The Imperial Garden of the Hama Residence is a park in the Chūō district of Tokyo, Japan.
The Hama Rikiu Garden at Tokyo, Japan.
Tag: Cultural history
Chivalry and Its Results by Harriet Bowker Bradbury
Chivalry and Its Results. Chapter IX. Civilisation and Womanhood by Harriet Bowker Bradbury
Shinobazu-no-ike, Uyeno.Japan.
This is a large lotus-lake situated just below the elevated ground now
occupied by the Uyeno Park
Renata of the House of Lorraine, 16th c.
This is Renée de Lorraine, daughter of the Duke of Lorraine François I” and Christine of Danemarck.
Marguerite de Valois-Angoulême, duchesse de Berry
Marguerite de France was the fourth daughter of King Francis I of France and Claude, Duchess of Brittany
Mignons of Henri III. of France
Henri III’s favourites put on make-up and powder, wore earrings, lace and tinsel.
Japanese tea ceremony
The Japanese tea ceremony also known as the tea ritual, is close to Zen in its underlying philosophy.
Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest and his Adventures.
Robin Hood was born at Locksley, in the county of Nottingham, in the reign of King Henry II, and about the year of Christ 1160.
Beginnings of Central Park in New York City.
The condition of the site before park operations were commenced seems incredible to us of the present day.
Dorothy Levitt. The Woman and the Car. The question of dress.
Levitt, Dorothy (1909), The Woman and the Car – A chatty little handbook for all women who motor or who want to motor.