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The Kojiki does, however, record his ascent to the throne.
According to its account Suizei was the younger son of Jimmu's chief wife, Isukeyorihime.
His older brother, Kamuyawimimi was originally crown-prince.
On Jimmu's death Tagishimimi, a son of Jimmu by a lesser wife, Ahiratsuhime, attempted to seize the throne.
Suizei encouraged Kamuyawimimi to slay Tagishimimi, but since he was overcome by fright at the prospect, Suizei accomplished the deed.
On this, Kamuyawimimi ceded his rights and declared that Suizei, being braver, should be emperor.
The story may simply reflect an attempt to explain the ancient practice of ultimogeniture, whereby the last-born exercised superior rights of inheritance, a practice later replaced by primogeniture.
If there is a grain of historical truth behind these legends, it may be that Suizei's bare narrative points to one of the chieftains of four clans of the Unebi region who disputed among themselves in the struggle to achieve hegemeony in the Yamato area.
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