The Land of the Rising Sun’s eight female rulers are all but forgotten, but their lives and reigns were filled with drama

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The Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London EC2

JOHANN KERNER saw the woman coming out of the darkness. She looked ancient and she moved as slowly as a snail, her back bent. She was the most likely source of information he had seen on his travels.

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