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  Book Encyclopedia - Web Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Emperor of Japan (天皇 tennō) is Japan's titular head of state and the head of the Japanese Imperial Family.
Although the Emperor performs many of the roles of a head of state, there has been a persistent controversy within Japan as to whether the Emperor is in fact head of state or merely someone who acts as one, as a political servant of a republican state.
By the 1930s the Japanese cabinet was largely composed of pseudo-fascist military leaders who used the Emperor and his supposed divinity as an ultra-nationalistic rallying point for expansion of the Empire.
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 Emperor of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Many Emperors cited in the formal list of Japanese Emperors died at a very young age and can hardly be said to have "ruled" in any serious sense of the word.
Cloistered Emperors have been known to come into conflict with their offical counterparts from time to time; a notable example is the Hogen Rebellion of 1156, in which the former Emperor Sutoku attempted to seize power from the current Emperor Go-Shirakawa.
"emperor of emperors") is used primarily to describe a Chinese emperor or a foreign emperor, and teiō (帝王, lit.
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 Emperor of Japan Information - TextSheet.com
The role of the Emperor of Japan (天皇, tennō) was that of an imperial ruler, from the dawn of history until the mid-twentieth century.
Although the Emperor performs many of the roles of a head of state, there has been a persistent controversy within Japan as to whether the Emperor is in fact head of state or merely someone who acts as head of state.
By the 1930s the Japanese cabinet was largely composed of pseudo-fascist military leaders who used the Emperor and his supposed divinity as a ultra-nationalistic rallying point for expansion of the Empire.
www.medbuster.com /encyclopedia/e/em/emperor_of_japan.html   (960 words)

  
 Japanese Emperors @ japanhotelcenter.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Emperor Chûai was the forteenth imperial ruler of Japan to appear on the traditional list of emperors.
Emperor Go-Kôgon was the fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders and is not counted as emperor in the traditional list of rulers of Japan.
Emperor Ôjin was the fifteenth imperial ruler of Japan to appear on the traditional list of emperors.
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 Emperor Junnin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Emperor Junnin (淳仁天皇 Junnin Tennō) (733-765) was the 47th imperial ruler of Japan from 758 to 764, according to the traditional order of succession.
He was the seventh son of Prince Toneri, a son of Emperor Temmu.
Though he technically reigned, he did not feature on the official List of Japanese Emperors until the late nineteenth century; he had very little power and was a mere figurehead.
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 Encyclopedia: List of Japanese people
See also: List of Japanese actors, List of Japanese actresses, List of Seiyu (Japanese voice actors), List of Japanese Comedians Azumi Kawashima in a Japanese idol magazine in one of her quintessential roles as schoolgirl.
Akihiko Tago (多胡 昭彦 Tago Akihiko) is a Japanese astronomer.
See also: List of Japanese Economists Kazuhide Uekusa Kazuhide Uekusa (植草一秀, Uekusa Kazuhide, born December 18, 1960 in Tokyo) is a former Japanese professor of the graduate school at Waseda University, Japanese economist, economic analyst, and a chairman of the Three-Nations Research Institute Co....
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 Chrysanthemum Throne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The chrysanthemum (菊 kiku in Japanese) is the coat of arms of the Japanese Emperor.
The Emperor (Japanese: tennō (天皇), "heavenly sovereign") acts as a high priest in the Shinto faith, although his divine power was renounced after World War II.
Under the provisions of the current Japanese constitution, the Emperor is a symbol of the state and the unity of the people; he has no real political power but is regarded as a ceremonial Head of State and constitutional monarch.
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 Talk:List of Emperors of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emperor Meiji (being a translation of Meiji Tennō) is not merely a reference to the emperor who reigned during the Meiji era.
By comparison, the current emperor is arguably already the Heisei Emperor (he is the emperor who reigns during the present Heisei Era), but he is certainly not currently Emperor Heisei.
In the Japanese context, this probably only applies to the primary wives; as for secondary wives, they should probably be refered to as "consort", as you suggest.
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 Emperor of Japan biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
From the dawn of history until the mid-twentieth century the role of the Emperor has alternated between that of a high-rank cleric with largely symbolic powers and that of an actual imperial ruler.
According to the chronicles of Japan II (續日本紀), Emperor Kammu's mother was a decendant of King Muryeong of Baekje, Korea.
List of the Emperors, accompanied with the regents and shoguns during their reign and a genealogical tree of the imperial family
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 Emperor of Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The role of the Emperor of Japan (天皇, tennō) alternated between that of a high-rank cleric with largely symbolic powers and that of an actual imperial ruler, from the dawn of history until the mid-twentieth century.
The residence of the Japanese Emperor has been the Kokyo palace, which is located in central Tokyo, since the mid-nineteenth century.
List of the Emperors, accompanied with the regents and shoguns during their reign and a genealogical tree of the royal family
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 List of Emperors of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
By Japanese and English speakers, referred to as the Meiji emperor, not by his name Mutsuhito.
By Japanese speakers, referred to as the Showa emperor, by English speakers, referred to as Emperor Hirohito.
By Japanese speakers, Akihito is currently referred to as Tenno Heika, as he is the reigning emperor, even though his era is called Heisei 平成;.
www.sevenhills.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/List_of_Japanese_Emperors   (308 words)

