shi wagu den) describes the contents of the Song Shu Chronicles.

Historical investigation

On the continuity between Je and Chin

In the article in the Sung Shu, Je takes the surname "Wa" (倭) as did the previous Japanese king Jin, but does not clarify his relationship to Jin. Since they do not name the continuation, there is a theory that Je and Chin were not close blood relatives, and since the

Nihon Shoki The or , sometimes translated as ''The Chronicles of Japan'', is the second-oldest book of classical Japanese history. It is more elaborate and detailed than the , the oldest, and has proven to be an important tool for historians and archaeol ...

shows a struggle in the succession to the throne after

Emperor Nintoku , also known as was the 16th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Due to his reputation for goodness derived from depictions in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, he is sometimes referred to as the . While his existence ...

, the possibility of the existence of such a struggle over the throne is pointed out In addition, since the can be seen as a particularly powerful royal family in the Chin period, there is a theory that there were two royal forces at that time ( Mozu Kofun Cluster and Furuichi Kofun Cluster), and that Je may have been a lineage of this Wazui 。

Comparison of the tombs

During the period of activity of the

Five kings of Wa The were kings of ancient Japan ( Wa) who sent envoys to China during the 5th century to strengthen the legitimacy of their claims to power by gaining the recognition of the Chinese emperor. Details about them are unknown. According to written re ...

, the tombs of the great kings were constructed in the

Mozu Tombs The are a group of ''kofun'' ()—megalithic tombs—in Sakai, Osaka, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Originally consisting of more than 100 tombs, fewer than 50% of the key-hole, round, and rectangular tombs remain. The , the largest ''kofun' ...

and Furuichi Kofun Cluster (

Osaka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Osaka Prefecture has a population of 8,778,035 () and has a geographic area of . Osaka Prefecture borders Hyōgo Prefecture to the northwest, Kyoto Prefecture to the north, Nara ...

, Sakai City, Habikino City, Fujiidera), and Je's tomb is assumed to be one of them."Wa" no Monogatari
(Headquarters Committee for the Promotion of the Mozu and Furuichi Tumulus Group World Cultural Heritage Registration, "Mozu and Furuichi Tumulus Group") These tombs are now designated as mausoleums by the Miyouchi Agency, so there is a lack of archaeological data to date them, but one theory compares them to the Ichinoyama Kofun (the current imperial tomb of Emperor Ingyo). Another archaeological source is the excavated from the (Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture). (or Chin), since he is self-explanatory only by writing "Wang". It should be noted, however, that the iron sword from Inariyama burial mound inscription and the inscription are distinct from the "Great King" of the

Inariyama Sword The iron or was excavated in 1968 at the Inariyama Kofun, a megalithic tomb located in Saitama Prefecture. In 1978, X-ray analysis revealed a gold- inlaid inscription that comprises at least 115 Chinese characters. This sword was described as ...

。

References

Bibliography

Encyclopedias

* * * ** 坂元義種「倭の五王」、「済」。 * * - リンクは朝日新聞社「コトバンク」。

Other references

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External links

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- 台湾中央研究院 Five kings of Wa Pages with unreviewed translations {{Yamatai