Privy Seal of Japan

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The Privy Seal of Japan is an official state seal used to authenticate important imperial documents and acts of the Emperor.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Imperial seal 1
Privy Seal of Japan canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national symbol of Japan
state seal
appliesToJurisdiction Empire of Japan NERFINISHED
State of Japan NERFINISHED
associatedWithOffice Imperial Seal of Japan NERFINISHED
color golden
confers formal validity to imperial acts
country Japan
creator Imperial Japanese government NERFINISHED
differentFrom Chrysanthemum Seal NERFINISHED
State Seal of Japan NERFINISHED
follows Constitution of Japan NERFINISHED
Meiji Constitution NERFINISHED
governingBody Cabinet of Japan NERFINISHED
hasType privy seal
hasWritingSystem kanji
historicalPeriod Heisei period NERFINISHED
Meiji period NERFINISHED
Reiwa period NERFINISHED
Shōwa period NERFINISHED
Taishō period NERFINISHED
inception 1874
inceptionEra Meiji era NERFINISHED
inscriptionContent Tennō no in (Seal of the Emperor) NERFINISHED
inscriptionLanguage Classical Chinese
Japanese
inscriptionScript seal script
location Imperial Palace, Tokyo NERFINISHED
Tokyo
materialUsed gold
officialName Tennō no in NERFINISHED
officialNameLanguage Japanese
partOf Imperial regalia and symbols of Japan
shape square
status in official use
use authentication of acts of the Emperor of Japan
authentication of important imperial documents
usedBy Emperor of Japan NERFINISHED
Imperial Household Agency NERFINISHED
usedFor appointment of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
appointment of the Prime Minister
approval of imperial pardons
approval of imperial proclamations
approval of imperial rescripts
granting of honors and decorations
granting of titles of nobility (historically)
promulgation of cabinet orders
promulgation of imperial edicts
promulgation of laws
ratification of treaties

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Emperor of China symbolizedBy Privy Seal of Japan
this entity surface form: Imperial seal