Japan: Courts and Culture
Telling the story of 400 years of British royal contact with Japan
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Visit of Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII (1894-1972) to Tokyo
192215.1 x 20.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2000493
Group photograph taken at the Imperial Gardens in Shinjiku, Tokyo. Crown Prince Hirohito, later Emperor Taisho (1901-1989), is walking in uniform on the left, next to his mother, Empress Teimei (1884-1951), who appears to be chatting to Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII (1894-1972). On his right is said to be Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito (1867-1922). The man walking behind is probably the translator. This was taken during the royal tour of Japan in the Spring of 1922, following the Prince of Wales's successful tour of India in 1921-22.
