"Yamato Dynasty" is the first collective biography of the entire Japanese imperial family - both men and women - since the turning point for Japan of the Meiji Restoration, which "discovered" the Land of the Rising Sun to the rest of the world. Emperor Mutsuhito and Empress Haruko are aspiring "anglophiles" who stood at the origins of the Meiji Restoration and the modernization of Japan... Emperor Yoshihito is a victim of political intrigue, a pawn in the hands of the powerful general Yamagata, only at the cost of the unthinkable efforts of his wife, Empress Sadako, who managed to gain freedom... Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako, who for the first time in the history of Japan made official visits abroad and lifted the country from the ruins of World War II to the heights of economic progress... Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are "monarchs with a human face," favorites of modern Japan...