Legendary narrative

Senka is considered to have ruled the country during the early-6th century, but there is a paucity of information about him. There is insufficient material available for further verification and study.

When Emperor Ankan died, he had no offspring; and succession passed to his youngest brother , who will come to be known as Emperor Senka. Emperor Senka was elderly at the time of his enthronement; and his reign is said to have endured for only three years.

Senka's contemporary title would not have been tennō, as most historians believe this title was not introduced until the reigns of Emperor Tenmu and Empress Jitō. Rather, it was presumably , meaning "the great king who rules all under heaven". Alternatively, Senka might have been referred to as or the "Great King of Yamato".

During this reign, Soga no Iname is believed to have been the first verifiable Omi (also Ōomi, "Great Minister").

The Emperor is traditionally venerated at a memorial Shinto shrine (misasagi) at Nara. The Imperial Household Agency designates this ___location as Senka's mausoleum. It is formally named Musa no Tsukisaka no e no misasagi; however, the actual sites of the graves of the early Emperors remain problematic, according to some historians and archaeologists.

Genealogy

• Empress: , Emperor Ninken's daughter

　• , married to Emperor Kinmei

　• , married to Emperor Kinmei

　• , married to Emperor Kinmei

　•

　• Child (died early, gender unknown)

• Consort:

　•

• Mother unknown

　• , married to Emperor Kinmei

　• , speculated as Emperor Kinmei's son

傳說

歷史

立皇后

宣化天皇元年3月8日（535年4月25日）立皇后。皇后及姑姑為橘仲皇女，《古事記》記為橘之中比賣命。她是雄略天皇的孫女，仁賢天皇之女，石姬皇女之母。

現代研究與懷疑

譜系

參考

• 《日本書紀》——卷十八　安閑天皇、宣化天皇