The Japanese Enthronement Ceremonies: With an Account of the Imperial RegaliaFirst Published in 1996. This volume contains the finest and most detailed descriptions of the Japanese enthronement ceremonies and imperial regalia available in the English language. Privately printed in 1928, it has never before been widely available. In an approach that combines history and anthropology, it presents meticulous description of the rituals, costumes, offerings and buildings in which the ceremonies - mostly enacted in private - are held. |
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accession Amaterasu-Ōmikami ancient announcement Banzai called carried cere Chief Ritualist Chinese Chinkon color couch-throne Curved Jewels Daijo Daijō Gū Daijō Sai deities divine early Japanese eight Emperor Jimmu Emperor Taishō Empress Enthronement Ceremonies enthronement rites fact Food Festival food offerings food ritual Gate God-gate gods Grand Imperial Shrine Haizen harvest Himorogi Imperial Household Department Imperial Household Law Imperial Palace Imperial Throne Japanese Enthronement Japanese Imperial Regalia Jimmu Tennō Kairyū Kami Kashiko Dokoro Kojiki Kōrei Kusanagi Sword Kyōto light magatama magical Matsuri means modern moon myth Nihongi Ninigi-no-Mikoto officials Old Japan Outer Chamber present priests primitive purification regalia mirror regalia sword reigning Emperor ritualist bearing royal ruler sacred sword shaku Shiki Shin Shinto Shinza Shishin Shunkyō Sky-father Sokui Rei spirit stand storm Suki Halls Sun Goddess Susa-no-Wo-no-Mikoto symbol tatami Tennō tion Tōkyō treasures Uneme Uneme bearing worship Yamato Yata Mirror Yuki Yuki District