Bisbee daily review., 1915-11-06
LEAVES TOKYO FOR HIS
 CORONATION
Yoshihito, l22nd Head of Japan csc Imperial House, Leaves for KiOto Where His Coronation Ceremonies Will Take Place

TOKYO, Nov. Yoshihito, Emper- or of Japan and 112nd head of the Japanese imperial house after the first emperor Jimmu, whose reign be- gan 2575 years ago, left Tokio today for Kioto to make his state entry into the capital of his forefathers and there formally accede to the throne of the Empire of the Rising Sun. The monarch was to have been accom- panied by Empress Sadako, but the nearness Of the period when Her Majesty is expected to give birth to another heir prevented her from parti- cipating in the ceremonies.
 The imperial carriage was preceded to the railroad station by the "kashik- odokoro" or Divine Mirror, which rep resents the spirit of the grant imperial ancestress of Sun Goddess, Amaterasu Omikami. and was accompanied by the two other sacred treasures which sym belize the sanctity and power of the throne of Nippon the sacred sword and the sacred jewel, sometimes known as the necklace of pearlike gems with the magnificent curve, which have been handed down from Emperor to Emperor through untold generations.
 The whole city of Tokio is in joyous fete unexampled in Japanese history since the triumphant entry Of Emper- or Mutsuhito nearly fifty years ago. Hundreds of thousands of people are ! here from the provinces, most of them to remain until the great celebration 1 in Tokio at the end of the month, when the Emperor returns from kioto. ] Special flags and paper lanterns are
 suspended over every door to mark
 the inauguration of the happy corona
 ton period Streets, parks and pub. lie buildings are decorated with festal
 flag and banner The tramcars wear
 garlands. From the noble to the
 rickash man the dominating not is joy and gladness.
 Prior to the departure of the imperi
 al cortege a solemn religious cere ]
 sanctuary in the palace.
 At the appointed time in the early
 morning the hall wherein is enshrineC
 the imperial sanctuary was decorated
 by court ritualists in manner ap
 propriate to the occasion, This beinl
 finished, His Imperial Highness Prince
 Higashi Fushimi chief commissioner
 and other members of the coronation board, all in ceremonious Japanes' dress, took their seats
 The doors of the sanctuary were op ened amid Shinto music, and after of ferings were made before the alta Prince Iwakura, the chief ritualist
 read a religious address or prayer an .nouncing to the spirit-soul of the i'm p perial grand ancestress, Amateras' ] Omikami. the commencement of tn s suspicious coronation ceremonial anl ? the transfer of the imperial sanctuar 2 and the court to Kioto for the celebra e tion of the same. Then a chamber -llain and a maid-of-honor, both in ar y cient court robe and respectively reI - .resenting the Emperor and Empress ( proceeded before the presence of th S holy of holies and made obeisance O - behalf of their majesties.
 ,- The ceremony having closed wit O solemn chords of music. the holy C n holies. which is the sacred miro n was slowly borne outside the palac 5- to be taken to Kioto together wit }. the sacred sword and gem. The sa r. red treasures. which are the emblel
 of the throne. being held in the dee
 est veneration and respect, their d
 parture from the capital was celebra y ed in a most august and dignifed ma ,f ner.
 e. The "kashkiodokoro" was transfer e ed in this way; An ancient palanqu s, which is called the Feathery Vince i- of Heaven, was brought to the sout Is ern porch of the imperial sanctuar Ie and the sacred mirror was plac' i'd therein. Then the palanquin WI of slowly borne to the station on q 70 shoulders of villagers from a subu
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