Emperor of Japan

The Emperor of Japan is now the only reigning Emperor in the world. The Japanese Emperor is called in Japanese Tennōor 天皇, a word that is derived from Mikado (帝), which was the name of an Imperial ruler, from the beginning of history until the middle of the twentieth century.



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[hide] *1 position and tasks  ==Position and tasks[ Edit] == The traditional role of the Japanese Emperor is rather similar to that of a Pope or high priest than to that of a head of the Government. He has especially religious functions within the Animistic religion Shinto, a Japan -specific.
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The Tenno held court in L a to the Meiji Restoration in the mid-19th century, when the Court to Edo (later Tokyo) was moved.

Within the Imperial Palace in Tokyo are orchards, hives and rice fields. The Tenno has a symbolic and religious role in taking care of the harvest. He guarantees the fertility of Japan and also has a role in various other Shinto ceremonies.

One of the tasks of the Tenno was and is preserving the sacred treasure that no one may be seen. The treasure includes according to tradition, a mirror and a comb. ==History[ Edit] == The first Tenno's are mythical, for historical figures descended from the Sun goddess Amaterasu and stood in a special relationship to the gods. In the Middle Ages it was actual authority in Japan remained with warlords and the Shogun, the military ruler of Japan. The Emperor played a religious role.

During the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the Meiji Emperor deposed and Shogun took the authority in the new Japanese unit State in itself. The Tenno was formally a constitutional monarch with extensive powers that were exercised in his name by the ministers. The real power, and with it the responsibility of the emperor for the Japanese aggression and the many war crimes were committed by the Japanese army, is still unclear and controversial.

In the years between the two world wars the military rulers abused the reputation of the Tenno. The emphasis was strongly placed on its divine origin and thus Japan was also a divine nation.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After the collapse of Japan in 1945 denied the Showa Emperor<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" len="168" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1], in the West known as Emperor Hirohito, under American pressure that he was a god and he took pleasure in a strictly constitutional and representative task. Since then, the State and the religious in Japan strictly separated. The ceremonies at the throne and all the other shintoïstische ceremonies are performed by the emperor as a private person.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since 7 January 1989 is the 125th Emperor of Japan Akihito . Among the modern Constitution of Japan is the Emperor chiefly in name the head of State (see Government of Japan).