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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>.
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>.
===The English term "Emperor of Japan"===
===The English term "Emperor of Japan"===
One sometimes comes across statements to the effect that during the Edo period the secretive Japanese told the Dutch that the shogun was the emperor, hiding the existence of the real emperor, but such statements are made in unawareness of early Japanese-European contact. It is clear that the Europeans, though they knew all about the tennô, chose "emperor" as the word most suitable to describe the shogun.
One sometimes comes across statements to the effect that during the Edo period the secretive Japanese told the Dutch that the shogun was the emperor, hiding the existence of the real emperor, but such statements are made in unawareness of early Japanese-European contact. It is clear that the Europeans, though they knew all about the tennô, chose "emperor" as the word most suitable to describe the shogun.
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