Word: ritualists
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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Also ready were the Grand Chamberlain, Admiral Suzuki; the Chief Ritualist, Prince Sanjo and the Minister of the Imperial Household, Viscount Yuasa...
Punctually at 10:30 a. m. the Sublime Emperor handed to the Grand Chamberlain a block of white wood. Upon it His Majesty had painted with delicate brush strokes the name considered most auspicious by the Chief Ritualist...
Emerging, the Grand Chamberlain announced that the name was indeed Akihito Tsugu no Miya. The Chief Ritualist departed with seemly haste to make this known to the Sun Goddess and other ancestors of the Imperial House. Not until 11 a. m. was the name entered in the register of the Imperial Household by the Minister of the Imperial Household. Not until it had been so entered was word flashed to Japanese cruisers in Tokyo bay to blaze away a 21 gun* salute while Tokyo sirens screamed and the whole metropolis joined in a thrice-repeated shout of Banzai...