しんわう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しんわう – see the following entry.
【親王しんのう】
[noun] [from 718] a specific rank granted to certain male members of the imperial family:
[noun] an East Asian imperial prince who is either brother or son to the reigning emperor
[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, しんわう (sin'wau), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
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