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Word: tokudaiji (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Married. Count Kocho Otani, 27, spiritual leader of Japan's 13,000,000 NishiHongwanji Buddhists; and Princess Yoshiko Tokudaiji, 19; by himself (no lesser churchman being deemed eligible); in Kyoto, Japan. Best man: Prince Fumimaro Konoe, president of the Japanese House of Peers. One hundred acolytes, 700 chanting priests, 20,000 communicants crowded the ceremony. At its conclusion the bride, wearing eleven kimonos, gave away 1,500,000 fans; the groom gave away 1,500,000 yen ($420,000). Wedding gifts: a castle from Nishi-Hongwanji followers, five kinds of fresh fish (harbingers of happiness) from Empress Nagako...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, May 3, 1937 | 5/3/1937 | See Source »

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