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[[File:Jingu-mausoleum.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Mausoleum of Empress Jingû near [[Heijo-kyo|Heijô-kyô]].]]
* ''Dates: c. 169-269''
* ''Dates: c. 169-269''
* ''Japanese'': 神功皇后 ''(Jinguu kougou)''
* ''Japanese'': 神功皇后 ''(Jinguu kougou)''
Arriving back in Japan from her conquest of Korea, she gave birth to [[Emperor Ojin|Emperor Ôjin]], who is closely associated with the war ''[[kami]]'' [[Hachiman]], and who succeeded her in [[269]].
Arriving back in Japan from her conquest of Korea, she gave birth to [[Emperor Ojin|Emperor Ôjin]], who is closely associated with the war ''[[kami]]'' [[Hachiman]], and who succeeded her in [[269]].
Her legend was revived in the [[Meiji period]] and early 20th century, in support of the ultra-nationalism of the time, and especially in conjunction with [[Colonial Korea|the colonization of Korea]].
Her legend was revived in the [[Meiji period]] and early 20th century, in support of the ultra-nationalism of the time, and especially in conjunction with [[Colonial Korea|the colonization of Korea]]. A ''[[kofun]]'' northwest of [[Heijo-kyo|Heijô-kyô]] is traditionally identified as hers.
[[Image:EmpressJinguInKorea.jpg|thumb|center|500px|Empress Jingu invading Korea.]]
[[Image:EmpressJinguInKorea.jpg|thumb|center|500px|Empress Jingu invading Korea.]]
==Sources==
==Sources==
*[[Iwao Seiichi]], ''[[Biographical Dictionary of Japanese History]]''.
*[[Iwao Seiichi]], ''[[Biographical Dictionary of Japanese History]]''.
*"[http://shunga.honolulumuseum.org/2013/index.php?page=44&language=&maxImageHeight=470&headerTop=0&headerHeight=109&footerTop=579&bw=1366&sh=0&refreshed=refreshed#.VHwGYcmTLqM Tongue in Cheek: Erotic Art in 19th-Century Japan]," Honolulu Museum of Art, exhibition website, accessed 30 November 2014.
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