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Since His Majesty is the 124th lineal descendant of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu-0-Mikami, such appeals are regarded as a deadly sacrilege and sin. Nonetheless last week, when Emperor Hirohito rode out to open Parliament, a burly farmer from Saitama Province burst through the cordon of Imperial police and groveled sinfully before the Son of Heaven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Out Devils, In Luck! | 1/7/1929 | See Source »

...floods!" cried the farmer. "Save us from the waters, Divine One! The floods are rising in Saitama. Save our farms! Speak only a word to Amaterasu-0-Mikami, that She may dry up the floods...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Out Devils, In Luck! | 1/7/1929 | See Source »

They knew that the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu-O-Mikami, was arriving with all the 123 dead Emperors of Japan, her lineal descendants, to witness and to bless the coronation of the present Emperor, the Sublime Tenno Hirohito...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Unseen, Unheard, Unsmelt | 11/12/1928 | See Source »

...spirits of 123 dead emperors were watching, and the Sun Goddess Amaterasu-0-Makimi listened to the young Prince as he spoke the name of his bride. Then Prince and bride exchanged the San-san-kudo, the "three times three," each drinking three times of saké (rice wine) from each of three divine cups. Then they spoke to the ancestors, and the marriage was complete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: San San | 10/8/1928 | See Source »

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