  
 Articles - Emperor of Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Although the emperor performs many of the roles of a head of state, there has been a persistent controversy within Japan as to whether the emperor is in fact a true monarch in a political sense or merely a hereditary pretender, as a political servant of a constitutional parliamentary republic.
Japanese administrations have usually been in a position where the emperor was something that had to be accepted as a necessary inconvenience - as the Italian government has had to live with the Pope residing within the borders of Italy.
The acceptable imperial wives, brides for an emperor and for a crown prince, were even legislated into the Meiji-era imperial house laws, which stipulated that daughters of Sekke (the five main branches of the higher Fujiwara) and daughters of the imperial clan itself were primarily acceptable brides.
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 Emperor of Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
According to the chronicles of Japan II (續日本紀), Emperor Emperor Kammu of JapanKammu's mother was a decendant of King Muryeong of Baekje, Korea.
Emperor of Japan Post World War II After Japan's surrender to Allied forces ending WWII, 'Emperor' became a ''ceremonial'' title only, with power residing in a legislative body; in essence, its ''de jure'' status is similar to the ''de facto'' status of the British monarchy.
In Japanese, the emperors of Japan, but not of other countries, are known as '''tennō''' (天Three Huang and five Di皇/), which literally means "heavenly emperor/godking".
www.infothis.com /find/Emperor_of_Japan   (1639 words)

  
 List of Japanese people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of Japanese people that are famous.
See List of samurai for all leaders with samurai status.
This is a list of Japanese politicians who have not served as Prime Minister of Japan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Japanese_people   (148 words)

  
 Japan, Inc. - The Emperor System and Japan's Royal Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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 list below, the dates are first the date or year assumed duties of Emperor, second is the date of coronation if different from the first date (shown in parentheses), and third is the date or year of the end of the reign.
vikingphoenix.com /public/JapanIncorporated/postwar/japemps.htm   (800 words)

  
 List of Emperors of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a traditional list of Emperors of Japan.
Dates for the first 28 emperors, and especially the first 16, are based on tradition.
After his death he will be renamed Emperor Heisei.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Japanese_Emperors   (156 words)

  
 [WikiEN-l] Re: [WikiEN-l]Japanese Emperors & broken links
We used to have 'Emperor 'x' of Japan' which he decided to change to 'Emperor X' or 'X Emperor'.
He won't say if he intends to change the long long list of Emperors with capital Es to small es.
At this stage, the entire set of entries on Japanese emperors is screwed up, with unrecognisable definitions, links that are so loaded with redirects that you get lost in them, capital E emperors, small e emperors, emperors who have become empresses, empresses who may still be emperors.
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The residence of the Japanese Emperor has been the Kōkyo palace, which is located in central Tokyo, since the mid-nineteenth century.
When Iberian explorers first contacted Japan (see Nanban period), they likened the relationship between emperor and shogun to that of the European pope (godly) and emperor (earthly).
Akihito surprised everyone in South Korea by stating that he felt a certain kinship with Korea and Koreans because one of his ancestors, the mother of the Emperor Kammu, was a Baekje descendant who had lived in Japan for over two generation after Baekje ceased to exist.
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 kosho   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Emperor Kōshō (孝昭天皇;) was the fifth imperial ruler 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.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /Kosho.html   (111 words)

