Japan has used the Gregorian calendar since 1873; time is also reckoned by the reigns of the Japanese emperors. Japan has the sixth-largest population in the world. According to the postwar census of 1950, the population was 83.2 million; according to the 1975 census, it was 111.9 million....
Therefore, the posthumous names of the emperors and empresses who reigned prior to 1868 may not be taken as era names by themselves. For example, 572 CE—in which Emperor Bidatsu assumed the Chrysanthemum Throne—is properly written as "敏達天皇元年" (Bidatsu-Tennō Gannen, lit. "the ...
China, where the Yuan Dynasty emperors remained in power until 1368, after which the Mongols continued to dominate the country north of the Great Wall for several more centuries, and the region west to the Aral Sea, where the Chaghatai Khans ruled. Althoughtheir power diminished over time, ...
A shortage of males in the royal family has raised succession concerns and prompted calls for a debate, possibly to allow female emperors. Naruhito has an 83-year-old uncle and two potential heirs — his younger brother Crown Prince Akishino and a 13-year-old nephew. Abe and his ultra-cons...
(6 and 7) Shunkikorei-sai and Shuki-Korei-sai, equinoctial feasts, celebrated in the palace in honor of the names of the emperors, the first on March 22, the second on September 24. (8) Kanname-sai (October 17), offering of the new rice to the ancestors of the imperial family (...
The two men fell out irreparably over the succession of Emperors, and Tokihira successfully accused Michizane of treason and he was exiled to Chikusen Province. As he started on his exile he cast a last glance to his beloved plum trees in bloom, and composed the following poem: “When...
Replicas of emperors' robes on display Colin Firth honored with lifetime achievement award 'Peter Pan's Adventure Island' makes global debut in Beijing International festival features 60+ films Argentinian film wins Best Film UK pubs try to revive ale-ing tradition Japanese App guides revelers home...
All Japanese history constitutes a single dynasty, although not a few emperors were killed and replaced by other family mem- bers in succession struggles. Beneath the emperor, the same modified Chinese pattern prevailed. At the top was the Council of State, a powerful office from which leading ...
Shinshinden hall, cherry tree (in the east), and orange tree (in the west) Seiryoden and Otsunegoten, Where Emperors Resided To the west of Shishinden sits the Seiryoden hall, which was the residence of emperors until 1590, when they began to officially reside at the Otsunegoten hall....
Replicas of emperors' robes on display Colin Firth honored with lifetime achievement award 'Peter Pan's Adventure Island' makes global debut in Beijing International festival features 60+ films Argentinian film wins Best Film UK pubs try to revive ale-ing tradition Japanese App guides revelers home...