Show JAPANS JAPAN'S HOLY RELICS SURVIVE CENTURIES AP Al' Al Emblematic of ot the sovereignty of or Japans Japan's imperial family fam Lam ii ily the Three Sacred Treasures Treasures the the Mirror the Sword and the Jewels Jewels- to bo be used In tIm tha enthronement ceremonies November ember 10 lOot of Emperor Hirohito are Inherited from an an- an The treasures correspond to the crown cron and scepter of occidental pa na- and are are said paid to have been conferred conferred con con- felTed upon the first emp emperor Jim Jim- mu by the i Great Sun Goddess ss regarded as the progenitor of oC this dynasty dynast which I dates back 2588 years earl Each of the treasures signifies virtues a a. ruler o of the nation should possess The mirror symbolizes righteousness and straightforwardness straightforward straightforward- ness nesa the sword valor and sagacity and the thc necklace gentleness and benevolence In the Ure Ceremonies of enthronement the Jewels alone of ot the trio of ot relics are used in the original These are preserved in a a. shrine at the imperial im im- im rial palace in Tokio and with replicas of ot the sword and mirror are taken by th the emperor to Kyoto Koto the ancient capital of ot Japan for each enthronement All Alt three origInally originally origInally were kept kept kept-In In the palace but butIn butIn butin In the reign of ot the tenth emperor 06 6 to 23 B B. C C. the word sword and mirron mirror mirror mir mir- ron were removed to a shrine In the province of ot Yamato Subsequently they were removed to another shrine in the province of lee Ise and andIn andIn andin in the twelfth reign that o of Emperor Emper Emper- or Keiko the sword was wall removed i to province o of Owari O not notI I far for from Irom th the Great Shrine of 15 Ise 1st |