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Word: kashikodokoro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1929-1929
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...harm. Because she is a girl, he laid beside the dagger a tiny purple hakama, or ceremonial skirt. Soon came government officials led by bushy-browed Prime Minister Yugo Hamaguchi to pay their respects to the Empress. Shinto priests held thanksgiving services at three shrines in the palace: the Kashikodokoro, shrine of the Sacred Mirror of the Sun Goddess, Japan's holiest relic; the Ancestor's shrine, temple of all the ancestors of the Imperial family, and the Shinden, dedicated to all the "80 myriad" gods of the Shinto religion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Two Hoots | 10/7/1929 | See Source »

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