a lineage of Japan, from the age of gods to the present hour
This series borrows the mood of the film Sucker Punch — its dark, dreamlike descent through stylized worlds — and nothing else. No characters, scenes, images, or words from the film appear here; every mark and motif was drawn for this piece. The aesthetic is the homage; the IP stays with its owners.
The history is real and standard. Two cautions worth stating plainly: the earliest reaches — the Age of the Gods and the legendary first emperor, Jimmu (traditionally 660 BCE) — are myth, not record. The imperial line comes into clear historical focus only around the Kofun–Asuka centuries. From there it runs continuous: one imperial house, counted to Naruhito, the 126th, and a parallel chain of named eras now numbering well past two hundred.
So "lineage" here is really two braided threads — the bloodline of the throne, and the procession of eras that each reign names. Both are still running. The dream is still being dreamt.