the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
prince of royal blood; Imperial prince
god king; god-king; guardian deity
previous king; late king; ancient virtuous king
heavenly king; Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
loyalty to the Emperor (especially during the late Edo period movement to overthrow the shogunate)
reverence for the emperor; advocate of imperial rule
revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
imperial princess; royal princess
Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva)
loyalist to the emperor; imperial loyalist
deity enshrined at Hie Shrine (in Shiga and Tokyo)
imperial prince's family; family of a prince of royal blood
Sannō Festival (Hie Shrine in Tokyo; June 15); Sannō Festival (Hie Shrine in Shiga; April 14)
loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
Brahma (Hindu creator god)
ice giant (Uranus, Neptune)
reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate
Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto; form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Sanno Shinto (branch of Shinto formed in the Tendai school of Buddhism)