Japanese people could not grow to their physical potential. In the Edo Period (1603-1867), the average height for men was estimated at 157 cm. The first ban was imposed in 675 by Emperor Tenmu ...

Japan officially began a new era on 1 May when Crown Prince Naruhito ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne as the new emperor ... Thames and I", he described the period as the happiest time of ...

Technically, the emperor was the ruler of Japan, but the shogun held political ... shortly after the knife was presented. During the Edo period, a time of relative peace in Japan, some samurai ...

This is the first “Yurei Zu” (ghost painting) in Japan confirmed to be an original by Okyo, a popular and influential painter from the Edo Period (1603-1867), according to a member of the city ...

While the emperor was technically the ruler of Japan, the shogun held actual political control of the country. During the Edo ...

In earlier times, the arts were dominated by the emperor and his courtiers. This changed in the Muromachi period, however, as other groups brought new ... In 1603 he was proclaimed shogun and ...

KAGOSHIMA -- Italian missionary Giovanni Battista Sidotti (1668-1714) landed on southwestern Japan's island of Yakushima in 1708, when the country was closed to foreigners in its "sakoku" period.

including Emperor Meiji (credited for modernizing Japan) and rulers during the Edo Period (the time period before Japan was modernized by Meiji). Because of its significant importance in Japanese ...