shaku
... that the ritual baton called a shaku held by Japanese officials like Emperor Hirohito was originally meant just to keep small sheets for memoranda and other notes?
... that the ritual baton called a <b id="mwCSM"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Shaku_(Japanese_ritual_baton)" id="mwCSQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shaku (Japanese ritual baton)">shaku</a></b> held by Japanese officials like Emperor <a href="./Hirohito" id="mwCSU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hirohito">Hirohito</a> <i id="mwCSY">(pictured)</i> was originally meant just to keep small sheets for <a href="./Memorandum" id="mwCSc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Memorandum">memoranda</a> and other notes?