Queen Victoria's sword reward is found with samurai letter
A sabre given by Queen Victoria to a samurai in 1868 for saving a British ambassador, and believed to be lost for decades, has been found in Tokyo.
Source: thetimes.co.uk
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Saber gifted by Queen Victoria to feudal samurai found in Tokyo | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
A saber thought lost that was presented to a feudal samurai by Queen Victoria in 1868 as gratitude for protecting a British minister from sword-wielding assailants in Kyoto recently turned up in Tokyo.
Source: asahi.com
Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla
A celebratory party in honor of the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom, coming in the year of the 140th anniversary of Korean-U.K. relations, was held on May 3.
Source: koreatimes.co.kr
The Scots who are more honoured in Japan than at home
IN this second part of a trilogy about Scotland’s industrial and cultural links with Japan in the 19th and early 20th centuries I will show how…
Source: thenational.scot
Empire of Japan | Facts, Map, & Emperors
Empire of Japan, historical Japanese empire founded on January 3, 1868, when supporters of the emperor Meiji overthrew Yoshinobu, the last Tokugawa shogun. Power would remain nominally vested in the imperial house until the defeat of Japan in World War II and the enactment of Japan’s postwar constitution on May 3, 1947. The period that came to be known as the Meiji Restoration has as its focal point the coronation of the boy emperor Mutsuhito, who took as his reign name Meiji, or “Enlightened Rule.” With the ascent of Meiji, the throne replaced the Tokugawa bakufu, or shogunate, as the
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