Traditionally, emperors were seen as descended from Shinto gods. The first emperor was Emperor Jimmu, who is said to have begun his reign and built an empire around 660 BC. According to Japanese ...

National Foundation Day. The public holiday marks the founding of Japan and the ascension of its first emperor, Emperor Jimmu, in 660 BC.

Mythology, recognised by the Imperial House, has the legendary Emperor Jimmu, said to be a descendant of a sun goddess and a storm god, as the first of 126 Japanese emperors leading up to the ...

11, 660 B.C., in a splendid palace on the peninsula of Yamato, the mighty Emperor Jimmu celebrated his various successful aggressions by offering up sacrifices to Ama-terasu-Ö-mi-Kami ...

"corresponding to the two thousand five hundred and seventy-ninth year after the coronation of the Emperor Jimmu." It is signed by the Emperor Yoshihito. My great grandfather died on October 2 ...