Princess Kiko of Japan
| Author | : Tim O'Shei |
| Publisher | : Capstone |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 2008-09 |
| Genre | : Princesses |
| ISBN | : 1429619589 |
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Japanese Imperial Family
| Author | : Source Wikipedia |
| Publisher | : University-Press.org |
| Total Pages | : 26 |
| Release | : 2013-09 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781230503615 |
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Imperial House of Japan, Crown Princess Masako, Empress K jun, Crown Prince Naruhito, Princess Akishino, Prince Akishino, Aiko, Princess Toshi, Empress Michiko, Prince Mikasa, Princess Takamado, Prince Takamatsu, Prince Hitachi, Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, Prince Hisahito of Akishino, Empress Teimei, Princess Mako of Akishino, Princess Mikasa, Princess Kako of Akishino, Princess Akiko of Mikasa, Prince Katsura, Princess Tsuguko of Takamado, Princess Hitachi, Princess Tomohito of Mikasa, Princess Ayako of Takamado, Princess Noriko of Takamado, Princess Y ko of Mikasa. Excerpt: The Imperial House of Japan k shitsu), also referred to as the Imperial Family or the Yamato Dynasty, comprises those members of the extended family of the reigning Emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present Constitution of Japan, the emperor is the symbol of the state and unity of the people. Other members of the imperial family perform ceremonial and social duties, but have no role in the affairs of government. The duties as an emperor are passed down the line to children and their children's children and so on. The Japanese monarchy is the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy in the world. The imperial house recognizes 125 monarchs beginning with the legendary Emperor Jimmu (traditionally dated to February 11, 660 BC) and continuing up to the current emperor, Akihito; see its family tree. However, there is no historical evidence for the genealogical relationships, and in most cases even the existence of, the first 25 emperors. from left to right: Crown Princess Masako, Crown Prince Naruhito, the Emperor, Empress Michiko, Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko; on the occasion of the Emperor's Birthday at the Tokyo Imperial Palace; 2005The 1947 Imperial Household Law defines the imperial house as: the Emperor of...
Princess Masako
| Author | : Ben Hills |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2006-12-28 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1101216107 |
The tragic true story of Japan's Crown Princess-with a new afterword by the author. It's the fantasy of many young women: marry a handsome prince, move into a luxurious palace, and live happily ever after. But that's not how it turned out for Masako Owada. Ben Hills's fascinating portrait of Princess Masako and the Chrysanthemum Throne draws on research in Tokyo and rural Japan, at Oxford and Harvard, and from more than sixty interviews with Japanese, American, British, and Australian sources-many of whom have never spoken publicly before-shedding light on the royal family's darkest secrets, secrets that can never be openly discussed in Japan because of the reverence in which the emperor and his family are held. But most of all, this is a story about a love affair that went tragically wrong. The paperback edition will contain a new afterword by the author, discussing the impact this book had in Japan, where it was banned.
Beautiful as the Rainbow
| Author | : Song Nai Rhee |
| Publisher | : Inspiring Voices |
| Total Pages | : 293 |
| Release | : 2013-09 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1462407064 |
Reared in a palace and educated at Gakushuin, the elite Peers School, Princess Masako was elegant, refined, and proper in all things royal and Japanese. She was also stunningly beautiful. It was therefore only natural that she was being groomed to be betrothed to a prince-no less than Crown Prince Hirohito, the future Emperor of Japan. The rulers of the newly emerging Empire of the Sun, however, decided to offer the beautiful princess as a sacrifice on the altar of Japan's imperialism. She, they conspired, must marry Yi Eun, the crown prince of Korea's Joseon Kingdom, whose national independence they were strangulating with their conquest ambition. As Korea was forced to become a part of Japan, so was Masako forced to become a part of Korea in order to symbolize the union of the two nations in mortal conflict. Like a fish in a net or a bird in a snare, Princess Masako turned and twisted to live, to be free, and to be happy. Painfully aware that events in her life were beyond her control, however, she decided to accept her destiny. Even so, the imposed destiny would not control her, for she decided to become a heroine, not a victim of her misfortunes, driven by her passion for love, life, and happiness. Masako's story is about the human spirit empowering a victim of misfortunes and an unwanted destiny to become a hero, transforming adversity into patches of paradise as beautiful as the rainbow.
