Video: Emperor Akihito - The Living God Who Married a Commoner
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Everyone knows about the British monarchy, but few know that the oldest of all the ruling dynasties in the world today is the Japanese dynasty of emperors. It is believed that the ancestor of Emperor Akihito, who rules today, came to power in 660 BC. It is believed that he was a direct relative of the sun goddess Amaterasu, the supreme goddess of the pantheon of Shinto deities. In our review, a story about Emperor Akihito, who, by the way, recently announced his desire to retire.
Despite being a liberal democracy in Japan, it is also the oldest continuous monarchy in the world. According to the official (albeit somewhat legendary) genealogy, the Akihito family has ruled for 2,700 years. Although little is known today about the first 25 emperors (dating back to 600 BC with Emperor Jimmu, who is said to have descended from the sun goddess Amaterasu), there is compelling evidence of an unbroken lineage extending from 500 AD. … up to this day.
The Japanese monarchy is often referred to as the Chrysanthemum Throne. Although it is primarily a metaphor, it is also a real physical thing. The Takamikura Throne, which is kept in the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, is used for coronation ceremonies. It was last used during the coronation ceremony of the current Emperor Akihito in 1990.
The Chrysanthemum Throne is the term commonly used to refer to the throne of the Emperor of Japan. However, the term is also used to refer to the physically existing throne of Takamikura at the Imperial Palace in Kyoto. At the same time, various other thrones that are used by the emperor during official functions are never called the "Chrysanthemum Throne".
Japan has a unique calendar system in which the year is determined according to the reign of the emperor. For example, 2016 is displayed as the 28th year of Akihito on the throne. When his successor ascends the throne, the calendar will begin again from the first year. According to modern Japanese tradition, when emperors die, they receive new names that reflect the era in which they ruled. Akihito's father, Hirohito, who ruled Japan during World War II, was posthumously known as "Showa" ("Enlightened World"). Akihito, who was crowned in 1989, will become "Heisei" ("Making Peace") after his death.
Akihito broke with tradition by becoming the first Japanese monarch to marry a commoner. Until the 20th century, emperors usually had a main wife and several concubines (all from noble families). Akihito was the first emperor to refuse such privileges.
He met his future wife Shoda Michiko in 1957 on a tennis court. The Imperial Household Council (a body composed of the Prime Minister of Japan, the Presidents of the two Houses of the Japanese Parliament, the Chief Justice of Japan, and two members of the Imperial Family) formally approved the Crown Prince's infatuation on November 27, 1958.
The media spoke of their acquaintance as a real "fairy tale" and "romance on a tennis court." For the first time in Japanese history, a commoner married a member of the imperial family. The engagement took place on January 14, 1959, and Akihito and Shodu Michiko were married on April 10, 1959. The imperial couple had three children.
In August 2016, Emperor Akihito only addressed the Japanese public for the second time during his reign (and for the third time in the history of the monarchy). The emperor's first public address was broadcast on Japanese television in 2011 after the terrible tragedy that befell Japan.
The emperor tried to calm the nation after the devastating earthquake and tsunami on the northeastern coast of Japan, which caused the disaster at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. After these terrible events, Emperor Akihito and his wife personally visited the disaster area and met with the evacuees.
Akihito's address to the people brought back memories of his father's unprecedented appeal to the nation in August 1945. Then he announced on the radio the defeat of Japan in World War II. During Hirohito's speech, many Japanese heard the emperor's voice for the first time in their lives.
On September 6, 2006, Emperor Akihito celebrated the birth of his first grandson, Prince Hisahito, the third child of the emperor's youngest son. Prince Hisahito is the first male heir to be born into the Japanese imperial family in 41 years (the emperor's eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito, has only one daughter, Princess Aiko).
Since in Japan only men have the right to inherit the throne, Princess Aiko is not entitled to the throne. Prince Hisahito is the only male born into the imperial family in Japan since 1965, so Akihito's possible resignation could rekindle talk of a change in the law to include Princess Aiko on the succession list.
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