Emperor Annei

The kofun tomb-mound designated by the Meiji government as the mausoleum of Emperor Annei, in Kashihara, Nara prefecture

• Reign: 549-511 BCE
• Japanese: 安寧天皇 (Annei tennou)

Emperor Annei was the third Emperor of Japan according to the traditional (Meiji period) order of succession. He is known only from legendary accounts in documents such as the Kojiki or Nihon shoki; there is no archaeological or historical evidence of his definitive existence, or of an organized Japanese state during the time of his supposed reign.

Preceded by Emperor Suizei

Emperor of Japan 549-511 BCE

Succeeded by Emperor Itoku