Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-08
Americans Are Requested to-
Remove Their Hats and Bow
Their Heads but Not to
Cheer as Pageant Passes,
ANCIENT CEREMONIES
S0LEMNLY OBSERVED
ONLY When BugIe Note Breaks
Silence and Notifies That
Sacred Mirror Is Enshrined
Do Crowds Cheer

Kioto. Japan, Nov. IA church
IKE hush enveloped Kioto, the ancient
capital of the empire, when Emperor
Yoshihito and a gorgeous cortege
made their state entry into the city
at 2 o'clock this afternoon Here on
Wednesday next win be held the first
great coronation ceremony
A similar scene never was witnessed
in the western world The emperor
and the imperial shrine were silently
worshpped by his subjects. The cor
tege was regarded as a sacred mystic
and religious procession. Although a
desire to avoid accident was con-
uollng factor, one Of the chief reas-
ons for imposing silence upon the
multitude was a wish to maintain rev.
crence for the monarch as he arrived
in the city for the sacred coronation
rites. The Japanese viewpoint found
EXPRESSION when the master of cere-
monies said to the Americans and
other foreigners who were assigned to
vantage points in the palace grounds
when the shrine and the emperor
pass. please remove your hats and
bow, but do not cheer"
Solemnity of Scene.
A gray autumn day added to the
solemnity of the scene when the pro-
eession entered the palace grounds in
a purely Japanese setting. Hundreds
bent with years. stood beside soldiers
rescrvsts and thousands of delegates
from the societies of the empire
Waiting at the palace We're two
score court ladies'. goWned in ancient
robes of white and scarlet The cor.
tege was an exact representation OF
the one which passed through Toxic
The shrine, hidden behind curtains oi
purple gold and red, borne on Tho
shoulders Of yellow-kimonoed villag
ers WAS preceded by priests afoot anC
followed by the emperor in the roya
golden coach.
As the cortege reached the palace
gates. the notes Of a bugle broke th'
stiffness ana informed the multitude
that The sacred mirror was enshrined
Then the reverent restraint wal
broken and the immense throng
gave themselves up 10 gaiety, fire
works ana iluminations.
Beautiful Decorations.
The imperial train conveying th'
imperial sanctuary, and the empero
ANA the whole court arrived here from
Nagoya where a niGht was spent Tn
city was beautifully decorated. Neve
before was witnessed such a magnifi
cent display of enthusiasm and lif
in the ancient capital. The people o
all classes gave vent 60 their joy an'
happiness at the state entry and re
TURN, though temporary, of the court
ana the arrival of the occasion Of tn
long-looked for coronation ceremony
Ihe grounds around the station com
pound and the streets along tn
route Of the imperial procession wer
pfolusely decorated and wer
'nronged with citizens eager to wor
snip the imperial sanctuary and wei
come the imperial oortege
on the station platform were pres
'nt number of peers residing in ri
"lo' high prefeotural and municipa
'itlcials and military officers, repre-
H'ntallVes Of various business corpora
IONS and prominent citizens who aC
"Ioed hearty welcome to the i'm
perial party.
me imperial sanctuary and the i'm
Pefial cortege arrived at the static
"'i'ld the impressive strains of the Isl
,'lsayo' or national anthem. and 50
,u'es fired BY artillery in the neigh
boring parks.
sacred Emblems Present.
Inc sacred emblems of sovereignt
We're slowly borne on the shoulder
" me villagers. Then, with the EN-
peror just behind and his suite d
Iec'y after him, the procession pre-
'eeded 70 the imperial palace throug
wee lined by troops and peopl
' imperial sanctuary was taken
aAunkoden hall especially erecte
'ie site for the reception Of Ii
teiH sanctorum" in the con
p ~ II the Kioto palace. The rout
" the eortege led through gre;
greco arch erected by the municipa
ity
he repose Of the imperial shrir
'olaistingl Of the sacred mirror ";
eel nraipd with nm imnress,ve relii