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Nara
Nara , city (1990 pop. 349,349), capital of Nara prefecture, S Honshu, Japan. An ancient cultural and religious center, it was founded in 706 by imperial decree and was modeled after Chang'an (see Xi'an ), the capital of T'ang China. Nara was (710-84) the first permanent capital of Japan. The noted... Read more
Shinto
Shinto , ancient native religion of Japan still practiced in a form modified by the influence of Buddhism and Confucianism. In its present form Shinto is characterized less by religious doctrine or belief than by the observance of popular festivals and traditional ceremonies and customs, many involv... Read more
Japan
Japan , Jap. Nihon or Nippon, country (2005 est. pop. 127,417,000), 145,833 sq mi (377,835 sq km), occupying an archipelago off the coast of E Asia. The capital is Tokyo , which, along with neighboring Yokohama , forms the world's most populous metropolitan region. Land Japan proper ... Read more

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Hirohito
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...opposition would lead to the military overthrow of the monarchy. As the 124th direct descendant of Japan's first emperor, Jimmu, Hirohito was considered sacred and was referred to as Tenno Heika, meaning "son of heaven." Because Hirohito was unwilling...
Shinto
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...imperial line and the leadership of the Japanese state. Primary among these was the mythic descent of the first Japanese emperor, Jimmu, from the sun goddess, Amaterasu. The introduction of Buddhism into Japan from China around the middle of the sixth century...
Nara
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...its trees are never cut. Also nearby is Horyu-ji, founded in 607, the oldest Buddhist temple in Japan, with the grave of Jimmu, the first emperor. Nara prefecture (1990 pop. 1,375,478), 1,425 sq mi (3,691 sq km), is largely mountainous...
Miyazaki
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...resort center and the seat of the great Shinto shrine, Miya-zaki-jingu (with an archaeological museum), dedicated to Jimmu, first emperor of Japan. The Oyodo River traverses the city. Miyazaki prefecture (1990 pop. 1,184,047), 2,998 sq...
Japan
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...earliest groups are the Ainu , c. 15,000 of whom still live on Hokkaido. According to legend, Japan's first emperor, Jimmu, ascended the throne in 660 bc. The native religion was Shinto . The Yamato established the Japanese State in the 5th century...

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Jimmu
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Jimmu. The first emperor of Japan, a direct descendant from Amaterasu , and the ancestor of subsequent emperors down to the present.
Amaterasu
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Amaterasu the principal deity of the Japanese Shinto religion, the sun goddess and ancestor of Jimmu, founder of the imperial dynasty.
Zero
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...Celebration Carrier-based Fighter Airplane): 1940, the first year it was produced, was also the 2,600th anniversary of Jimmu's, Japan's first emperor, ascent to the throne, and so the “zero-year” celebration. In the final...
Hirohito
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Michinomiya Hirohito ) (1901–89) Emperor of Japan (1926–89). Regarded as the 124th direct descendant of Jimmu, he ruled as a divinity and generally refrained from involvement in politics. In 1945, however, he was instrumental in obtaining...
Kojiki
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...707–15). Book i unfolds what is usually known as Japanese myths. Book ii opens with the story narrating how Jimmu, the great-grandson of Ninigi and Japan's legendary first emperor, establishes the imperial dynasty at Yamato in central...

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MY SECOND HAND CARR; COMEDIAN COPIES HIMSELF IN INTERNET CRAZE IT SOUNDS like the plot of a science fiction movie like The Matrix. But comedian Jimmu Carr has joined millions of people by signing up for a computer programme that lets you copy yourself and live your life on the internet.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 1/27/2007; 700+ words ; ...COMEDIAN COPIES HIMSELF IN INTERNET CRAZE IT SOUNDS like the plot of a science fiction movie like The Matrix. But comedian Jimmu Carr has joined millions of people by signing up for a computer programme that lets you copy yourself and live your life on...
Matthews, Andrew. The way of the warrior.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Kliatt; 11/1/2008; ; 591 words ; ...fought each other for supremacy, ten-year-old Jimmu is suddenly without parents and without a home. His...a stern man named Nichiren, is now in charge of Jimmu. Nichiren brings Jimmu up believing his father was framed by the powerful...
The British aren't so strange.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/13/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...it's the sort of eccentricity you might expect from a country started by an emperor named Jimmu. We had one of those once in the United States _ Jimmu Carter. As president, he looked normal only because we had his brother Billu to compare him...
AGGRESSIVE NEW ALBUM A CHANGE FOR CHICAGO
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 11/19/1993; 700+ words ; ...Chicago's Lee Loughnane, Bill Champlin, Robert Lamm, Tris Imboden, Walt Parazaider, Dawayne Bailey, Jason Scheff and Jimmu Pankow hit Merrillville Saturday. THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED VERSION. ON STAGE Chicago performs...
JAPANESE HONOR AKIHITO'S ASCENSION TO ROYAL THRONE.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 11/13/1999; 700+ words ; ...handicapped in efforts to cultivate a somewhat warmer image. According to legend, Akihito is 125th in a royal line begun by Emperor Jimmu in 660 B.C. He took the throne after his father died on Jan. 7, 1989, and was the first to start his reign as a symbol...
Japan guards the emperors' secrets
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/12/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...But the biggest and most important of all are the imperial tombs: 848 of them, including those of 123 dead emperors, from Jimmu (711-585 BC) right through to the modern mausoleum of Hirohito (1922-1989). This is where the problems begin. To the...
A hunt for origins
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 9/23/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...probably be irritated if it is suggested that this resembles Japanese eagerness to trace their imperial family back to an Emperor Jimmu, about 2,500 years ago. ) The communists enthusiastically join this hunt for origins. When the 'Great Leader', the late...
Free For All
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/12/1992; 700+ words ; ...even farther into the mists of time, some historians giving credence to the legend that has the line founded by the Emperor Jimmu in about 660 B.C. The present emperor is the 125th in this remakable sequence. - Yoneko Matsumoto Pakistani Justice As an...
An ancient, secret exchange of vows unites Japan's prince and his bride
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/9/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...the third commoner to marry into Japan's imperial family, which traces its lineage to 660 BC when the probably apocryphal Jimmu became the first emperor. The daughter of one of the nation's top diplomats, Masako graduated from Belmont High School in...
The Heart of Old Japan: Solace and Serenity On the Inland Sea
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/20/1991; ; 700+ words ; ...the culture of mainland Asia to the Japanese archipelago. And it was here, legends say, that the quasi-historical figure Jimmu, listed in the royal genealogical tables as Japan's first emperor, found safe harbor when his fleet was caught in an autumn...