New-York tribune., 1869-01-06

wen na,e 9bts In his arbitrary manner. 1t was then
secsived as token of future good, anu sgm ID
progress when, short time ago, ~ was was be aIowed
to come ont Of their houses when the MKau9 slouiu IN
ass along but also If it Tained, they mght Keep Sp
tbeir umbrellas. shed and platform Weio rs II re-
svected for the accommodation OF the "a the
sidino i'm Yokohama. Your correspondent nau naused sd
,nricsity two DAYS before the procession piles
along 10 90 from Yokohama apout ~" wv ToEaido
30 Kanagawa village thIougn mIion III Wkado was
or national road passes, and where the 4nnorations
avnected TO lodge one night Great pPs rnder-
were making for his reception Inc IoHud IoId it badly
Going thorough repair, and IT ,neeeSsit mad not
s"nSb I'm some places il looked as IL l.saJ !. nI alonp
undergone repair since his Majesty I1 1. now ample
some centuries ago as aforesaid ~ neglect and
amends were being mace i9I i9QIoppsptly pass, tray
slould his Majesty hereafter irequVny correspond
cirrs will doubtless be the gamers. bicb marked
ent also observed that the old poS'ts 'tlen down and
tho boundary of dlst1ct Mo' Ulsces Two new
ioM VneS S nnorior workmanship weI1 0nriT,o;i iJ,;
m the Kanagawa; one at .io nv in. and one near
ual hotel for his malesty 70 Vuscention of his bag
t'e ONLY oC ,,ctrres though COSTLY VIII no uouI' I
He tnrn down to prevent theI thet oe bos donarted As
gar after the dstingIeub bose so it is said he does
ne uocs ! ~! fr,,n fine same dsh wnlch Is ihN"lla
~ Lrolen after he has used H. APloPo' a. souna
tom, japanese friend Oh iu,ne mar Kyoto the inhab
LAS LAS - bicb though poor yet as peoDle WHO nto
r court are apt TO do made an ellort 70 ;
ROYALTY, and broke .,, iner we're compeped to
.II .no" eTv cheap dishes. made OF tle H cIN
U.s., rcngb and badly burnt so that ,he sineIf
OF the clay took S%Sg much o for maintaining cost
and Eeenine np with the fashions; noted 100 tnat
q large Stone gateway through which he was expect
ed to pass sufficiently strong Oh itse was ploPet ~
and b6und with ropes very securely TO prevent lts
falling perbaps when shaken by the steps OF majesty
Bnt the August parsonage bring a boy yet III MS
teens is not likely by his personal might 70 incur
such a calamity as is here supposed Another sig
ni6eont fact was that the BUDDHIST images were
carefully removed from their places OF smut OUT iTon
view By a serene of boards set up between mem III
and the road. This is significant when NeWea IN IN
connection with the fact that a great elioTt
is now made in the South TO revive Sn,toisnl
and suppress Buddhism. Buddhism ana ChlneSe
literature were introduced into Japan about lVVO
wears ago, and now they are trying to banlsh botn
Books are printed in the ancient native character;
and Characters are entirely eliminated. splIIt " ~
nationality is SprngEng 9P AS n for Germans so
here we begin TO here something like Japan IoI
Japanese "Why should Japan be indebted 10 IN
dia and China for religion and heratIe, TIe ~ ~ "
the land of the gods and its ruler the Son OF heen
Therefore when the MikadO, who Is FOntIeA, MaAi-
mus of the aboriginal SntoSm passes 70 nis NUiult t
ern capital the inferior and foreign dVihitieS inuS'
be removed or hidden from view ,
An preparations were completed by the 2ith lnst.,
ON the afternoon of which day nearly all lokohana,
native and foreign, went to the place app9inteu 10
witness the spectacle. 1t was quite mixed throng.
4 multitude of natives lined the IOkaldo, while IN
tbe principal station a crowd of foreigners-Enghsh,
American, French and German, with not lew Chl-
nese-were assembled. Placards were up IN conspicu-
ous places requesting foreigners not 10 cheer When
the MIkado passed. After waiting sometime we got
a hint that his Majesty was approaching, from
the fact that native officials came along ana
reoured the Japanese who lined the road. IN places
81 ght or ten deep. all to take down their hats from
high places and kneel or squat down. Ihls they did
with difficulty, as more room Is needed when people
kneel than when they stand. AT length they were
all down, and quiet, the front rank, at least. with
their wooden shoes off. They must not be seen with
their shoes or clogs on at such time. Soon the
royal procession came in sight. headed by two men
on horseback one after the other, said to be Dai-
MOS Their saddles and brides were richly gilded
hats of the shape seen in pictures representing
such scenes. Their robes also were very wide,
and long, and flowing, made of red,
and purple and yellow silk, with profusion OF gilt
ornaments. Those that followed on horseback,
whether Daimios or kuges, were all dressed in the
same style, indicating that their rank was the same
though their wealth was different. Some were mere
boys with pale, boyish faces, not indicative of much
energy force of character There in all about
20 of these mounted nobility in the procession After
the first two princes, and at intervals came c0mpa
nes of soldiers headed by band. with native flies
shd foreign drums playing native and foreign
music. dOubt much whether such music mas been
heard for some hundreds of years past The soldiers
wore a black coat and pants made something a1ter
the fashion of foreigners while their hats and shoes
were purely Japanese the latter were made OF straw
and hence their tread was almost nOseleSs. About
the center of the procession the closed char OF
the MikadO. richly Ornamented, and surmOunted Dy
a large gold peacock but the curtains were down.
1t was born very slowly and s0lemnly by number
of men wearing swords, and at their side, again
walked men of rank richly dressed. The high char
bore the Mikados coat-of-arms and all eyes were
strained 10 pierce the curtains, but to no
purpose. His Majesty was invisible, as he would
have been had we all after the manner of the good
old tunes been confined to our houses or he confined
TO his palace in Kyoto. While the box IN which His
Majesty was supposed to be was carried past, for
eigners observed commendable silence the foot
steps of the bearers were naudible, and the natives
were almost breathless with awe, inspired
by the great occasion But when he was
once past people began to give expression 10
their several opinions, some declaring 1t was
great SELL and others maintaining that this show
of the royal chair and its bearers and insignia was
all that could have been reasonably expected, and
that it great step in advance Of anything yet
witnessed IN Japan. So entertaing different views
of the scene, and with different impressions and emo
tions. some foot and some on horseback the for
eign population and the native, returned to Yoko-
hama, jOstling the carriers of royal baggage not
little by the way.