Tennō

E153012
head of state title monarchical title royal title

Tennō is the Japanese term for the Emperor of Japan, regarded as the ceremonial and symbolic monarch and, in tradition, a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Tennō canonical 18
天皇 2
Daijō Tennō 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state title ⓘ
monarchical title ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
alternativeRomanization Tenno ⓘ
appliesTo Emperor of Japan ⓘ
associatedDeity Amaterasu ⓘ
associatedHouse Imperial House of Japan ⓘ
associatedInstitution Imperial Household Agency ⓘ
associatedReligion State Shinto ⓘ
ceremonialFunction participant in national ceremonies ⓘ
performer of imperial Shinto rituals ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Article 1 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
constitutionalStatus symbol of the State and of the unity of the people ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
currentTitleHolder Naruhito ⓘ
dynasty Yamato dynasty ⓘ
firstHistoricallyAttestedHolder Emperor Kinmei ⓘ
formerResidence Kyoto Imperial Palace ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
historicalContinuityClaim oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the world ⓘ
historicalStatus formerly considered divine in State Shinto ideology ⓘ
inaugurationRite Daijōsai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) ceremonies ⓘ
surface form: daijōsai (great thanksgiving festival)

sokui no rei (enthronement ceremony) ⓘ
jurisdiction Japan ⓘ
surface form: State of Japan
language Japanese ⓘ
legalDefinitionSource Constitution of Japan ⓘ
literalMeaning heavenly sovereign ⓘ
nativeLabel 天皇 ⓘ
postwarChange renounced claim of divinity in 1946 (Humanity Declaration) ⓘ
powerLimitation lacks governing powers under the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
predecessorInstitution Ōkimi (Great King of Yamato) ⓘ
previousTitleHolder Akihito ⓘ
regalia Imperial Regalia of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Three Sacred Treasures of Japan
relatedConcept Emperor of Japan ⓘ
religiousTradition Shinto ⓘ
residence Tokyo Imperial Palace ⓘ
role ceremonial monarch of Japan ⓘ
symbol of the unity of the Japanese people ⓘ
symbolic monarch of Japan ⓘ
romanization Tennō self-link ⓘ
sphereOfInfluence Japanese culture ⓘ
Japanese national identity ⓘ
style His Majesty the Emperor ⓘ
successionType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
symbol Imperial Seal of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Chrysanthemum Seal of Japan
titleHolder Emperor of Japan ⓘ
traditionalAncestry descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu ⓘ
traditionalFirstHolder Emperor Jimmu ⓘ
writtenWithKanji 天皇 ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emperor Jimmu → title → Tennō ⓘ
Empress of Japan → isConsortTitleOf → Tennō ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tenno (Emperor of Japan)
Emperor of Japan → nativeTitle → Tennō ⓘ
瑞宝章 → awardedBy → Tennō ⓘ
this entity surface form: 天皇
Yamato polity → centralAuthority → Tennō ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great King of Yamato
Jōkō → relatedConcept → Tennō ⓘ
this entity surface form: Daijō Tennō
Jōkō → relatedConcept → Tennō ⓘ
Emperor Kanmu → title → Tennō ⓘ
Emperor Daigo → title → Tennō ⓘ
明仁 → 別名 → Tennō ⓘ
this entity surface form: 今上天皇
Tennō → romanization → Tennō self-link ⓘ
Shinmei → relatedConcept → Tennō ⓘ
this entity surface form: tennō (emperor of Japan)
Emperor Ōjin → honorificTitle → Tennō ⓘ
Emperor Nintoku → title → Tennō ⓘ
Kōgō → isDifferentFrom → Tennō ⓘ
Empress Genshō → styleOfAddress → Tennō ⓘ
Yamato clan → usedTitle → Tennō ⓘ
Ōkimi → predecessorOf → Tennō ⓘ
Ōkimi → successorTitle → Tennō ⓘ
天皇旗 → represents → Tennō ⓘ
this entity surface form: 天皇
Kanmu → title → Tennō ⓘ
Emperor Kōnin → title → Tennō ⓘ
Emperor Saga → honorificTitle → Tennō ⓘ
Yamabe → royalTitle → Tennō ⓘ
Emperor Heizei → regnalName → Tennō ⓘ
this entity surface form: Heizei-tennō
Emperor Heizei → title → Tennō ⓘ