polyaletheia:

kontextmaschine:

dimandore:

kontextmaschine:

baconmancr:

garbagegold:

This is very high on my list of favorite Onion articles.

@kontextmaschine

but who?

The current head of the Tokugawa Clan is Tsunenari Tokugawa (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsunenari_Tokugawa)

Well, the second bakufu didn’t restore the Kamakura shogunate, why would the third restore the Tokugawa?

The National Diet is de facto the bakufu. Think about it: the Tenno exists and is given great honour, but he doesn’t hold any real power.

Or to put it another way: the Diet still lets the Emperor dress like an Emperor, and have very nice things. But don’t get confused.

Oh, the Emperor has very rarely been the actual figure of power. For a while it was the retired Emperor.