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Word: sakuradamon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...eyed Majesty. Emperor Hirohito. After the last ammunition truck and field kitchen had rumbled by. the Son of Heaven stepped down, entered a state coach and, escorted by a squadron of lancers, rolled back to the Imperial Palace. Just outside the Palace grounds the cavalcade turned in through the Sakuradamon or Cherry Village Gate. A Mr. James L. Vierhus, employe of a Peoria. Ill., tractor firm, was standing on the curb. Afterwards he told what happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Puff of Smoke | 1/18/1932 | See Source »

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