Word: jimmu
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...nefariously buried and concealed; but the Sun Goddess at once caused it to project upwards from the ground a radiance so transcendant that impious beholders were blinded and driven mad. Since then prudent Japanese have taken no liberties with the Divine Mirror, originally inherited by the first Tenno Jimmu from his great-great-grandmother, Sun Goddess Omaterosu O-Mikami, who established him as the Emperor of Japan, over which his descendants have reigned ever since (2,588 years...
...less than a tragedy to the Japanese royal house. Girls in the Orient have no social standing or importance of their own; their position is always derived from the male, either their father or the husband they marry. Therefore, a girl may not succeed to the august throne of Jimmu Tenno, occupied by the present dynasty for 2587 years...
Official records describe His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor Yoshihito, as the lineal descendant of the first and prehistoric Emperor Jimmu of Japan (circa 660-585 B. C.). Though the Emperor Jimmu is still believed to be the fifth in descent from the Sun-Goddess, an error was discovered last week in the official genealogy which has previously set forth that the present Emperor was the 122nd in descent from Jimmu. It now appears that the Emperor Chokei (1368-1372 A. D.) was a real person, and not mythological as was previously supposed. He was inserted in the official records last...
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...