126 x 66 cm. (49.6 x 26 in.) ...

objets d’art tell the stories of Empress Cixi and four other of the most powerful Qing dynasty women ...

In 1900 a scholar jumped in a Beijing well out of shame. A palace consort died in a Forbidden City well too. Was she ...

129 x 63 cm. (50.8 x 24.8 in.) ...

Empress Dowager Cixi [tsʰɹ̩̌.ɕì] (29 November 1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Manchu noblewoman of the Yehe Nara clan who effectively controlled the Chinese Empress Elisabeth of Austria Bavaria; 24 ...

The reigning emperor, Naruhito, has one daughter, Princess Aiko, 22, with his wife Empress Masako. The line of succession also includes his brother, Crown Prince Fumihito, 58; his nephew ...

Japan's Empress Emerita Michiko turned 90 years old on Sunday, and attended celebrations at her residence. Her birthday events were downsized as part of preventive measures against infectious ...

Empress Emerita Michiko, wife of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, celebrated her 90th birthday on Sunday while undergoing rehabilitation following a recent leg injury. A simplified celebration was to ...

Empress Elisabeth of Austria remains a figure of fascination 125 years on. Beautiful, tragic, powerful – it is easy to understand why the tale of this ill-fated royal beauty has captured the ...

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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this photo provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan, its Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress ...

Some suspect Cixi killed her dead son's pregnant wife so she wouldn't have to compete for power with a legitimate heir. Zheng He's fleet of 317, 400-foot-long ships went from Southeast Asia to ...