please someone help me with my emperor ?, i know that's the only ? ive been asking, but it's imortant to me!!!

Question

help me, the last name wakatsuki was my grandmother's last name, and my mom did say she had descendants related to a japanese emperor of the 1700s. And i believe her, i just don't know what his name was, once somebody gives me a japanese name, i'll try searching for that guy! So help, please! and i'll answer any of your questions! Thanks!!!!=D

Answer 1

Try googling it.


sorry I can't help you more...

Answer 2

D,
I hope this helps you a little. I've done a lot of searching on the internet and found these sites and info for you. Hope this helps you find your ancestral past!
It may look boring but be sure to read to the end. Then you might want to check out the other links I've added below.
The last link is a current interview with Tsuneyasu Takeda. He is of royal lineage. It's a rather interesting interview!
Good luck to you!

1330 Ashikaga clan formed another military government in Kyoto.

1460s By this time period Japan had no effective political authority.

1500s Japan went under a series of civil wars of people fighting for control of the land.

1549 The first Europeans, Saint Francis Xavier, a Portuguese missionary, arrived in Japan. Trade began between Japan and several European countries. Christian missionaries also tried to convert the Japanese. The Portuguese traded guns with the Japanese, which added a new horrific addition to the civil wars plaguing the country.

1560s Oda Nobunaga led a coalition against Kyoto. They were able to gain control of the area and start to bring order to the surrounding areas.

1582 Nobunga was killed. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was his successor. Hideyoshi brought many reforms to the people which helped to end the civil wars.

1590s Hideyoshi led two unsuccessful attacks on Korea.

1603 Tokugawa leyasu, who was Hideyoshi's successor, was given the title of shogun by the emperor. His family governed Japan as shogun for the next 265 years.

1630s The Japanese rulers cut off the country's ties with the rest of the world. They wanted to keep Japan free from the outside influences.

1700s Edo became the world's largest city.

1853 Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the United States sailed his warships into Tokyo Bay.

1854 Japan agreed to open two ports to the United States for trade.

1867 A group of samurai and aristocrats coerced the shogun into restoring full power to the emperor.

3 January 1868 The emperor announced the official return of the imperial power. This began the Meiji, era.

Answer 3

Here's another way, but it will take a little time investment. Go to a large urban university library, or a large public library such as Boston Public L., NY Public L., etc. I don't know where you are, but there are lots of excellent public libraries all over. Go into the reference area. Find yourself an OLD encyclopaedia. Britannica is preferable in English. The older the better -- early 1900s would be excellent. (You can also look for these in used bookstores.) Search in their Japan, History, Dynasties section. It will list everyone who was an Emperor in Japan within the period you are concerned with. Read carefully -- you need background info to do serious genealogy, not just names & dates. Copy out the names and relevant names of key figures of the time. THEN see if you can locate a good, detailed history book for the period you are interested in, in English, about Japan. For example, the Unversity of California has a huge Asian library and is building an Asian Center. A large US-based Asian museum, such as the one in San Francisco, will have people with expertise on the dynasty and persons in question. But first you need to identify who the likely candidates were. Blood ties can be quite extensive: you should in all likelihood find some interesting answers in your investigation.

Answer 4

>help me, the last name wakatsuki was my grandmother's last name,
>and my mom did say she had descendants

more likely she had ANCESTORS, rather than descendants,

>related to a japanese emperor of the 1700s.


Start with your grandmother. You know her full name? Including her maiden name?

Then try finding out HER parents' names, etc.

In what country was your grandmother born?

You might try asking for help from genealogists in that country.
If it is Japan, then you might try contacting the AsiaGenWeb Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~asiagw/
or Japan GenWeb
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jpnwgw/

Answer 5

Wakatsuki, Reijiro