Empire of Japan

==Emperors==
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! [[Posthumous name]]<sup>1</sup>
! Given name<sup>2</sup>
! Childhood name<sup>3</sup>
! Period of reign
! Era name<sup>4</sup>
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| [[Emperor Meiji|''Meiji Tennō'']]<br />({{nihongo2|明治天皇}})
| Mutsuhito<br />({{nihongo2|睦仁}})
| Sachi-no-miya<br />({{nihongo2|祐宮}})
| 1868–1912<br />(1890–1912)<sup>5</sup>
| ''Meiji''
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| [[Emperor Taishō|''Taishō Tennō'']]<br />({{nihongo2|大正天皇}})
| Yoshihito<br />({{nihongo2|嘉仁}})
| Haru-no-miya<br />({{nihongo2|明宮}})
| 1912–26
| ''Taishō''
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| ''Shōwa Tennō''<br />({{nihongo2|昭和天皇}})
| [[Hirohito]]<br />({{nihongo2|裕仁}})
| Michi-no-miya<br />({{nihongo2|迪宮}})
| 1926–89<sup>6</sup>
| ''Shōwa''
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| colspan=6 style="font-size:smaller" | '''1''' Each posthumous name was given after the respective era names as [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] and [[Qing]] Dynasties of China.
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| colspan=6 style="font-size:smaller" | '''2''' The Japanese imperial family name has no surname or dynastic name.
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| colspan=6 style="font-size:smaller" | '''3''' The Meiji Emperor was known only by the appellation ''Sachi-no-miya'' from his birth until November 11, 1860, when he was proclaimed heir apparent to [[Emperor Kōmei]] and received the personal name ''Mutsuhito''.
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| colspan=6 style="font-size:smaller" | '''4''' No multiple era names were given for each reign after Emperor Meiji.
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| colspan=6 style="font-size:smaller" | '''5''' Constitutionally
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| colspan=6 style="font-size:smaller" | '''6''' Constitutionally. The reign of the Shōwa Emperor in fact continued until 1989 since he did not abdicate after World War II. However, he lost his status as a living god and influence on politics after the 1947 constitution was adopted.
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