Mikado
Historic Japanese ruler
Mikado is an archaic or literary title for the emperor of Japan, used mainly by Western writers in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 comic opera *The Mikado* popularized the term in English.
Japanese speakers prefer tennō. (Lowercase mikado is a type of pick-up sticks game.)
Traditional male name
- SullivanIrish-origin surname
- satireMockery exposing vice
- VictorianOf a prim era
- comic operaHumorous sung theatrical work
Savoy · parody · topsy-turvy · libretto · patter · executioner
East Asian archipelago nation
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- chrysanthemumOrnamental daisy relative
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- reignSovereign's time in power
sovereignty · monarch · palace · Meiji · Yamato · Nara · Kyoto · court
Wraparound Japanese garment
- geishaJapanese arts entertainer
- kabukiRitualistic performance for show
- tea ceremonyRitualized beverage preparation
- ukiyo-eJapanese woodblock print tradition
court music · waka · calligraphy · ikebana · gagaku · ritual · procession · regalia
Gilbert
Traditional male name
comic opera · Savoy · parody · topsy-turvy · libretto · patter · executioner
Japan
East Asian archipelago nation
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- chrysanthemumOrnamental daisy relative
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
reign · sovereignty · monarch · palace · Meiji · Yamato · Nara · Kyoto · court · ancestry
kimono
Wraparound Japanese garment
- geishaJapanese arts entertainer
- kabukiRitualistic performance for show
- tea ceremonyRitualized beverage preparation
ukiyo-e · court music · waka · calligraphy · ikebana · gagaku · ritual · procession · regalia · silk
Tokugawa
Ruling samurai dynasty, 1600s-1800s
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- samuraiFeudal Japanese military caste
- daimyoJapanese feudal landowner
shogunate · sakoku · castle · ronin · isolationism · modernization · Perry · Commodore · opening
- Dexterity GamesJenga, Operation, jacks, cup stacking, card stacking
- historical rulersJulius Caesar, Charlemagne, Napoleon Bonaparte, Cleopatra, Alexander the Great
- Japanese societysamurai, daimyo, shogun, ronin, geisha
- locomotiveslocomotive, steam locomotive, diesel locomotive, electric locomotive, engine
- sacred rulerstheocrat, god-king, divine king, priest-king, pharaoh
- Snack SticksPocky, grissini, breadsticks, Fran, Rocky
- The MikadoVictorian comic opera