Shun dynasty

The Shun dynasty or House of Shun (春家 Shun-ke, "Shun clan/lineage", lit. "House of Summer") is the reigning of Chisei. Founded in 1594 by Shun Taiso, the Shun claim descent from a cadet branch of the Gejō dynasty which ruled Shirakawa from 1243 to 1301. The Shun dynasts themselves began as puppets of the 16th century Takeshima Regency, before the Taijin restoration of 1644 allowed for the reassertion of royal authority. The Shun orchestrated numerous marriage alliances to bolster their power and gain influence in foreign courts, the most fruitful of which would be the marriage of Grand Queen Shun Kansō to the Saramosiri prince Kunneshain in 1647.

In 1661, Kunneshain was elected to succeed his father, Kamushain the Great, as King of Saramosir, and from then on the two Kingdoms effectively became a loose union, which in 1674 was solidified by the Treaty of Sumura, which merged the two crowns into one and formed the modern state of Chisei, under Shun rule. Until 1825, the country as a whole was officially known as the Shun dynasty, or the Great State of Shun (大春国 Daishungoku), and the founding year of the dynasty remains in use to this day as another method of numbering years in the Chiseian calendar, alongside.

There have been 16 monarchs of the dynasty since it's founding, with the present head of the House being Grand King Tenkahiko.

The Shun House today encompasses both the Grand King of Chisei, who rules as a with some limited powers, as the spiritual leader of the nation and as the highest authority in Jindo, as well as the Royal Princes & Princesses, and the various  of the family. Of the other members of the dynasty, only the Crown Princess of Chisei holds any special office, serving as the Prince of the Sun (日王 Hiō or Cupesapanekur), the royal representative in Saramosir.