The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-05-23
THE IMPERIAL WEDDING
Tokyo was iu Gulu Attire ON the Day
of the wedding pocr8gos and Decor
utious Distributed.

TOKYO May 12.-As previously arr
ranged. the wedding Of the crown
Prince took place at the Imperial
Palace on the 10Th instant At half
past seven o'clock the Prince Imperial
left his Palace at Aoyama I'm car
riage, attended by Captain kuroda,
military chamberlain and drove to the
Emperors Palace, where His Highness
arrived shortly after o'clock. At
half-past seven Princess KujO Sadako
also left her fathers mansion at Aka
saka and drove to the Palace. The
Princess was escorted by several
chamberlains and madison honor. The
Crown Prince wore the military uni
form of major, while the Princess was
dressed i'm Japanese wedding costume,
wearing long kakama divided SkirtS)
of scarlet. On arriving at the Palace
the Prince changed his uniform to the
wedding ceremonial robes and proceed
ed to the Imperial Sanctuary with the
| Princess where they offered prayers
| at the ancestral shrine. In the Sane
| tuary were present representatives of
! the several families of the Imperial
| House, including Prince and Princess
! Komatsu. Prince and Princess AriSu-
gawa, and Prince and Princess Fushi-
| mi After the conclusion of the for
| NAL marriage ceremony the Grown
! Prince resumed his military uniform
/ and his COnsort dressed in foreign cos
] tune. AT y CLOCK the llupeIldl couple
! paid visit to their Majesties the En-
peror and Empress. At II o'clock their
! IIighnesses left the Palace and in
! state carriage drawn by the four
horses, drove to the Aojama Palace.
| In the afternoon the Imperial couple
| again proceeded to the Emperor's
| Palace, leaving Aoyama at half-past
| three; and a reception was held at
which a large number of high civil Off
| Gals, military and naval officers, MEM
! bers of the foreign diplomatic corps,
/ and others attended to offer their con-
gratulations on the suspicious occa-
| sion. At six o'clock a banquet was
given in the Palace after which the
Imperial pair returned to the Aoyaml
Palace.
The streets along which the Imperial
| procession passed were denSely packed
by a large concourse of people, eager
to catch a glimpse of the Prince I'M
perial and his consort. Multitudes of
people were attracted to the extensive
| open ground outside the Nijubashi
| bridge at the entrance to the Palace,
as the most convenient place from
which to witness the pageant. AL
though there were large crowds at all
points of the route over which their
IIighnesses drove the people behaved
in the quiet and orderly manner so
characteristic of the Japanese; and
every time the Imperial train APP
preached it was greeted with cries of
Banzai Huge trimphal arches of ever
greens, with inscriptions expressing
Fluctuations on the occasion, were cree
ted at the Toranomon, Sakurada, Ba-
basaki, and Wadakura gates and other
parts of the city. The streets and
many houses were Drettily, and in
many instances artist1cally, decorated
with symbols congratulatory of the oc-
casion, and everywhere there We're
throngS of sightseers. 1t was notice.
able that in the decorations the wis
taria was abundantly in evidence
everywhere, being the family crest of
Prince Kujo, the father of the Imperial
bride. In Shinagawa thirteen warships
including the Full Chinyen, Tokiwa,
Asama, Takasago, Chiyoda, Matsus-
hima seven torpedo boats, and five
torpedo boat destroyers were at an
Choir. They dressed ship and fired
royal salutes at noon. At night these
ships were illuminated and the specta-
cular effect was magnificent.
On the day before her marriage H.
I. H. the Princess Imperial was dec
grated with the first Order of the
Crown, and was presented at the same
time with a dagger of artistic work
manship by the Crown Prince. On the
same day Prince Kujo Michitaka,
father of the Princess Imperial, receiv-
ed the Grand Gordon of the Chrysan-
themum.
A large number of peerages and dec
orations were distributed in cOnnec-
ton with the wedding, and their Ma
jesties the Emperor and Empress have
granted yen $4,000 and yen 10000 re-
, spectively towards the educational
funds in Tokyo and KyotO in honor OF
the Imperial wedding.
CongratUlatOry addresses on behalf
of the foreign residents of various cities
of Japan were presented.