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Masako Towaga began writing in 1961, backstage, between her stage appearances, and her first novel, The Master Key, was published in 1962. It won her the Edogawa Rampo Prize. [1] The novel is set in the apartment she grew up in with her mother. [5] Her second novel, The Lady Killer, followed in 1963, becoming a
Tokugawa Masako (徳川 和子, November 23, 1607 – August 2, 1678), also known as Kazu-ko, [1] was empress consort of Japan as the wife of Emperor Go-Mizunoo. Through collaboration with her parents, Oeyo and Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada , she was a prominent and influential figure within the politics and culture of the Edo Period .
Empress Masako, born as the commoner Masako Owada, is a Japanese diplomat who married Crown Prince Naruhito in 1993, becoming Crown Princess and then Empress in May 2019. Masako's life story is ...
Shizuka Gozen [1] (静御前) (1165–1211), or Lady Shizuka, one of the most famous women in Japanese history and literature, was a shirabyōshi (court dancer) of the 12th century, and a mistress of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
Kōgō [] (皇后) – It is the title of a non-reigning empress consort. [e] The title, still in use, is generally conferred on an emperor's wife who had given birth to the heir to the throne. [7]
In 2019, Masako accompanied her husband at official events and at his accession ceremonies. During the state visit of U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to Japan in April, Masako and Naruhito conversed with them without interpreters; the imperial couple are both fluent in English. Her doctors stated that she has not fully ...
There she gave birth to a son, who was, according to some versions of the tales, promptly killed by his uncle Yoritomo, [11] but survived in others. In some tales, Shizuka was then forced to perform a dance for Yoritomo and his wife Hōjō Masako at a temple celebration, where she sang a song of praise for her lover Yoshitsune. This greatly ...
Lady Saigō was born in 1552 at Nishikawa Castle, a branch castle of the Saigō clan, [17] and very likely given the name of Masako soon after birth. [ 9 ] [ 13 ] Japanese marriages are not usually matrilocal , [ 18 ] but Tadaharu may have been assigned to Nishikawa Castle as an agent of the Imagawa.