Word: nagako
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...Goddess, partaking with her of the food and Sake. On succeeding days three grand banquets were held at which five of the most noble ladies of Japan performed symbolic ritual dances which each Tenno gazes upon once. Followed an imperial pilgrimage by Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako to the tombs and shrines of His Majesty's 123 imperial ancestors. Finally Their Majesties returned to Tokyo. There a military pageant and the review of the Grand Fleet preceded a joyous celebration and chrysanthemum party. Now begins the divine reign of the Tenno Hirohito which has been named Showa, meaning "enlightenment...
...Dowager Empress is, today, probably more revered than the Empress because she gave birth to four lusty sons, whereas unfortunate Empress Nagako has had no manchild, but instead two girl-babes, one of whom died (TIME March 19). The Dowager Empress, in addition to her superior powers of generating sons of Heaven, possesses a powerful and intuitive mind, not infrequently consulted by the elder statesmen...
Kuni, august father of the Sublime Empress Nagako...
Upon a litter lay Empress Nagako. Erect and stern, Emperor Hirohito surveyed the scene before him. To one side court bards chanted a portion of the classics in a low tone. The great of the Empire surrounded the Imperial group. In it was Premier Güchi Tanaka, clad immaculately in Occidental formal attire. Hands placed together, he prayed, standing, eyes wide open, before a flag-adorned shrine...
Born. To Emperor Hirohito & Empress Nagako of Japan, a daughter (7 1/3 Ibs.); in a wooden hall outside the Akaska Palace, where are born all children of the immediate royal family of Japan...