Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of residences occupied by the Japanese Imperial Family, noting the seasons of the year they are traditionally occupied. Members of the Japanese Imperial Family inhabit a range of residences around Japan. Some are official imperial palaces; others are used as private residences, although they are all owned and maintained by the state.
The Imperial House (皇室, Kōshitsu) is the reigning dynasty of Japan, consisting of those members of the extended family of the reigning emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present constitution of Japan, the emperor is "the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people". Other members of the imperial ...
Gempeitōkitsu (源平藤橘), 4 noble clans of Japan: Mon of the Minamoto clan. Minamoto clan – also known as Genji (源氏) or Genke (源家); 21 cadet branches of Imperial House of Japan. Daigo Genji (醍醐源氏) – descended from 60th emperor Daigo. Go-Daigo Genji (後醍醐源氏) – descended from 96th emperor Go-Daigo.
Pages in category "Imperial House of Japan" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Japan has been ruled by emperors since antiquity.The sequence, order and dates of the early emperors are almost entirely based on the 8th-century Nihon Shoki, which was meant to retroactively legitimise the Imperial House by dating its foundation further back to the year 660 BC.
Pages in category "Imperial residences in Japan" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... Kyoto State Guest House; N. Nagaoka Palace; Nasu ...
Extended imperial family members gathered at Kyoto Imperial Palace Emperor Shōwa and members of the extended imperial family (c. 1937). The Miyake (宮家, "Palace Houses") were branches of the Japanese imperial family (皇族 Kōka) created from branches of the Fushimi-no-miya house, the last surviving Shinnōke cadet branch.
Article 2 of the Meiji Constitution (the Constitution of the Empire of Japan) stated, "The Imperial Throne shall be succeeded to by imperial male descendants, according to the provisions of the Imperial House Law." The 1889 Imperial Household Law fixed the succession on male descendants of the imperial line, and specifically excluded female ...