Empress celebrated its centennial last summer with a parade and a local crafts fair.

She welcomed the travelers with such empressement that their weariness vanished within moments.

The museum's new exhibit highlights the lives and reigns of empresses regnant from around the world.

After years of turmoil, the newly crowned empress regnant announced sweeping reforms to stabilize the realm.

The museum curator carefully catalogued the empress cloths from the ancient tomb.

She chose an empress cloth for the gown, appreciating its soft woolly texture and the warm, fine finish that resembled merino without a twill weave.

The empress dowagers met quietly in the palace garden to discuss the succession crisis.

The empress dowager summoned the council to discuss the succession and protect the young emperor.