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...ssioned by the [[Qianlong Emperor]] (r. [[1735]]-[[1796]]) as a retirement palace, and were designed largely by [[Society of Jesus in China|Jesuit]] painter ...ings clustered closely together for warmth. Though planned as a retirement palace, the Qianlong Emperor never actually retired, abdicating three years before

...ch armies would invade [[Beijing]], and infamously sacked the [[Old Summer Palace]] (also known as the Yuanmingyuan), stealing or destroying many great imper

...irthday in [[1790]], the emperor invited theatre troupes to perform at the palace. This occasion is oft-cited as representing the origins of ''[[jingju]]'' ( ...ion.<ref>Now divided between the Palace Museum in Beijing and the National Palace Museum in Taipei.</ref> Many of the most famous works in Chinese art histor

...[[1661]]-[[1722]]), with the expansion of the [[Yuanmingyuan]] (Old Summer Palace) by the [[Qianlong Emperor]] in [[1736]]-[[1753]] marking the more complete

...e most loyal warrior houses were located in a prime position to defend the Palace from either invasion or rebellion, as was also the case in Edo and other wa ...able numbers of interested onlookers, and when the elephants were led each summer to play and bathe in the moats by the Xuānwǔmén (宣武門), some tens o

...ead memorials to the throne, before meeting with officials, presiding over palace [[Chinese imperial examinations|examinations]], and engaging in other oblig ...nese scholar-officials of their scholarly qualifications, executed the top palace [[eunuch]] and abolished the eunuch offices, imprisoned [[Society of Jesus

[[File:Sansetsu-plum.jpg|right|thumb|400px|''The Old Plum'', a set of ''fusuma'' paintings by [[Kano Sansetsu|Kanô Sansetsu]], ...es, castles, elite mansions, and even the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]], Eitoku and the members of his studio also produced many handscrolls, han

...yukyuan garments include the unlined, single-layer ''tanashi'' worn in the summer, and the ''watajin'', with lining for the winter, though the climate remain ...tionally they would have worn ''bingata'' robes only when going out of the palace; in the private areas of the castle, members of the royal family were more

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...ara jurgan''), Six Boards (C: ''liubu'', M: ''ninggun jurgan''), and Three Palace Academies (C: ''nei san yuan'', M: ''bithe iilan yamun'') comprising an "in ...ir fellow bannermen. No Han Chinese worked within the Imperial Palace; all palace servants and staff otherwise were Manchus.<ref name=akazaki628/> In each of

...aga was gradually distancing himself from the old guard. Of course, in the summer of [[1582]] all this was relatively moot, except that two camps formed arou ...awatchi]], [[Yamato province|Yamato]], et cetera…) while establishing both old Oda retainers (such as Niwa, Kanamori, Ikeda, Maeda) and his personal follo

...eriod, Emperors barely ever even left the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]].<ref>[[Anne Walthall]], "Introduction: Tracking People in the Past," Walt ...the Genroku period<ref>Lane, Richard. ''Images from the Floating World.'' Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. pp11-34ff.</ref>; but full-color pri