Word: dokoro
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Princess approached the Imperial palace by separate thoroughfares. A mounted cavalcade uniformed in red and yellow guarded the Prince. Arrived at the Palace, Prince and Princess and members of the royal family proceeded with a slow movement toward the shrine. This took two hours. At the shrine (Kashiki-Dokoro or Holy of Holies) the pair took their vows, witnessed by 122 imperial spirits. They then exchanged bowls of sacred rice-wine. That was all. Thereupon 101 guns announced to the gala populace without that the ceremony was complete. After a royal luncheon, the Prince Regent and his consort...
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