tenno

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He cut the rice plants himself for presentation to the tenno (Emperor) at the niinamesai.

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  1. The king of heaven; emperor: same as Chinese tien hwang: a title first adopted in Japan in 782.

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  1. Japanese tenno, heavenly ruler, from ten (from Chinese tien), heaven, + (from Chinese hwang), august ruler.
 

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