Imperial family of Japan

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The Japanese Imperial family means Japan The emperor and the royal family, because the members of the royal family are the gods in Japanese legend, so no Family name , no The right to vote and to be elected It is not governed by Japan's household registration law, but by the specially formulated" Royal model To regulate their daily lives.
basis Japanese mythology According to legend, the first emperor of Japan was Emperor Jimmu . Emperor Imagami for Naruhito (Officially the 126th generation), the current emperor is Akihito .
Chinese name
Imperial family of Japan
Foreign name
English: Imperial House of Japan
Japanese: Imperial Family (こうしつ)
Establishment time
660 BC (doubtful)
The first emperor
Emperor Jimmu (doubtful)
Emperor Imagami
Emperor Naruhito
Superior emperor
Emperor Akihito [1]
Inheritance mode
Hereditary system
Group into
The emperor and his family
Number of royals
17-bit [2]
Governing body
Cabinet of Japan Imperial household Agency

Royal origin

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The main hall of the Japanese Imperial Palace
According to Japanese officials, today's Naruhito The Emperor is the 126th emperor of the Yamato Dynasty. Although according to two famous Japanese history books, Kojiki "And" Nihon Shoki The first emperor of Japan Emperor Jimmu Founded in 660 BC and ascended the throne, later generations also designated the date as "Japan". National Foundation Day ". But in fact, since Appeasing the emperor None of the following eight generations of emperors seem to have existed (i.e." The history of eight generations "). Actually, the first person to call himself "the Emperor" was Emperor Tenmu .

Historical evolution

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In the middle of the 4th century AD, the ancestors of today's royal family united the divided kingdoms in Kansai region The Yamato regime was established. By this time China had moved in The Jin Dynasty . Japan absorbed the high civilization of China and began to use Chinese characters. It was officially accepted in the 6th century Confucianism Buddhism was also introduced to Japan. In the 7th century, Emperor Kotoku Following the Sui and Tang Dynasties, he pursued political innovation and adopted" Great transformation and new transformation "As an opportunity to try to build a Emperor of Japan A centralized state with an absolute monarch.
In 710 AD, Japan established its capital Heijiro Kyo now Nara And the suburbs), marking the beginning of the Japanese imperial family Kofun period enter Nara period At the same time, it also ushered in the prosperous period of the legal state. Compared with later generations, the Nara era and the previous Kofun era were basically divided between male and female emperors: of the 18 emperors who reigned for nearly 200 years from 592 AD to 781 AD, six out of eight generations were women.
At the end of the 8th century, Japan moved its capital to Ping An Kyung ( Kyoto ). Start in History of Japan On the transformational significance Heian period . In the early years of the Ping 'an Dynasty, the royal family, even the princes and nobles and literati all strongly praised the beauty of chrysanthemum. The Chinese Chongyang Festival, also known as the Chrysanthemum Festival in Japan, falls on the ninth day of September every year. On this day, the emperor led his ministers Shishinden Pay homage to the emperor, enjoy the golden chrysanthemum and drink together Kiku wine . In October, the emperor again held a chrysanthemum feast and invited ministers to practice chrysanthemum. Maybe the Japanese royal family Clan insignia This is when the chrysanthemum was engraved on it. Back then, the memory of the peace Dynasty seemed to be Chrysanthemum yellow crab fat .
In the 10th and 11th centuries, the royal family Fujiwara The monopoly has been in power for more than 200 years, and the imperial power has begun to decline. In a struggle for real power, Emperor Hakuha , Emperor Toba Several other emperors retired from the Zen position almost as adults and monasteries were opened Insei This period is known by historians as" Konsei era ". With the rise of the samurai class, the superior emperor of Japan lost his ability to control the wind and rain, and Japan entered the "shogunate period", although there were some Emperor Godaigo 's" Jianwu Zhongxing ". But a flash in the pan, the Japanese emperor completely lost political power, only as Japan's largest A surname Preserved in troubled times.
If in the previous Heian, Kamakura, Muromachi and Warring States Period The Japanese emperor still has some royal dignity. So here we are The Tokugawa shogunate During the period, what little imperial power remained was stripped away. In 1615, the shogunate announced the" Ban the law and make it public It was composed of 17 articles and contained detailed restrictions on the powers and actions of the emperor and nobles. " Ban the law and make it public It is clearly stipulated that the emperor "takes learning as the first" and does not need to be involved in state affairs, where officials are appointed, the emperor goes on Tours, etc Both must Get permission from the shogunate. The only thing that reserves the power of the Emperor is Article 8, "The Emperor has the power to act. This court The rule determines the year number."

