House of Yamato

E9573

hereditary monarchy imperial dynasty royal house

The House of Yamato is Japan’s imperial dynasty, traditionally regarded as the world’s oldest continuing hereditary monarchy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
House of Yamato canonical	21
Yamato court	5
Yamato Japanese	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hereditary monarchy ⓘ imperial dynasty ⓘ royal house ⓘ
alliedInstitution	Imperial Household Agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Imperial House of Japan ⓘ Imperial House of Japan ⓘ surface form: Japanese imperial family Imperial House of Japan ⓘ surface form: Yamato dynasty
associatedReligion	State Shinto ⓘ surface form: State Shinto (historical)
capitalCurrent	Tokyo ⓘ
capitalHistoric	Kyoto ⓘ surface form: Heian-kyō Nara Prefecture ⓘ surface form: Yamato Province
continent	Asia ⓘ
continuityStatus	oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the world ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
countryRole	imperial house of Japan ⓘ
culturalRole	symbol of Japanese continuity and tradition ⓘ
currentHeadTitle	Emperor of Japan ⓘ
dynasticType	patrilineal dynasty ⓘ
governanceChange	lost political sovereignty after World War II ⓘ
governingDocumentModern	Imperial Household Law ⓘ surface form: Imperial Household Law of Japan
governingSystemHistorical	absolute monarchy ⓘ
governingSystemModern	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
historicalLegitimacyBasis	mythological descent from sun goddess Amaterasu ⓘ
languageCurrentlyUsed	Japanese ⓘ
languageTraditionallyUsed	Classical Japanese ⓘ
legalStatusModern	symbol of the unity of the people ⓘ
monarchTitle	Emperor of Japan ⓘ Empress of Japan ⓘ
mythologicalAncestor	Amaterasu ⓘ
notablePeriod	Heian period ⓘ Heisei ⓘ surface form: Heisei period Meiji period ⓘ Nara period ⓘ Reiwa ⓘ surface form: Reiwa period Showa era ⓘ surface form: Shōwa period Yamato period ⓘ
recognizedBy	Constitution of Japan ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ
reignType	hereditary ⓘ
religiousAffiliationTraditional	Buddhism ⓘ Shinto ⓘ
residenceCurrent	Tokyo Imperial Palace ⓘ
residenceHistoric	Kyoto Imperial Palace ⓘ
roleInState	ceremonial head of state of Japan ⓘ
successionType	agnatic succession (traditional) ⓘ
symbol	Imperial Seal of Japan ⓘ surface form: Chrysanthemum Seal Imperial Seal of Japan ⓘ
traditionalFounder	Emperor Jimmu ⓘ
traditionalFoundingDate	660 BC ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Emperor Hirohito → memberOfDynasty → House of Yamato ⓘ

Michiko → memberOf → House of Yamato ⓘ

Akihito → house → House of Yamato ⓘ

Masako Owada → house → House of Yamato ⓘ

Emperor Taishō → house → House of Yamato ⓘ

Princess Shigeko → memberOf → House of Yamato ⓘ

Princess Kazuko → ethnicGroup → House of Yamato ⓘ

this entity surface form: Yamato Japanese

Princess Takako → royalHouse → House of Yamato ⓘ

Emperor Meiji → house → House of Yamato ⓘ

Princess Kiko → house → House of Yamato ⓘ

Yoshihito → house → House of Yamato ⓘ

Yamato period → hasCentralGovernment → House of Yamato ⓘ