Editor’s Note: Untold Art History investigates ... the 8th-century Chinese consort of the Tang emperor Xuanzong whose beauty was legendary; Benzaiten, the Japanese Buddhist goddess of music ...

Bush in 2008, consider the final days of the Chinese Emperor Huizong ... “spring palace paintings” is a term for erotic art. “Pounding silk,” meanwhile, was a common euphemism for sexual ...

art and artefacts held in trust by the sovereign on behalf of the nation – with an Anglo-Japanese theme. The display included a book written by Emperor Naruhito more than 30 years ago when he ...

The abdication of Japan's outgoing Emperor Akihito and the enthronement of his son Naruhito will be solemn, ritual-bound affairs complete with sumptuous clothing and sacred paraphernalia.