New Britain herald., 1927-09-22
KY07O IS REGAL
 JAPANESE CITY
Place Where All Emperors Are
 COrOnated

Washington. n. C., Sept. e2- Japan's Imperial Coronation Com mission has just announced that the Emperor Hirohito will be crowned In kyoto in November, 1928.
 kyoto, where the 18th of an unbroken line of Japanese emperors will be crowned, is the eternal city of Japan. What Jerusalem signifies 10 the Jewish world and Rome to the Latins, kyoto means to the Land of the Rising Sun. It is the focus of history, the center of re- igion, the seat of learning, and the patron city of art.
 Built on Chinese Model
 Modern kyoto was laid out ac- cordlng to imperial decree in the year 194 A. D. and was the em- peror's place of residence until the royal family moved to Tokyo, the present capital, in 1869. Following the example Set by the Chinese Tang emperors in planning their capital. the Japanese city builders lad out kyoto Tn squares, nine long, straight streets running in either direction, cutting each other at right angles. This original plan has been somewhat interfered with ny various conflagrations and con sequent rebuilding. Midway through the city runs the rocky bed Of the Kamogawa, or 'DIlrN River" and on -hraa SiIaG riC- uCf5 hillc cd with pine and maple, from whose leafy obscurity peep historic temples and inviting tea houses. Away on the plain to the south lies the busy manufacturing district of Osaka.
 The Gosho, or old Imperial Pal ace, bellies its name for it was com plctoly rebuilt after a fire in l S54. It is collection of -storied buildings set in gardens of the best Japanese landscape style, the whole covering twenty eight acres. Enter ing by the Gate of the Honorable Kitchen" the visitor after leaving his shoes, Wanders through one hall after another, bare of furniture but decorated in the golden lacquer of Japan's most noted artists.
 Palaces Marked by Simplicity
 Pillars and beams of unpainted wood show a grain fine as satin Floors ara covered with soft white mating. Sliding screens, causing the artificial landscaping of the inter vening gardens to seem a. part of the palace itself, form the walls The whole palace gives an impress sion of mellow and severely simple beauty.
 Mic castle has stone walls and a mote of carved caves, like the ori- ental palaces of dreams. It used to to be the residence of the Shoguns when those ministers were more powerful than the emperors in whose name they ruled. After Ad- miral Pcrry's advent in Tokyo Bay the emperor dismissed his naughty deput and held the reins himself. The glories of Nijo castle were de- signed to display to the Japanese world the superior prestige Of the Shoguns over the emperors. Now it is imperial property
 City Was Ancient Art Center
 With the rival courts Of Shogun and emperor as patrons, art early tlourished in kyoto. Workers in bronze and ivory, artists in brocados and crepes, skilled embroiderers and makers of damascene and cloisonne locked to the capital Possibly be- cause of this early start it is in Ky oto that the finest examples of Japanese artistry are to be seen: and workers there are said to be least contaminated by the conner cialism of modern large scale pro duction.
 Many artists work In their own homes and sell only by appointment. 4 prospective buyer is introduced, sips tea with the proprietor. discus ses the weather and joys of his tour, then sees a few objects of art