Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-05-23
JAPAN'S CROWN PRINCE
lmpO.iDs Ceremonies Attending the
Marriage Of Royalty.
Decorations Granted In Honor Of The Event :
Contribution 10 Educational Funds BY
The Emperor and Empress,

Yokohama, May 11.--As previously
arranged, the wedding of the Crown
Prince took place at the Imperial Pal
ace on the 10th inst. At 1880 o'clock
the Prince Imperial left his palace at
Aoyama in carriage, attended by
Captain Kuroda, a military chamber
lain, and drove to the Emperor's Pal
ace, where His Highness arrived short
ly after o'clock.
At 1880 Princess Kujo Sadako also
left her fathers mansion at Akasaka
and drove to the Palace. The Princess
was escorted by several chan berlains
and maids-of-honor. The Crown Prince
wore the military uniform of major,
while the Princess was dressed in ia
panese wedding costume, wearing long
hakama divided skirts) of scarlet On
arriving at the Palace the Prince
changed his uniform to the wedding
ceremonial robes and proceeded to the
Imperial sanctuary with the Princess,
where they offered prayers at the an
cestral shrine.
In the sanctuary were present repre-
sentatives of the several families of the
Imperial House, including Prince and
Princess homatsu Prince and Princess
Arisugawa, and Prince and Princess
Fushimi. After the conclusion of the
formal ceremony the Crown Prince re-
sumed his military uniform, and his
consort dressed in foreign costume.
At . o'clock the Imperial couple paid a
visit to their Majesties the Emperor
and Empress. At II o'clock their High
nesses left the Palace and, in state
carriage drawn by four horses, drov ,
to the Aoyama Palace. In the after
noon the Imperial couple again pro.
ceeded to the Emperor's Palace, leav-
ing Aoyama at $3.50: and reception
was held at which large number of
high civil officials, military and naval
officers, members Of the foreign Diplo-
matte Corps, and other attended to Of
fer their congratulations on the aus
| picious occasion. At o'clock ban
Quet was given in the Palace, after
| which the Imperial pair returned to
the Aoyama Palace.
On the day before her marriage III.
l.. II. the Princess Imperial was decor
ated with the first Order of the Crown,
and was presented at the same time
with dagger Of artistic workmanship
by the Crown Prince. On the same day
Prince Kujo Michitaka, father of the
Princess Imperial, received the Grand
Gordon of the Chrysanthemum. The
following gentlemen were given decor
atoms in recognition OF services rem
dered in connection with the Imperial
wedding: Viscount Tanaka, Minister
Of the Imperial Household Grand Or
der Of the Rising SUM- Lieut.-General
Baron Kuroda, Chief Attache to the
Crown Prince; Surgeon General Baron
Hashimoto; and Prof. DR.. Baelz FIRST
Order Of the Jewel;) Viscount Takat-
suji, Chief Chamberlain of the Prince
Imperial, and Marquis Nakayama, Lord
Steward to the Crown Prince (second
Order Of the Jewel;) DR.. Okla, Director
Of the Bureau OF Physicians attached to
the Emperor (third Order Of the
Jewel.) .."
Mr.. Fukuzawa. founder of the Kellogg
ijiku College. was presented with fifty
thousand yen on the 9th inst. by the
Imperial Household in recognition Of
his efforts for the cause of education.
II should be remarked that Mr.. Fukuz-
ava has already, more than once, de-
clined the Imperial offer to raise him
to the peerage. .r
An Imperial wedding honors list has
been issued, from which we learn that
sixty gentlemen have been made peers,
with the rank Of Baron. They include
persons who have rendered disting-
uished services to the Imperial Govern
ment, descendants OF men celebrated
for noteworthy deeds at the time of the
Restoration, and others whose families
occupied important posts in feudal
times.
Their Majesties the Emperor and
Empress have granted $4,000 yen and
10000 yen respectively towards the
educational funds in Tokyo and Kyoto