  
 The Meiji Real Life   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
While Emperor Meiji's claim on the throne was something ancient, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was an anomaly in the entire history of Japan in some 'progressive' way, certainly way ahead of Emperor Meiji's progressiveness: Toyotomi was the son of a landless peasant, who rose to the ultimate position as Lord Chancellor -- equal to a Shogun.
By the way, it was Emperor Meiji who radically changed the diet of the Japanese; in the end of his reign, Japanese had been consuming much less fish and rice, eating more and more potatoes, plus importing beef and pork and such in increasing quantity.
Click here for the list of Japanese Emperors, Shoguns and Overlords since 660 B.C. The Imperial flag, the Imperialist flag, and the 'economic animal' flag -- all are Japan, only focused on one aspect of Japaneseness at a time.
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 Emperor of Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The current Emperor is Akihito who has been on the throne since his father, Hirohito died in 1989.
After Japan's surrender to Allied forces ending WWII, the status of the 'Emperor' title became a ceremonial title only, while power resides in a legislative body; similar to the British monarchy.
In fact the Emperor is never to be referred to by name (imina) unless he/she is dissident.
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 List of Japanese Emperors
The previous three Emperors are officially called by their era name in Japan.
Akihito is currently referred to as Tenno Heika, in Japanese as he is the reigning emperor, even though his era is called Heisei.
In English, Mutsuhito and Yoshihito are referred to as the Meiji and Taisho emperors, respectively.
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 Komei, Emperor of Japan : Emperor Komei of Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Emperor Kōmei (孝明天皇;) was the 121st imperial ruler of Japan.
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While we cannot solicit donations from people in states where we are donations from donors in these states who approach us with an offer to how to make them tax-deductible, or even if they CAN be made.
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 Paul Kowert's Resources for Students
A list of Graduate Schools of International Relations in Japan, maintained by the Brussels School of International Relations (University of Kent at Canterbury).
Kelley L. Ross, a Philosophy Professor at Los Angeles Valley College, maintains an impressively detailed chronology of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese imperial reigns, along with a list of Japanese regents and prime ministers.
Gaiko Forum, a journal of "Japanese perspectives on foreign affairs." Many articles from back issues are available in PDF format.
www.fiu.edu /~kowert/students.html   (1259 words)

  
 List of Japanese people - Encyclopedia, History and Biography
See also: List of Japanese actors, List of Japanese actresses, List of Seiyu (Japanese voice actors), List of Japanese Comedians
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www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/List_of_Japanese_people   (186 words)

  
 Taisho Emperor - 123rd Emperor of Japan
He was the surviving son of Emperor Meiji by Yanagiwara Naruko, a lady-in-waiting at the Imperial Palace.
Emperor Meiji's consort, Empress Shoken (Haruko), was officially regarded as his mother.
Matsudaira Tsuneo, sometime Japanese ambassador to Great Britain and the United States, and imperial household minister; no issue.
www.japan-101.com /history/taisho_emperor.htm   (354 words)

  
 Indian, Chinese, & Japanese Emperors
The traditional Chinese dates for the Emperors are usually for the first full year of the reign, which is also the first year of the appropriate Era.
The convention also makes it possible that Emperors who do not survive beyond their initial calendar year may not even be counted, which is the case, creating some confusion, with a couple of the Mongols.
Data like the list of Shang kings or the excavation of Shang royal tombs thus leaves us pretty much in the dark about historical events, though this is not much different from what is often the case with contemporary Egypt or Mesopotamia.
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