Royal title

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Family name

In order to maintain the myth that the emperor of Japan is a descendant of Amaterasu, members of the Japanese royal family do not have surnames.

name

For centuries past, men's names were changed to "Ren" (" Ren "). Romanization The woman's name ends with "ko" (Japanese Roman word ko). There are a few historical exceptions.

appellation

Title
The emperor's immediate descendants also have titles, the emperor's sons and grandchildren within three generations are called "prince", and the emperor's daughter is called "inner prince"; Three generations beyond the direct line of the royal grandchildren are called "Wang", and the royal granddaughter is called "queen". In the past, the title of "Queen" was only available to the sixth generation of the royal granddaughter, Meiji Emperor The restriction was later lifted.
There are also "Emperor", "Emperor" Imperial great-grandson ", "Queen", "Queen" Empress dowager ", "Empress Dowager", "princess" and other titles, the meaning of the same as the Chinese.
appellation
The Emperor, Empress, Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager are referred to as "Your Majesty", and the rest of the royal family are referred to as "Your Highness". The emperor died as" Imperial breakdown The rest of the royal family died as "defunct".

Inheritance mechanism

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Acquisition and disengagement

Photos of the Japanese Royal Family before World War II
All royal status is inherited by the male line, that is, the children and grandchildren of the royal family are royal family, but the grandchildren are not, because the female royal family members (inner princes, queens) after marrying commoners, they leave the royal family and become commoners. Unless a female member of the royal family marries a male member of the royal family, the offspring of a female member of the royal family will be royal.
The path to royal status includes being born into the family of an emperor, prince, or king, or marrying an emperor, prince, or king. The Prince and the Queen are not among them. The ways to break away from the royal family were voluntary separation after completion, marriage between female members and non-royal family members, divorce from royal family members, and so on. After the birth of the prince Officially named Preceded by the palace number (or title, juvenile name), such as Showa Emperor Formerly known as Tomiya Yuhito , Akihito The emperor used to be known as Akihito.

Succession of the Emperor of Japan

Photos of the Japanese Royal family before World War II
Current Japanese Royal model According to the rules, female imperial families cannot inherit the throne and cannot be created as adults, unlike male imperial families Miya After marriage, he will automatically leave the emperor and become a civilian.
However, before the current imperial family model was formulated and implemented, although a female royal family could not create a palace family, it was not necessary to leave the imperial family after marriage, and a female royal family could inherit the throne and become the emperor in the case of no suitable male imperial family, and even the widow of the emperor could become the emperor, but she must be the royal family herself and have not given birth to children other than the emperor. In short, the queen can only be a transition between male imperial families. Eight of the 10 female emperors in history were descendants of the emperor, and did not have children after taking the throne, and passed the throne to the male imperial family. The succession of the legendary emperor of early Japan is unknown.
The composition of the current Japanese Imperial family
Since no man was born in the Japanese imperial family from 1965 to 2006, the throne is facing the possibility of no successor after several generations, so Diet of Japan At one point, it was considered to revise the royal family model to allow women to ascend the throne, and allow them to marry commoners to pass the throne to their descendants, or to restore it World War II The imperial family status of subsequent generations of members of the palace was later abolished. But in the emperor's second son Akishino Palace Prince Fumihito Wife of Akishino Palace Princess Kiko It was born on September 6, 2006 Prince Hisahito After that, the process of revising the royal model was put on hold.
According to royal protocol, the next to the throne Succession order Yes:
1. Imperial Heirs: Akishino Palace Prince Fumihito (born 1965)
2. Nephew: Prince Akishino Yasuhito (Born in 2006, eldest son of Prince Akishino Fumihito)
3. Uncle God: Prince Masahito of Changlu Palace (born in 1935)

