Word: jimmu
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Then there came into the world the 124th descendant in direct line of the Emperor Jimmu Tenno (660 B. C.), founder of the oldest reigning dynasty*the world. Unfortunately the infant thus auspiciously born proved to be a girl Some 70 million disappointed Japanese were comforted by an announcement: "The Princess Nagako continues in robust health, and will personally nurse the granddaughter of the Emperor...
...Revived" in 1868 when the Shoguns, who had ruled as de, facto sovereigns since the 12th Century, were overthrown by the descendants of Jimmu, who comprise the present dynasty. The Constitution of Japan declares (Chapter I, Article D : "The Empire of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Emperors unbroken for ages eternal...
...There has only been one Royal House in Japan. It is supposedly descended from the Sun Goddess and the first authentic emperor was Jimmu, 660 B.C. The present Emperor, Yoshihito, is the 122d of the dynasty...
...following day, Sunday, the pair visited the Emperor and Empress at Namazu, went to Iso to announce their wedding to the great Emperor Jimmu (said to have ascended the throne in the year 660 B. C.) and to Yamada to do the same to the Emperor Momoyama...
...Prince Regent, 22 years of age, and popular, is the heir apparent of a dynasty which, according to the Japanese, was founded by the first Emperor, Jimmu Tenno...