The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-09
Two CEREMONIES
L NOW COMPLETED

i Two ceremonies in the official
coronation program have been conelud.
ed They are the departure of the EN-.
peror and his suite from Toxic and the
enshrining of the KashikidokoFO at
Skunk den Palace in Kyoto. The Kashi.
kodokOro occupies the central position
In the imperial sanctuary in the palace
at Toxic and may be described as the
Place of Reverence, as it is where a
duplicate of the Divine Mirror, one Of
the three Sacred Treasures, is enshrine,l.
The Mirror represents the Imperial An
cestTess. g.. rlIDa. u ~
Advance accounts Of the ceremony in.
dictate the ceremonies thus far have
been carried ont as follows:
Short Service at Sanctuary
On November 8 (Tokio time) the
Emperor and his party left Toxic
for KyOto. The Kashikidokoro in the
Imperial Sanctuary was also removed
to Kyoto. On the day of his maies-
tvs departure, short service was per.
formed at the Sanctuary, and when il
was over a palanqu.n, called "Ama- no.
Haguruma or the Feathery Wheels
Of Heaven, was brought up to the
southern porch of the Sanctuary. The
kashikidokOrO was placed on the palan.
quin, and the sacred shrine and sym
bols were carried out of the Palace.
When the Feathery Wheels" left the
palace, his majesty also took their
departure, following the KashikidokoTo.
The procession from the palace to the
new Toxic station was witnessed by
huge crowds. The route was aplrOprI.
ately decorated.
Emperor Yoshihito was in the state
coach and the procession was in the
first official order. The Toxic station
was reserved for royalties, court digni
taries, high officials, prominent peers
and their wives, all dressed in full uni,
form and court costumes. For the first
time the new central terminus presented
a scene of regal function.
A Striking Feature.
To fOre.gn observers the mixture of
the Old and the new was striking fea
ture The old palanquin conveying the
Sacred Treasures was carried and guard.
ed by men attired in quaint costumes.
These were followed by the Emperor
and suite riding in modern, magni'
hcent state carriage, surrounded by a
detachment of the imperial bOdyguard
and followed by "a large number Of cor,
onatiOn officials and court TitIalists,
who wore ancient costumes, though
most of them rode in modern carriagCs
A special coronation train bad been
constructed by the government railway
board and the KAshik OdOkorO, the En-.
p"ror and party left the capital on
this special train amid the acclaniatioIl
of their loyal subjects.
Arriving at KyOtO, 1923 miles from
Toxic the Imperial train was met by
high percentages and representative of
feials and citizensi and from the sta,
ton similar procession rs that in To
kio proceeded to the palace.
Following the enshrining of the
kashikOdokOro yesterday at Skunk den
Palace, the stage is set for the corona
tlOn tomorrow. sid g..
The coronation proper consists OF
two separate ceTemonials: one in the
morning before the KashikidokOrO, and
the other in the afternoon at the Shi
shii den Palace. a..
Prays for Prosperity lARr
The morning function is religious
or rather ancestor worship ceremony
ut which the Emperor formally ACQUIRES
the Three Sacred Treasures, and pIays
for the prosperity Of his reign. . In the
afternoon, the Emperor, who had thus
solemnized his enthronement before his
ancestors, appears at the Shishin'der
Palace, where, in the presence If the
members Of the imperial family, higl
officials and court dignitaries, as well al
the representatives Of foreign Powers
he formally announces his reign from
the Takamikura, - or imperial throne
The prime minister, representing the