Background
Kōgō Jingū was born in 169 in Kyoto. She can best be regarded as a legendary figure.
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Kōgō Jingū was born in 169 in Kyoto. She can best be regarded as a legendary figure.
After the empress returned to Japan, she gave birth to the future Emperor Ojin, but she continued until her death to exercise the power of rule and did not permit him to ascend the throne.
The legend just recounted seems to have come into existence sometime around the fourth century and is believed to have been an attempt to explain, through the figure of Empress Jingu, the fact that Japanese forces at this time were sent to the Korean peninsula.
According to tradition, she was the empress of Emperor Chuai. The emperor set off on a campaign to wipe out the Kumaso people of Kyushu but died suddenly on the way. The empress was already pregnant with the future Emperor Ojin.