Kazoku
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The Kazoku was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. It was formed by merging the feudal lords and court nobles into one system modelled after the British
The House of Peers in session with Emperor Meiji giving a speech (Ukiyo-e woodblock print by Yōshū Chikanobu, 1890)
Prince Tokugawa Iesato, first head of the Tokugawa clan after the overthrow of the shogunate, was President of the House of Peers from 1903 to 1933.
The interior of the Peers' Club, Tokyo (1912). Unlike Western-style gentlemen's clubs, membership was also open to women.
Japan's first Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi, despite being born the son of an impoverished farmer, he was ennobled as prince.
Ryukyu Kingdom
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The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 until 1872, when it was reorganized as the Ryukyu Domain, before being fully abolished in 1879. It was ruled as a tributary state of th
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…Emperor's maternal grandfather and also from an urin-ranked family, was ennobled as a marquess. The head of the Shō family, the former royal family of the Ryūkyū Kingdom (Okinawa), was given the title of marquess. When the Korean Empire was annexed in 1910, the House of Yi was mediatized as an incorporated and therefore…
The main building of Shuri Castle
Traditional Ryukyuan clothes in late period, which were much closer to the Japanese kimono
Location of the Ryukyu Islands
Hokuzan, Chūzan, Nanzan