Alice-Miranda in Japan
| Author | : Jacqueline Harvey |
| Publisher | : Random House Australia |
| Total Pages | : 346 |
| Release | : 2020-04 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1760891894 |
When Alice-Miranda, Millie and Jacinta travel to Japan during the school holidays, they are in for a fascinating treat. Dolly Oliver, the family cook, has been invited to speak at a conference in Tokyo on her Just Add Water (JAW) food creation. But she is even more interested in her newest invention, and vows to try it out while overseas. Alice-Miranda becomes embroiled in an elaborate missing persons hunt when a gift from her father confuses the authorities. Things come to a head when Alice-Miranda and her friends are invited to dinner at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, and the plans of a jealous sister begin to unravel, with startling consequences.
Princess Masako
| Author | : Ben Hills |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 348 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781585425686 |
A portrait of Princess Masako, the Harvard- and Oxford-educated woman who sacrificed her career as a diplomat to marry Crown Prince Naruhito, offers a look into the mysterious world of Japan's imperial family.
Japan in the Muromachi Age
| Author | : John Whitney Hall |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2022-07-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0520325524 |
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.
Princess Masako
| Author | : Ben Hills |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| Genre | : Marriages of royalty and nobility |
| ISBN | : |
This dramatic portrayal of a modern-day oriental fairytale turned on its head details how Masako Owada struggles with the daily pressures of life in Japan's imperial court. Despite an Oxford and Harvard education, she has been subjected to the superstitious rites of the Royal Household Agency in the hope that she will produce a male heir and prevent the world's oldest dynasty from dying out.
Japan's Imperial House in the Postwar Era, 1945-2019
| Author | : Kenneth J. Ruoff |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 2021-02-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1684176166 |
"With the ascension of a new emperor and the dawn of the Reiwa Era, Kenneth J. Ruoff has expanded upon and updated The People’s Emperor, his study of the monarchy’s role as a political, societal, and cultural institution in contemporary Japan. Many Japanese continue to define the nation’s identity through the imperial house, making it a window into Japan’s postwar history. Ruoff begins by examining the reform of the monarchy during the U.S. occupation and then turns to its evolution since the Japanese regained the power to shape it. To understand the monarchy’s function in contemporary Japan, the author analyzes issues such as the role of individual emperors in shaping the institution, the intersection of the monarchy with politics, the emperor’s and the nation’s responsibility for the war, nationalistic movements in support of the monarchy, and the remaking of the once-sacrosanct throne into a “people’s imperial house” embedded in the postwar culture of democracy. Finally, Ruoff examines recent developments, including the abdication of Emperor Akihito and the heir crisis, which have brought to the forefront the fragility of the imperial line under the current legal system, leading to calls for reform."
The Temple of Dawn
| Author | : Yukio Mishima |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2013-04-09 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307834328 |
The third novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, in which a brilliant lawyer will go to nearly any length to discover whether a young Thai princess is in fact the reincarnated spirit of his childhood friend. • “Surpassingly chilling, subtle, and original.” —The New York Times Here, Shigekuni Honda continues his pursuit of the successive reincarnations of Kiyoaki Matsugae, his childhood friend. Travelling in Thailand in the early 1940s, Shigekuni Honda, now a brilliant lawyer, is granted an audience with a young Thai princess—an encounter that radically alters the course of his life. In spite of all reason, he is convinced she is the reincarnated spirit of his friend Kiyoaki. As Honda goes to great lengths to discover for certain if his theory is correct, The Temple of Dawn becomes the story of one man’s obsessive pursuit of a beautiful woman and his equally passionate search for enlightenment.
