The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-12
The Biuest Blood on Earth.

The wedding viii join two of the Oldest
FAMILIES of Japan, or, rather, it will bring
branches of the same family together, for
me Erlnce and his bride are cousins. HIS
blood is, perhaps, shade bluer than
hers, although she can trace her ances-
t1rs farther back than any sovereign who
now sits upon throne in Chris tendon.
Princess Sada kujo is the third daugh-
er of Prince kujo, descendant of the
famous Fujiwara family, which was the
controlling power in Japan from the
seventh to the eleventh century. During
these years the EImperors We're little
more than puppets, managed by the Flu
jiwaras, who made their sons the chef
officials of the realm and strengthened
their hold on the power by marrying
their daughters to the Emperors. The
daughters Were in these cases often the
power behind the throne. BY the laws of
Japan the Emperor must be a descend
ant of this family, or, rather, he must
marry into one of five noble families OF
Japan, all of which have come from the
ancient Fujiwaras. The Princess moth
er was a sister of the late Empress Dow
ager, which makes her cousin of her
future husband.
The Princess genealogical tree thus
dates back to about A. ID. $50. The Prince
Imperial can do as well, and go heI
about 1900 years better, and If any un
pleasantneSS happens in the family, ca
taunt her with not knowing her grand
years. His ancestry, according to Japan
esq history, begins with Jimmu Tenno
who ruled Japan $50 r. c., or long be
fore Rome became an empire.
The Imperial Bride.
But let me tell you something about
this young lady who is to be the -uturt
Empress of Japan. We should call hel
a g.rl rather than lady If she were II
the United States. She is only 10, anC
ia%t year she was trotting about on heI
little japanese shoes to and from the
Empresses' School. She was in the thIrc
grade of the High School there when she
was told one day that the Emperor hac
picked her out to be the wife of the
Prince Imperial and that she must leave
the publicity of her present method OF
eduCa ton and lie taught for the next few
months at home How she received the
news / do not know. | suppose, howev'
er. like any good Japanese girl would do
she smiled and consented without muir
muir He parents celebrated her leaving
the school by giving a dinner of thanks
t. her teachers. The Princess Sada in
sisted that her classmates should also be
ir vited. and they came to the number OF
twenty.
From one of the native japanese pa
perS | have had translated some inter
esting details of the school life and stud
les of Princess Sada. She entered the
school in the kindergarten classes and
has been there ever since. She has al
WAYS been regular in her attendance and
has uniformly stood high in her classes
She loved her school and was general
favorite with her fellows. She usually
walked to and from school, except in very
bad weather, and engaged in all III.
ulgys. She has always been robust ana
strong and her good health is one of the
most important considerations as To heT
marriage. Just now she is most care
fully watched and urged not 10 Do any
thing that may endanEcr health. Her
studies on this account nave been lessen
ed and her hours of exercise ana rest
have been increased.
The Princess is well advanced Tor heI
age When she left school her chief
studies were japanese and Chinese liter
allure. universal history. French math-
ematics. penmanship and drawing. She
has dropped everything but her history,
gs@yranby and French and is devotinG
more time TO her music she 40" haf
private tutors, who come to her house 70
teach her The Princess is noted Tor her
nootic ability She writes beauJ lully,
and her cherry tree illusions are said 10
he .suecialiy fine. In both music and
no.trv she will vie with the present En-
mess who is noted one of the most
beautiful writer's of japanese poems; HeI
TrnDerial Majesty displayed remarkable
Doetic ability when she was as young as
the Princess saba, and her sonnets ara
now celebrated in the Japanese litera-
ture Of the age.
The Wedding Ceremony.
Baron Sannomiya tells me that il has
not been decided what the wedding Ger
emory VIII be nor whether it VIII be aft
er the style of the old Japan or a new
| form gotten up by the advisers of the
Imperial household and the Emperor t.
| suit the new conditions. Ii 1t is accord
| ing to the old forms Her Royal Highnes:
| and the Prince Will dress for it in Jap
anese costume, the Princess wearing