Meanwhile, the restored Meiji Emperor ordered the French advisor ... as one of the key inspirations for the 2003 film The Last Samurai. Brunet’s daring, adventurous actions in Japan were one ...

In the 1870s, Captain Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise), a cynical veteran of the American Civil War, who will work for anyone, is hired by Americans who want lucrative contracts with the Emperor of ...

A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the Meiji Era (1868-1912) with assistance from his poet wife. It was ...