Members of the Japanese royal Family

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Current members of the Royal Family

Heisei 31st year (2019) Family photo
All members of the Japanese royal family are Emperor Taisho There are now 17 members of the Royal Family. As follows:
1. The Emperor Naruhito
2. The Queen Masako
3. The Emperor Akihito
4. The Queen Michiko
8. (Akishino Palace) Prince Katsuchi
9. (Akishino Palace) Prince Hisahito
11, Chang Lu Palace Concubine Huazi
12, Mikasa Palace Princess Yuriko
13. (Mikasa Palace) Princess Nobuko
14. (Mikasa Palace) King of Sons of Bin
15. (Mikasa Palace) King of the Children of Yao
16, High circle palace Concubine Hisako
17. (Gaoyuan Palace) King of heirs

Out of the royal family

Prince Atsuko Jungong, fourth daughter of Emperor Showa (now known as Atsuko Ikeda after she married a commoner)
Prince Kiyomiya Takako Ouchi, fifth daughter of Emperor Showa (now known as Takako Shimadzu because she married a commoner)
(Mikasa Palace) Prince Niniko, Prince Mikasa Sohito Eldest daughter (divorced from the imperial family because she married a commoner, and is now named Kanweiko)
(Mikasa Palace) Prince Yatsuchi, second daughter of Prince Sohito Mikasa Palace (divorced from the imperial family because she married a commoner, now known as Chiyatsuko)
Kiyoko Kimiya Emperor Akihito's eldest daughter (divorced from the imperial family because she married a commoner) Kiyoko Kuroda )
(High Circle Palace) Queen of the Nunes , Prince Heonin of Gowon Palace Second daughter (divorced from the royal family because she married a commoner, now named A thousand allusions )
(High Circle Palace) Ayako Queen, third daughter of Prince Kenhito of the Takaku Palace (divorced from the royal family because she married a commoner, now named Ayako Moriya) [3]
(Akishino Palace) Prince Mako Ouchi Akishino Palace Prince Fumhito's eldest daughter (because of marrying a commoner and divorced from the royal, the current name Mako Komuro ) [2]

Dead royals

Showa Emperor Hirohito (eldest son of Emperor Taisho, died 7 January 1989)
Empress Kajun Yoshiko ( Kuyoumiu Banghiko king Eldest daughter, original name Ryoko Kuromiya The Queen, died 16 June 2000)
Prince Terumiyagi Nariko (eldest daughter of Emperor Showa, current name Toku Takioki Died 23 July 1961)
Prince Yusokouchi Hisomiya (second daughter of Emperor Showa; died 8 March 1928)
Prince Takamiya Kazuchi (third daughter of Emperor Showa, now known as Kazuko Kaji; died 26 May 1989)
Chichibu Palace Yongren Prince (second son of Emperor Taisho, died 4 January 1953)
Chichibu Miyaoko (born Matsudaira Setsuko; died August 25, 1995)
Prince Xuan Hito of Takamatsu Palace (Third son of Emperor Taisho, died February 3, 1987)
Kihisako Takamatsu (born Kihisako Tokugawa; died December 18, 2004)
Prince Mikasa Sohito (fourth son of Emperor Taisho, died October 27, 2016)
(Mikasa Palace) Prince Kuanren (Eldest son of Prince Sohito Mikasa, died June 6, 2012)
Prince GUI Gong Yi Ren (Second son of Prince Sohito Mikasa, died June 8, 2014)
Prince Kanhito Takamomiya (third son of Prince Sohito Mikasomiya, died 21 November 2002)

Great transformation

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Restoration of Emperor Meiji

