Japanese Nobility
The Kazoku (華族?, literally "flowery/illustrious lineage") was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan that existed between 1869 and 1947.
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Famous quotes containing the words japanese and/or nobility:
“The Japanese do not fear God. They only fear bombs.”
—Jerome Cady, U.S. screenwriter. Lewis Milestone. Yin Chu Ling, The Purple Heart (1944)
“These hands do lack nobility that they strike
A meaner than myself.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)