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Other titles: 内裏(''dairi)'', 天子(''tenshi)''
 
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The hereditary monarch of Japan who is now commonly referred to in English as the [[emperor]].
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The hereditary monarch of Japan who is now commonly referred to in English as the [[emperor]]. Ideally, the tennô is the highest Shinto priest in Japan<ref>The Cambridge History of Japan</ref>.
 
 
  
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Revision as of 16:23, 27 September 2006

Japanese: 天皇(tennô)

Other titles: 内裏(dairi), 天子(tenshi)

The hereditary monarch of Japan who is now commonly referred to in English as the emperor. Ideally, the tennô is the highest Shinto priest in Japan[1].

Notes

  1. The Cambridge History of Japan