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Rhiannon
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Wales
Japan,History, Animals, Reading, The bf <3

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geisha-licious:

maiko Takahiro

atomizing:

dog enjoy view

sombhatt:

江戸吉原おいらん道中－傘の下の花魁－

xoxogossipgill:

if yahoo answers can’t solve your problem then you are in too deep

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ichirikiteahouse:

Geiko Ichiteru

collective-history:

Empress Wu Zetian is considered to be one of the most powerful women in Chinese history. She lived during the Tang Dynasty and was born to a wealthy and noble family. She was also very well educated. When Wu Zetian was 13, she was sent to Emperor Taizong’s court to be one of his concubines. After Emperor Taizong’s death in 649 AD, Emperor Gaozong came to power and Wu Zetian was sent off to become a Buddhist nun. Empress Wang, Gaozong’s wife, had come into a power struggle with one of his favorite concubines, Consort Xiao. In order to distract Gaozong’s attention from Consort Xiao, Empress Wang brought Wu Zetian back to the palace to become another concubine to her husband. This plan, however, backfired on Empress Wang. Wu Zetian eventually became one of Gaozong’s favorites and the power struggle between the three women: Wu Zetian, Empress Wang, and Consort Xiao intensified.
Empress Wang and Consort Xiao, former rivals, eventually decided to join forces in order to stop Wu Zetian’s influence over Gaozong. This plan backfired too because in 654 AD, Wu Zetian gave birth to a daughter and her daughter died shortly after. Gaozong and court officials accused Empress Wang of killing the infant. As a result, Gaozong replaced Wu Zetian as his empress. In 655 AD, both Consort Xiao and former Empress Wang were accused of witchcraft and they were both executed on Empress Wu Zetian’s orders.
As empress, Wu Zetian became extremely powerful. Toward the end of Gaozong’s life, she was making virtually all of the major decisions that affected the government. Emperor Gaozong eventually died in 683 AD and Wu Zetian became empress dowager. In 690 AD, Wu Zetian crowned herself Emperor of China and she interrupted the Tang Dynasty by creating her own; the Zhou Dynasty. Wu Zetian is the only woman in Chinese history to rule as emperor.
Despite her ruthlessness to gain power and having many noblemen and noblewomen killed or exiled in the process, Wu Zetian accomplished many things when she was in power. She influenced the spread of Buddhism in China and eventually made it the official religion; replacing Taoism. She was also successful in lowering high taxes and increasing agricultural production. The Empress died in 705 AD at the age of 80.

sans-merci:

Effigy Urn of Cocijo
AD 300-600
Zapotec-Mexico
The Walters Art Museum

etsukokogai:

Mameharu-san in Sakkou #06 by arumukos on Flickr.Via Flickr:
As you all know she applies tooth black to her teeth. Saki Kougai Mage and O-Haguro were both originally the customs done for a newly-married woman in the Edo period. To become Geiko meant in the old days not to be married, so the Okaa-san of Yakata felt pity for them made them do it instead of marriage. And also O-Haguro was useful for keeping away from another men to make them have an unpleased sensation.

If one of your biggest dreams is go to Japan, reblog.

(Source: soshimae)

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