The Edo shogunate The end, in the West capitalism Under the threat of powerful ships and guns, Close the country to international intercourse The door of Japan, which had been open for more than 200 years, was finally opened. Under the dual pressure of internal and external troubles, a vigorous Inverted curtain motion Here we go. In 1867, The Tokugawa shogunate The 15th general and his last general Tokugawa Keiki Under pressure from all sides, will Great government will be restored To the son of the newly enthroned Emperor Takamin Mutsuhito . Jianyuan Meiji. And by Meiji Emperor Enact" Return to the throne "Bull, this is it." Meiji Restoration At the climax of the period, Japan embarked on the path of capitalism. In 1868, Emperor Meiji moved the capital to Edo and changed the name Tokyo . After Meiji, Taisho, Showa three generations Emperor of Japan Japan developed from a small eastern country into one of the world's great powers, known as the "five and three powers". At the same time, Japan has slowly transformed from a small eastern country into one militarism Of the country.

After World War II

In dividing the world World War II Defeated in China and stripped of all its colonies, the Emperor of Japan was transformed from a powerful ruler back into a symbol of the nation, and in an unprecedented move, the Human Declaration declared that the imperial family had been deified and had in fact become a figurehead.

Imperial families of Japan

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Emperor Akihito's family

In April 1959, Emperor Akihito married Nissin The eldest daughter of Masada Eizaburo, president of Flour Michiko Masada Get married. Ms. Masada was born in Tokyo on October 20, 1934. Entered in 1953 Sacred Heart University Foreign language and literature Department major English literature . When I graduated, I spoke at the graduation ceremony on behalf of my class. According to the old royal code, the imperial concubine could only come from the royal family or Five masters (i.e. guards, Eagles, one, two, nine) and Chinese. Through the efforts of the Emperor, by Prime minister The Imperial Council, composed of the royal family, the speakers of both houses of Parliament and the president of the Supreme Court, unanimously approved the marriage of the emperor and Miss Masada. Masada became the first empress in Japanese history to be born to a commoner.
Baby love son
After their marriage, the Emperor and his wife were invited to visit 37 countries Official visit . In addition, they also travel around the country every year to meet the people and understand the public. Emperor Akihito has a passion for fish research. He has published dozens of professional papers in the Japanese journal Ichthyology; In 1986, he was awarded an international association of biologists London Of the Linnean Society Honorary member Title. In all Sports event In China, he likes playing tennis best. Empress Michiko's favorite hobby is playing the piano and Harp , as well as embroidery, weaving and other handwork. She is also fond of literature and tea ceremony. She shared a passion for tennis with the emperor of Japan, and their legendary relationship began on the tennis court. The emperor and his wife have two sons and a daughter. While busy with state affairs, they try to find time to spend with their children and often take them with them The Imperial Palace Visit Grandpa and Grandma and let Emperor Showa and his wife enjoy their grandchildren.
Emperor Akihito's second son Akishino Palace Prince Fumihito He was born on 30 November 1965. In March 1988, he completed his studies at Gakuin and went to the United Kingdom St John's College, Oxford Study abroad.
Her daughter, Prince Kiyoko, was born on April 18, 1969, and, like her two older brothers, she graduated from Gakuin. After marrying a commoner Keiko Kuroda And leave the crown.

The imperial family

Mikado Naruhito The eldest son of Emperor Akihito and his wife, he was born in Tokyo on February 23, 1960. He graduated from Gakuin in March 1982 Department of art He majored in history and then pursued a PhD in the School of Humanities at Gakushuin, specializing in Japan Medieval history . In July 1983, Naruhito went University of Oxford After studying abroad, he re-entered Gakuin to study the medieval history of Japan. On February 23, 1980, the Imperial Family held a ceremony for Emperor Naruhito Rite of passage . Since then, he has participated in various royal engagements and made official visits to many countries.
In 1993, Emperor Naruhito with a beautiful Japanese diplomat Masako Owada Married, the latter is also from a civilian background, is a highly educated and talented intellectual woman. With the queen Masako The production of, Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Gone is a promising young female diplomat.
The emperor's family portrait
Emperor Naruhito inherited his mother's musical talent and liked to play the mezzo The violin and VIOLIN . In sports, he prefers mountaineering, he is still Japanese Alps A member of the association.
The eldest daughter of the emperor and his wife To Prince Aiko of the Palace Born on December 1, 2001, her palace name and name are derived from the Chinese Confucian classic" Mencius ". According to the Palace Office, the words "love" and "respect" are embodied in "love" in Mencius Lielou Chapter Sentence, "one of the Chinese classics anthropomorph People always love, respect people, A man always respects him ". Studied at Gakuin Primary school. 2024 On April 1, Princess Aiko, the only daughter of Japanese Emperor Naruhito, successfully completed her university studies Japanese Red Cross Society I started my first job. [8]

