Japan; the (Japanese) empire
(Japanese) empress; queen
Queen Mother; Empress Dowager
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
Imperial Palace (of Japan); imperial residence
(Japanese) imperial succession
Her Majesty the Empress (of Japan)
High Priestess (Tarot card); Popess
(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire
heir to the throne; successor to the throne
emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
hurriedly; in a hurry; in great haste
Imperial Way Faction (of the Imperial Japanese Army)
the benevolent Imperial rule; the Imperial Way
imperial grandchild or descendant
empress's residence; empress
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
membership of the Imperial family
Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC
Roman Curia; Curia Romana; Vatican
imperial family; relatives of the Emperor
destiny of the emperor; prosperity of the imperial throne
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
Kōtai Shrine (main shrine of the Inner Ise Shrine)
in great haste; hurriedly; in a hurry
making people subjects of the emperor; imperialisation; imperialization
eldest grandson of an Emperor in the line of descent
Imperial heir; Crown Prince
imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the autumnal equinox
ancestors of the Imperial Family
emperor-centered historiography (of Japan)
Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)
foundation of imperial rule
imperial ceremony of ancestor worship formerly held on the vernal equinox
retired empress; ex-empress; former empress; empress emerita
little emperor; spoilt only child (in China)
shrine of imperial ancestors
the Imperial Household expenses
retired empress; ex-empress; former empress; empress emerita
Imperial Household Shinto
twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods
clans supposedly descended from the imperial family
equinoctial ceremony held by the emperor at the shrine of imperial ancestors
Imperial descendant (posterity)
the (deceased) father of the current emperor
deceased grandfather of the emperor
traditional Chinese medicine
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
allowance allotted to the Imperial family
Old Imperial Family; former Imperial family; eleven former houses of the Imperial Family stripped of membership in 1947
deceased grandmother of the emperor
palace gate; imperial palace
rank of emperor; the imperial throne
deceased Queen Mother; deceased Empress Dowager