Empire (of Japan); the (Japanese) Empire; Japan
His Imperial Highness the Crown Prince; His Royal Highness the Crown Prince
Empress Dowager; Queen Mother
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
(Japanese) imperial succession
younger brother of an Emperor
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
High Priestess (Tarot card); Popess
(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire
heir to the throne; successor to the throne
emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
the benevolent Imperial rule; the Imperial Way
Imperial Way Faction (of the Imperial Japanese Army)
hurriedly; in a hurry; in great haste
(former) Papal States; Vatican City
membership of the Imperial family
imperial grandchild or descendant
empress's residence; empress
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jimmu's reign in 660 BCE
in great haste; hurriedly; in a hurry
imperial court; Japanese Imperial Court; (arch.) Japan
Roman Curia; Curia Romana; Vatican
Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)
destiny of the emperor; prosperity of the imperial throne
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)
imperial family; relatives of the Emperor
Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)
making people subjects of the emperor; imperialisation; imperialization
Imperial heir; Crown Prince
eldest grandson of an Emperor in the line of descent
imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox
ancestors of the Imperial Family
emperor-centered historiography (of Japan)
foundation of imperial rule
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox
retired empress; ex-empress; former empress; empress emerita
Imperial Household Council
little emperor; spoilt only child (in China)
Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress
shrine of imperial ancestors
the Imperial Household expenses
retired empress; ex-empress; former empress; empress emerita
Imperial Household Shinto
twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods
clans supposedly descended from the imperial family
Old Imperial Family; former Imperial family; eleven former houses of the Imperial Family stripped of membership in 1947
Research Institute for the Japanese Classics (1882-1946)
equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors
Imperial descendant (posterity)
the (deceased) father of the current emperor
deceased grandfather of the emperor
Imperial Household Economy Council
Imperial Household Finance Act
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
traditional Chinese medicine
allowance allotted to the Imperial family
deceased grandmother of the emperor
palace gate; imperial palace
rank of emperor; the imperial throne
deceased Queen Mother; deceased Empress Dowager