Mikado may refer to: *

Emperor of Japan The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, and his position is derived from "the ...

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The Mikado ''The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu'' is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen Gilbert and Sullivan, operatic collaborations. It opened on 14 March 1885, in London, whe ...

'', an 1885 comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan * ''The Mikado'' (1939 film), an adaptation of the opera, directed by Victor Schertzinger * ''The Mikado'' (1967 film), an adaptation of the opera, directed by Stuart Burge * "The Mikado" (''Millennium''), a 1998 television episode *

Mikado (game) ''This is the article about the game. For the wheel arrangement, see 2-8-2.'' Mikado is a pick-up sticks game originating in Europe, played with a set of same-length sticks which can measure between . In 1936, it was brought from Hungary (whe ...

, a pick-up sticks game * "Mikado" (song), by Simone Drexel, the Swiss entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 * Mikado, a DC Comics character

Biology

Mikado pheasant The Mikado pheasant (''Syrmaticus mikado'') is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. Sometimes considered an unofficial ''national bird'' of Taiwan (along with the Swinhoe's pheasant and Taiw ...

(''Syrmaticus mikado'') * ''Mikado'', a genus of beetles in family

Ptiliidae Ptiliidae is a family of very tiny beetles with a cosmopolitan distribution. This family contains the smallest of all beetles, with a length when fully grown of . The weight is approximately 0.4 milligrams. They are colloquially called feat ...

* 'Mikado', a cultivar of '' Syngonanthus chrysanthus'' * '' Forficula mikado'', a species of earwig in the family Forficulidae * ''Kempina mikado'', a species of mantis shrimp in the family

Squillidae Squillidae is a family of mantis shrimp, the only family in the superfamily Squilloidea. The type genus is '' Squilla''. It is the stomatopod family with the most genera, as follows: *''Alima'' Leach, 1817 *'' Alimopsis'' Manning, 1977 *'' A ...

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* Mikado Glacier, a glacier in Alexander Island, Antarctica *

Mikado, Saskatchewan Mikado is named after the ancient title of the Emperor of Japan. Is a hamlet in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The hamlet is part of the rural municipality of Sliding Hills No. 273. It has a flag stop for Via Rail's Winnipeg-Churchill tr ...

, a hamlet in Canada **

Mikado station (Saskatchewan) Mikado station is a railway station in Mikado, Saskatchewan, Canada. Mikado is part of the rural municipality of Sliding Hills. The station serves as a flag stop for Via Rail's Winnipeg–Churchill train The Winnipeg–Churchill train (fo ...

, a flag stop in Mikado, Saskatchewan, Canada * Mikado Station, a railway station in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan * Mikado Township, Michigan, a civil township in the U.S. ** Mikado, Michigan, an unincorporated community

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* Mikado (biscuit), a European marketing name for Pocky * Mikado (locomotive), any steam locomotive using the 2-8-2 wheel arrangement. *

Mikado yellow Mikado yellow is a shade of yellow. The color is displayed at right. It is one of the colors of the national flags of Colombia and Kazakhstan. It was also once used for Lincoln automobiles, and is the name of various dyes and colorings. Se ...

, a color *

Operation Mikado Operation Mikado was the code name of a military plan by the United Kingdom to use Special Air Service troops to attack the home base of Argentina's five Super Etendard strike fighters at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, during the 1982 Falkland ...

, a military plan by the United Kingdom in the Falklands War * Michel Warschawski or Mikado (born 1949), Israeli activist

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