Prince Wenren's family

The Akishino family
Akihito's second emperor Akihito has a daughter in his family. Akishino's eldest and second daughters are 23-year-old Mako and 20-year-old Yoshiko (2014). This pair of princess sisters, because of their pure and lovely appearance, became Japan otaku The Japanese royal family is baffled by pictures and illustrations of teenage idols they are chasing, which have gone viral online.
Just search the Internet for Mako's nickname." Mako RINPEN There will be a bunch of websites about Princess Mako, which collect images of Mako or cartoon illustrations made by netizens. Netizens to study in the academy of high school true son as a model, created cartoon The character "Mako RINPEN", and for her to do a variety of costumes, dress up, have to wear Sailor suit , wearing a military uniform, and Mako wearing a bathing suit. Not only the real son become an idol, but also more and more netizens are fascinated by the study of the school of junior high school Jia son, online also appeared Jia son by classmates secretly taken photos.
Fumihito Akishino and his family
Mako related websites appeared in large numbers about three or four years ago, and Mako was idolized about two years ago. Since most girls dye their hair, Mako has always kept her black hair, and Mako's appearance is originally pure and pleasant, which makes it easier to be molded into a manga character. Not only the graphic illustration circulated on the Internet, but also the animation of Princess Mako launched by netizens. In the animation picture of "ordinary people proclaiming themselves", Mako wore a sailor suit, carrying a red schoolbag, and the English words "Princess Mako" were written next to it. Princess Mako in the animation was outrageous and said: "Do you know who I am? Call me Princess!"
Junichi Tang Zawa, a critic familiar with otaku culture, said that men have a little desire to be controlled by a noble woman and give everything to her, which is why Mako is regarded as the object of "cuteness" (special love for something) by Internet users. The Palace agency reporter pointed out that Mako himself is very serious, most of her daily life is quiet reading, she may not know her popularity on the Internet, but perhaps it is possible to hear friends mention it!

Royal family

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The current relationship of the Japanese royal family
Except for the emperor, other imperial sons establish a palace after they come of age or get married, with the approval of the Imperial Household Agency. The palace is different from the palace number as a juvenile title, such as Akishino Palace, Prince Fumhito's palace number is "ceremonial palace", which is built after adulthood. Akishino Palace ".
Meiji Restoration At the time, the Japanese Imperial family had five houses: Fushimiya , The Laurel Palace , Arichikawa Miyagi , Xianwon Palace , Hill palace . Meiji Emperor Ten new palaces were set up during the period: Jiuyou Palace, Heyang Palace, Chaoxiang Palace, Dongjiu You Palace, Komatomiya , Kitshirakawa Palace, Takeda Palace , Huading Palace , East Fushi Palace Pear me. The above fifteen houses and members of the house are in World War II Later, according to the new" Royal model They were separated from the imperial family and took the surname of the palace family. [4]
The existing palaces in Japan are all Emperor Taisho The descendants of the establishment, respectively: Akishino Palace , Chang Lu Gong Mikasa Palace and Takuma Palace.

Royal status

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Public function

Constitution of Japan The stipulation: "The Emperor is Japan The symbol of Japan is the symbol of the unity of the Japanese people." The duties of the Emperor include promulgation, with the guidance and consent of the Cabinet, of the new and amended Constitution, laws, decrees, and regulations; Convene Congress; Receiving foreign ambassadors and ministers, etc.
After the emperor reaches the age of 18, the "Crown Prince ceremony" is held, and the emperor can be replaced when he becomes an adult Perform official duties .

