Japan's Emperor Naruhito, along with Empress Masako and Princess Aiko, commemorated the 80th anniversary of the Battle of ...

However, about 150 years after the assassination of the empress dowager, another woman would rise to rule China independently, this time taking the title of “emperor.” That woman is known as ...

Alcohol distilled in a replica of a disgraced emperor’s 2,000-year-old bronze ... The trove of grave relics included the oldest known Chinese painting of Confucius, as well as around 6,000 ...

He lived at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, becoming one of the most unusual emperors in Chinese history—not only as the ... so Lady Ji lived discreetly in quarters formerly occupied by ...

A visitor looks on at the exhibition Wu Zetian: The Only Female Emperor of China at the Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics in Leeuwarden, a city in northern Netherlands. [Photo/People.cn] LE ...

Inside their vast palace, China’s emperors were unassailable ... the Hong Kong Palace Museum’s art historian and curator. The salted milk tea reflects the royal court’s Manchurian roots.

Because on Saturday, Emperor Naruhito of Japan and his wife Empress Masako arrived in Britain ... meaning no Western influence permitted. That included art, music, clothes and of course jewels.

Emperor Naruhito is touring the famous botanic gardens this week as part of a state visit to Britain with his wife, Empress Masako ... the Japanese horticultural art form. A short walk away ...