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'Emperor Suinin' (垂仁天皇 ''Suinin Tennō'') was the eleventh emperor of Japan to appear on the traditional list of emperors. No firm date can be assigned to this emperor and he is regarded by historians as a "legendary emperor". This does not necessarily imply that no such person ever existed, just that there is insufficient material to assign him to a historical period.
Legend says that about two thousand years ago, Emperor Suinin ordered his daughter, Princess Yamatohime-no-mikoto, to set out and find a suitable permanent location from which to hold ceremonies for Amaterasu Omikami, the Sun Goddess. After twenty years of searching, she is said to have settled on the area of Ise, establishing the Ise Shrine.
''Nihonshoki'' records the wrestling match of ''Nomi no Sukune'' and ''Taima no Kehaya'' held during his era, as the origin of ''Sumai'' (Sumo wrestling).

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★ ''Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697'', translated by W.G. Aston (Tuttle Co, 1998), Volume 1 pp. 167 - 187