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He was originally from the [[Echizen province|Echizen]] region, and became ''[[okimi|ôkimi]]'' (king/emperor) when the Yamato line ran out of heirs at the beginning of the 6th century. Evidence has been found of his journey to [[Yamato province|Yamato]] from Echizen, through a number of other provinces; he is said to have had a number of consorts over the course of his journey, and to have gathered those consorts together in Yamato, after he became ''ôkimi''. Those consorts included [[Abe no Hae-hime]], daughter of [[Kawachi Wani no Omi]]; Keitai and Hae-hime had a son, [[Azu no Miko]].
He was originally from the [[Echizen province|Echizen]] region, and became ''[[okimi|ôkimi]]'' (king/emperor) when the Yamato line ran out of heirs at the beginning of the 6th century. Evidence has been found of his journey to [[Yamato province|Yamato]] from Echizen, through a number of other provinces; he is said to have had a number of consorts over the course of his journey, and to have gathered those consorts together in Yamato, after he became ''ôkimi''. Those consorts included [[Abe no Hae-hime]], daughter of [[Kawachi Wani no Omi]]; Keitai and Hae-hime had a son, [[Azu no Miko]].
[[Yamato Takeru]] is said to have been his son.<ref>Sven Saaler, "Public Statuary and Nationalism in Modern and Contemporary Japan," ''Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus'' 15:20:3 (Oct 15, 2017), 5.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 44-45.
*Amino Yoshihiko, Alan Christy (trans.), ''Rethinking Japanese History'', Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan (2012), 44-45.
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[[Category:Emperors|Keitai]]
[[Category:Emperors|Keitai]]
[[Category:Kofun Period]]
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