Kigensetsu

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Kigensetsu was a pre-World War II Japanese national holiday that celebrated the mythical founding of Japan and the divine origins of the emperor.

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Surface form Occurrences
Kamuyamato Iwarebiko 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese national holiday
public holiday
abolished 1948
abolishedBy Allied military governments
surface form: Allied occupation authorities
associatedWithDeity Emperor Jimmu
associatedWithPeriod Meiji era
surface form: Meiji period

Taisho era
surface form: Taisho period

Showa era
surface form: early Showa period
basedOn Japanese mythology
Kojiki
Nihon Shoki
category Defunct observances
Holidays of Japan
State Shinto holidays
celebrates divine origins of the emperor
mythical founding of Japan
centralRitualLocation Tokyo Imperial Palace
surface form: Imperial Palace

Ise Grand Shrine
Tokyo
commemorates Emperor Jimmu
surface form: accession of Emperor Jimmu
country Japan
introduced 1872
introducedBy Meiji oligarchy
surface form: Meiji government
JapaneseName 紀元節
legalStatusGrantedBy 1873 calendar reform
linkedToConcept State Shinto
kokutai
literalMeaning Era Origin Day
modernDate February 11
observanceType local celebrations
school ceremonies
state ceremony
politicalFunction legitimize imperial rule
promote emperor worship
reasonForAbolition demilitarization of Japan
separation of state and religion
religiousContext Shinto
replacedBy National Foundation Day
status defunct holiday
successorHoliday Kenkoku Kinen no Hi
successorHolidayDate February 11
successorHolidayEnglishName National Foundation Day
timePeriod pre–World War II Japan
traditionalDate 1st day of the 1st month of the lunar calendar
usedFor imperial propaganda
nationalist mobilization
writingSystem kanji

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Emperor Jimmu givenName Kigensetsu
this entity surface form: Kamuyamato Iwarebiko
National Foundation Day replaced Kigensetsu