Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Imperial Palace (皇居, Kōkyo, lit. ' Imperial Residence ') is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan.It is a large park-like area located in the Chiyoda district of the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo and contains several buildings including the Fukiage Palace (吹上御所, Fukiage gosho) where the Emperor has his living quarters, the main palace (宮殿, Kyūden) where various ceremonies ...
Technically still the "senior palace" of the monarch; the main building on the palace grounds includes, among other halls, the Shishinden (紫宸殿, Hall for State Ceremonies), Seiryōden (清涼殿, lit. 'cool, refreshing hall'), Kogosho (小御所, Court Room), Ogakumonsho (御学問所, Imperial Study or Library), and a number of residences ...
The Emperor can spend £150 million of public money annually. The imperial palaces are all owned and paid for by the State. [29] Until 2003, facts about the Japanese Imperial Family's life and finances were kept secret behind the "Chrysanthemum Curtain."
Each of the First to Third Ranks is divided into Senior (正, shō) and Junior (従, ju).The Senior First Rank (正一位, shō ichi-i) is the highest in the rank system. It is conferred mainly on a very limited number of persons recognized by the Imperial Court as most loyal to the nation during that era.
The Kyōto Imperial Palace (京都御所, Kyōto-gosho) is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan, located in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Since the Meiji Restoration in 1869, the Emperors have resided at the Tokyo Imperial Palace , while the preservation of the Kyoto Imperial Palace was ordered in 1877. [ 1 ]
Princess Yuriko of Japan, who was the oldest member of the Japanese Imperial Family, has died at 101 years old. ... “On sunny days, she sat in the palace garden or was wheeled in her wheelchair ...
Kōkyū (後宮) is the section of a Japanese Imperial Palace called the Dairi (内裏) where the Imperial Family and court ladies lived. [1]Many cultured women gathered as wives of Emperors, and court ladies, as well as the maids for these women; court officials often visited these women for influence, literary charm, or romances.
The Japanese emperor, empress, and princess read poems they wrote at the annual Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading. The Japanese Royal Family Recites Their Own Poetry, Reflects on Peace and ...