Word: mikado
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...proffered land, which was stated to be the finest site in Tokyo for an embassy, was once the property of the late Prince Ito, an Elder Statesman, to whom it had been presented for life by the Mikado...
Asking only a nominal rental, the Imperial Household of the Mikado offered the U. S. a perpetual lease on a two-acre estate adjoining the site of the old U. S. embassy, in Tokyo, destroyed by fire during the great earthquake. U. S. Ambassador Woods is now en route for his native land with the Japanese offer and plans for a new embassy in his pocket...
...Buddhists early this year caused to be defeated a Diet bill for exchange of diplomatic representatives with the Vatican, Rome. The Imperial Foreign Office got in touch with the Buddhists; some weeks ago the Buddhists withdrew their opposition. The Mikado will forthwith send a Minister to the Papal Court. A Papal Legate is already in Tokyo, awaiting official recognition, which now will speedily be given...
...crowning herself with a flatiron. The Russian fad, a trifle overdone, is fading. Where then can the producer turn? Possibly to Argentina, which is receiving inordinate publicity of late owing to the successful business visit of Senor Luis Angel Firpo. Japan and China have been veterans since The Mikado. The Negro rage and the grass-skirt scare are already moribund. Spain and the clatter of castanets is gone. Covered with dust are the crinoline, the harem skirt, Scotch kilts. The stage of the American revue is rapidly approaching the end of the world. Without other worlds to conquer, Russia, Egypt...
Chichibu, second son of the Mikado, himself expert at fencing and tennis, brooded over the scene at all times. Nippon took the track and field, tennis and swimming titles. The Filipinos were crowned kings of basketball, volleyball, baseball. China won only at football...