しんのう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しんのう – see the following entry.

[noun] [from 718] a specific rank granted to certain male members of the imperial family:

[noun] in ancient Japan, any of the emperor's brothers or sons

[noun] [from the 1600s] any of the direct male descendants of the emperor of Japan, down to any imperial great-great-grandchildren

[noun] [from 1947] any of the legitimate direct male heirs of the emperor of Japan

[noun] [from 1801] (theater, kabuki) Short for 親王鬘 (shinnō kazura)., literally "imperial prince wig", specific style of wig used in kabuki

(This term, しんのう (shinnō), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)