A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the ...

One finding indicates that Japanese artisans were involved in embroidery for the dress, one of several worn by the consort to Emperor Meiji (1852-1912). Although still undergoing repairs ...

The people of Japan remained subjects of the emperor even as some sought greater rights as citizens. The Beginnings of Modern Constitutional Government in Meiji Japan. In 1868, a group of young ...

Meet Frenchman Jules Brunet, the real-life last samurai. Fighting alongside the Shogunate rebels who wanted to maintain ...

Because his father had been a weak and sickly man, Hirohito ruled more in the shadow of his grandfather, the great Emperor Meiji , who presided over Japan's late-19th-century opening up to the West.

a concept the Japanese had adopted under Emperor Meiji in 1868. He was also commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Japan was ...

Because his father had been a weak and sickly man, Hirohito ruled more in the shadow of his grandfather, the great Emperor Meiji , who presided over Japan's late-19th-century opening up to the West.

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that ...

Gilbert and Sullivan's light opera sets the tone for the Carnival celebration of the Caliphs of Cairo at the Royal Tent ...

In January 1904, the situation between Japan and Russia had grown tense. The Emperor Meiji is deeply concerned, for Russia has started to build an invincible fortress at Port Arthur, and the ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

Asia Society presents a fresh look at the art of Japan’s Meiji era (1868-1912), a period of unprecedented cultural and technological transition, in the landmark exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of ...