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	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The Emperor issues or causes to be issued, the Ordinances necessary for the carrying out of the laws, or for the maintenance of the public peace and order, and for the promotion of the welfare of the subjects.
		The Emperor determines the organization of the different branches of the administration, and salaries of all civil and military officers, and appoints and dismisses the same.
		The Emperor shall be the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people, deriving his position from the will of the people with whom resides sovereign power.
	www.openhistory.org /jhdp/download/encyclopedia/0.3.3/ejh.txt (16714 words)

	Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Japan was granted technical sovereignty over the region in 1951, but the United States continued to exercise day-to-day control.
		The Amami Group was returned to Japan in full in 1953, and over the next twenty years the administration of the remainder was gradually relaxed.
		Full authority was resumed by Japan in 1972; nevertheless, the United States continues to exercise considerable extraterritorial rights over several large military bases, a source of intense bitterness on the part of the local population, and considerable friction and ambivalence between the USA and Japan.
	www.hostkingdom.net /japan.html (1429 words)

	Japan, Inc. - The Emperor System and Japan's Royal Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The Chrysanthemum (left), the Japanese Emperor's symbol of divine authority was frequently seen embossed on military hardware until 1945.
		Japanese Emperors: B.C. Japan's royalty traces its descendancy from Jimmu, circa 660 B.C. The list shows Japan's ruling Emperors and eight ruling Empresses from Jimmu 660 B.C. to Akihito 1996 A.D. Heisei Tenno, Japan's Emperor Akihito, calls his reign Heisei, meaning "the achievement of complete peace on earth and in the heavens".
		In the case of the present Emperor Akihito and his predecessor, Hirohito, the names of their reigns is given.
	vikingphoenix.com /public/JapanIncorporated/postwar/japemps.htm (828 words)

	JAANUS / Hounen 法然 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Commonly known as Hounen Shounin 法然上人　or St. Hounen (1133-1212), founder of the Pure Land (Joudo 浄土) sect, Joudoshuu 浄土宗 in Japan.
		The scrolls were commissioned by the retired Emperor Gofushimi 後伏見 and executed between 1307 and 1317 by official artists of the court atelier *edokoro 絵所.
		Pictorial biographies of Hounen (usually without text) were painted on large hanging scrolls from the 14c in order to propagate his teachings before large groups of people.
	www.aisf.or.jp /~jaanus/deta/h/hounen.htm (469 words)

	KITAIN
		Burned down during fighting in 1205, the temple was rebuilt in 1296 by the monk Sonkai.
		Emperor Gofushimi made it head of the Tendai Sect temples in east Japan in 1300.
		Kitain became the main temple of the three-temple complex after Tenkai became the head monk in 1599 (a carving of him is housed on the knoll next to the main Kitain building).
	www.kawagoe.com /kitain/english/index.html (647 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Fushimi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The second son of Emperor GoFukakusa (reg 1246–60), he abdicated in favour of his son GoFushimi (reg 1298–1301) in 1298 and later retired to a monastery.
		He was one of the most talented calligraphers among Japanese emperors and indeed one of the outstanding calligraphers of the Kamakura period (1185–1333).
		Japan, §VII, 2(iii)(a): Calligraphy of the Shoren’in school: Prince Son’en
	www.artnet.com /library/03/0302/T030257.asp (379 words)

	GHQ Reports on Japan's Imperial History: Part IV
		Like most other institutions in Japan, this huge family was the natural result of ultra-nationalism and the dreams of empire builders.
		It is possible that the son of the 102nd Emperor could have been the great-grandchild of the 93d Emperor; but they lived 500 years ago and probably had several thousand descendants in 1868.
		If the 16-year-old Emperor MEIJI died without heirs, then here was a family that might replace him even if it were not related to the Emperor.
	core.ecu.edu /hist/tuckerjo/ghqemps4.html (701 words)

	Field Trips and Activities
		The students of the AIKOM program have had the opportunity to partake in a number of organized activities, among them numerous field trips to explore Japanese culture as well as the chance to explain aspects about their own countries culture through presentations, thus contributing to the exchange of cultural information.
		Though burned down during fighting in 1205, the temple was rebuilt in 1296 by the monk Sonkai, and Emperor Gofushimi made it head of the Tendai Sect temples in east Japan in 1300.
		I was most impressed with the sense of identity and pride that each of the students had for their home country, and at the same time, it was evident that they were interested in learning about other cultures as well.
	park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp /aikom/oldweb/trips.html (2691 words)

	Soka Gakkai Dictionary of Buddhism
		A priest of the Rinzai school of Zen in Japan.
		He enjoyed the confidence of the Retired Emperor Gofushimi and often preached the Zen teachings at the imperial court.
		He was also a distinguished poet and scholar of so-called Gozan literature (Chinese learning that developed in medieval Japan at key Zen temples in Kyoto and Kamakura).
	sgi-usa.org /buddhism/dictionary/define?tid=567 (191 words)

	{Inter} Cultural Japan
		There was no statue on view in the small temple, and in fact the main image appeared to be a Benten painting kept in a storehouse behind the open main hall, so placed that devotees can say their prayers symbolically towards the location where Benten is present.
		In Japan she was also associated with snakes and dragons and in general kept her close affinity with waters, lakes and ponds.
		This Benten was the private “Buddha” that Yasuko, the eldest daughter of Saionji Kinhira (1264-1315), took with her to the palace when she married the Emperor Gofushimi.
	www.interculturaljapan.com (3974 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Son’en (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		He was the sixth son of Emperor FUSHIMI and the half-brother of the emperors GoFushimi (reg 1289–1301) and Hanazono (reg 1308–18), all of whom were excellent calligraphers.
		Japan, §VII, 1(iii)(c): Calligraphy: Kamakura, Muromachi and Momoyama periods
		Japan, §VII, 2(iii)(b): Calligraphy of the Shoren’in school: Later practioners
	www.artnet.com /library/07/0797/T079751.asp (433 words)

	GHQ Reports on Japan's Imperial History: Part V
		His chief claim to royal honors appears to be that he had 17 sons and claimed to be a descendent of the Emperor GOFUSHIMI who is supposed to have lived in the 15 Century and was 22 generations removed from the present Emperor.
		His 16th son was adopted in 1867 by the Emperor KOMEI, the immediate predecessor of the Emperor MEIJI, and became the head of the Imperial Family known as KANIN.
		His son and successor, Prince KANIN Haruhito, was one of those who lost his title and rank, was given no financial allotment, and was purged from official life because of his military career.
	core.ecu.edu /hist/tuckerjo/ghqemps5.html (754 words)

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