Mikado may refer to: *

Emperor of Japan The Emperor of Japan is the monarch and the head of the Imperial House of Japan, 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 positio ...

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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 (wher ...

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

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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 Taiwa ...

(''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 ''Syngonanthus chrysanthus'' is a species in the family Eriocaulaceae, native to southeastern Brazil. One cultivar of this species is ''Syngonanthus chrysanthus'' 'Mikado', which is also simply called 'Mikado'. It has a rosette-forming base of v ...

'' * '' 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 Mikado Glacier () is a glacier on the north side of Mahler Spur, flowing west-northwest into Sullivan Glacier near the junction with Gilbert Glacier in northern Alexander Island, Antarctica. The glacier was so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names ...

, a glacier in Alexander Island, Antarctica * Mikado, Saskatchewan, 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 ...

, a flag stop in Mikado, Saskatchewan, Canada *

Mikado Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Isumi, Chiba Prefecture Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). Lines Mikado Station is served by the Sotobō Line, and is located 53.7 km from the official start ...

, a railway station in Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan *

Mikado Township, Michigan Mikado Township is a civil township of Alcona County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 947 at the 2010 census. Communities *Alvin is an unincorporated community located in the southeastern portion of the township at . Alvin was ...

, a civil township in the U.S. ** Mikado, Michigan, an unincorporated community

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Mikado (biscuit) is a Japanese sweet snack food produced by the Ezaki Glico food company. Pocky was first sold in 1966, and was invented by Yoshiaki Koma. It consists of coated biscuit sticks. It was named after the Japanese onomatopoeic word , which is suppos ...

, a European marketing name for Pocky *

Mikado (locomotive) Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and two trailing wheels ...

, any steam locomotive using the 2-8-2 wheel arrangement. * Mikado yellow, a color * Operation Mikado, a military plan by the United Kingdom in the Falklands War *

Michel Warschawski Michel Warschawski (Mikado) ( he, מיכאל ורשבסקי (מיקאדו); born 25 July 1949) is an Israeli anti-Zionist activist. He led the Marxist Revolutionary Communist League (previously Matzpen-Jerusalem) until its demise in the 1990s, an ...

or Mikado (born 1949), Israeli activist

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