Royal education

Many members of the royal family attend the academy. The students of the school were mainly the children of nobles and senior officials, and after the Second World War, it also recruited students from the people.
Many male members choose to come to the UK University of Oxford , University of Cambridge Studying abroad because of the Japanese Imperial family and British royal family Have a good relationship.
Prince Kiyoko Norimiya entered in April 1972 Tokyo Prefecture Meguro The private Kigisaka Kindergarten became the first child of the Japanese Royal family to enter a private kindergarten.

Royal marriage

Members of the Japanese Royal Family on September 17, 2014 Queen of the Nunes Will be married, can get 100 million yen living expenses, held in the palace of the Royal family economic meeting, decided to the royal Palace of High Yuan Palace Prince Kenhito's second daughter son will be married in October, pay 166.75 million yen (about RMB 6.11 million yuan) Living allowance .
The subsidy paid to Pawnzi was paid by the royal family Economic law Rule. These allowances are meant to maintain the royal family's standard of living and are paid out by the state when they leave the royal family.

Governing body

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The governing body of the Japanese imperial family is Imperial household Agency . The Imperial Household Agency has more than a thousand staff members, many of them senior officials Ethnic Chinese . The living expenses of the emperor and his family members, known as the "imperial household fee," have been around 300 million yen in recent years. Other members of the royal family receive a "royal family allowance" of 27 million yen per adult male member per year, while Prince Akishino's family receives 46 million yen per year, and more after the birth of a son. The royal family's main source of income is Stock investment . imperial The Imperial Palace There are 160 domestic staff.

Yin flourishing Yang declining

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General situation

The royal family has had one princess after another in recent years, and it took 41 years to add its first male son. Why does Yin flourish and Yang wane so badly in the Japanese imperial family? There is a saying in Japan: 1945 Surrender of Japan Later, the Americans secretly gave the royal family a drug, which made the royal family unable to have children, so as to achieve the purpose of eliminating the royal family.

Many princesses have been born.

According to reports, over the past 40 years, the Japanese royal family seems to have experienced a sharp decline in Yin and Yang, with little princesses born one after another and cute in their positions. However, the royal family can not stand the pressure of "no children", and the little princess is lovely, she can not sit on the throne of "emperor".
Although now that the baby grandson is born ( Prince Hisahito However, the Japanese imperial family is still not prosperous, and the issue of imperial succession rules is still debated in society.

Emperor defect

Japan On the street side It is said that after the Japanese surrender in 1945, although at the behest of the United States, Japan Emperor Hirohito He issued the Earthly Declaration, which denied the divine nature of the Emperor. But Americans are still not reassured, Central Intelligence Agency In Akihito the emperor's second boy (i.e Akishino Palace Prince Fumihito After birth, a decision was made to secretly give the Japanese royal family some drugs to make the Japanese royal family unable to have children, so that the Japanese royal Family "self-extinction". [5]
Rumors always seem to confirm each other, and according to a famous physician to the Japanese imperial family, Emperor Naruhito has less than 0.5% of the chances of getting his wife pregnant due to his own defects.

To reinstate concubinage

The popular Japanese magazine "Weekly Shincho" is in Komako Hisaji Immediately after birth, Hisahito's parents ( Boon Nhan Prince and Princess Kiko) in order to have a boy, it should be guided by a special person, so that the sperm of the male and female can be separated.
"The discussion of the question of the imperial succession will be calmed for the time being, which also encourages Old guard Continuing to support the patrilineal tradition of the royal family does not mean that the argument is closed, and unless a more flexible succession policy is established, there is no guarantee that this tradition will be preserved." Koichi Oda, a royal family expert at the University of Law and Economics in Japan. Another expert on the royal system, Shizuoka Welfare University Professor Hiroshi Takahashi said, The basic problem has not been solved, and delaying the discussion is like passing the problem on to the next generation. Some scholars even once again suggested that the royal family consider restoring concubinage to increase the chances of having a son. It seems that the problem of Yin and Yang will not immediately disappear for the Japanese imperial family. [6]