| Show I THE TIIE IMPERIAL FAMILY OF JAPAN r s s The Present and Future Rulers of the Island Empire a Which Is Entitled to Its Ifs New Given Designation j tion The Great Britain of the Orient 1 r s g luB or of Japan from an 11 ration Dallon without rank j t or 11 r yeas to toOM OM a Plata 1119 with Ant elM eIas cu JIG like Ot Great tied till the I states has bets beell U th ee great at miracle of the tbt nineteenth I 17 And the one top maa most mOlt con c as 1 In this work of rel Ily III In laU latter years b by which that Pee bas baa In a len epee It II rill is II Its Ita present ruler the emperor le Ia called the most mOlt enlightened acid I roan man In tUe Island empire t f read worthy worth to rank with Use greatest ti 4 ream or of our time timeTo To understand tull fully the extent R and II sw GY scope of this not only inthe In Inthe the Japan government but butIn In the emperor It II le II to consider the lineage of this remark remarkable remarkable able ruler the tradition of his hll earl early training and environment and nd the themore more marl then than darkness Into Japan w waa plunged before Its ita re were lIy by opened tu to forg for g I elan nation na to rend legend I the thet t and the Imperial family hut have I been en ever since alC tilt the primal ar The heavenly tak e lag IlIg In hand band hll hie Jeweled spear plunged It Into the era Ila and the drops which fell 11 front Its is point I crystallized Into II a lAnd upon which the god 00 and hI ha hag g mate and took up their abode Thu genealogical tory story II pretty and but It des not account for Cor the Almon the hairy haIr men ot of Yew from rom r whom It la II beloved the Japanese are 11 MOl However the perl pen j oil od Is rather extensive and It was n In about the middle or of it that the Jap were ruled b by an regent who conquered Kowa end and hOll IOn aon deified 1 at he death became the th Japanese god IOd of oC war The ot real x elft emperor eror Tenno ascended the thin treM about H C according to the i but mythical chronology t PIU tu detts of oC Japanese history give no ere dance to the lal tale of the first mikado who was born or of a dragon dracon and ruth lur out cut down dow the record nearly a thousand years ea Whether heter hl he dates from froll the year ear II 11 Coo C or as al the mud Mn ern critics tlell assert from th the fourth an n tury lUry A D tIll the present mikado hM has an r f lineage from ClOIn tilt the latter date aid call an trace trae hI ha ancestry back to In Ink k toku who between M and andA M MA A n that III e he 11 I lither either the 0 one bun un aced aAd fourth or th the one hundred tl FYr 1 In III the Ole direct wt who bas ot eat upon the throne and ean an boat boast a tree that of many a 1011 of pass Into t MIa Jt aay of DC the are aft authenticated by contemporary event are will well known uch ag I the tbt introduction of Into Japan In the year Par 61 4 when a prince or of Korea presented 1 the ther r emperor with a ot of books and 4 The faith we w di de deeland eland to be tully fully In Nt the Arat or of la Ja lapin pin PIa gulko and ju t too wean ear later the l sak tl Fifty year ara after gold 1014 wu was Ant end ered and money coined huh but It was not about AU that a native alphabet WU Free Invented By the Ume mat great tam fam Mee ot of had and Imperial r authority WU was b by the looe nes of lbs dependent u It waa upon the arbitrary will y III of the Ibe I II I MUI WOO who could rould name any one he chose II a hib The throne thron thug thu becam the prey of rhal and prine princes A or rolled the w u I The first houn was the owned who about I the end nd of the twelfth century became I ro that bat the author authorIty It Ity was Wat minI merely nominal The only at attempted Of Japan I Ion on a pare larro scale leale was w that of the Mona 01 under the great Kublal Khan III I a to v d I SHE THE JAPANESE ROYAL FAMILY I mJ 12 After this w was repelled rebelled or of civil at the end o of which tb the of was wall founded a practically ruled Japan from 1 1103 ING durin during which JIt nod the enJo d 1 a profound peace Christianity was introduced In hi 1618 and tM lie Portuguese were ere given to trade at pertain ports porta of Japan The They unruly and aM were banished in III 1 1019 when their worn N to the Dutch who held the monopoly for tor more then I two VO It 11 was Amides Aca the Ibl country dao Y Yered eyed ered by h In hi his for lor II 11 pangu by Marco Polo 1010 the to via visit and write of Js Ja I pant panl that aim to open diploma lit w Ith the mikado a country Plato was 1111 the famous expedition lion tion of 1 under Commodore Perry which WU was In the tb double I settee that II a treaty was wrested from trum n Il ever ver concluded with j jany any t the h seed eld wa planted panted whIch and baa developed Into the Japan of today Com Commodore modo Perry however ho and all the foreign en envoys voys who In hl hi wake bling for tor their share of oC Japan corn com It p made the ot of treating with the shogun horun or the tycoon u AI I he vu al sometimes instead ot of whit wiLlI the mikado For while the shogun have been the de facto ruler ruin the euly I embodiment ot of authority yet et the despot de JUrt Jun was the tb mikado secreted In bit ilia royal roal pal palan an II at without whore sanction no treaty with a lorel power was WItt I considered bind binding In The Tb ilm ui Js deed w was tritely 1 a VI very I buffer between the invisible emperor and the foreign torlIn no who while wilU ap apparently In h lut power w was 1 et clothed with no real reo I authority Jal policy polk ot of wrought It Its dap downfall however when acURI I up IO et order from rom the Imperial court lot atI atIono 1 ono oto the shogun or tycoon of hi In 1818 tired upon ships hlll ot of the tb Hi power po In return turn for Cor which the Ibe S SI I peps fH w were thoroughly whipped And ani I to pay an Indemnity of The tint embassy to i It f J t J yAT yA yAL T r f I L a aI aJ al aa aa I fr at ate J tk l e z 1 r irk f f Q a Q a I 7 I i rv 1 any ny foreign country wu was tent to the In 1100 but the tho of with our government bad excited ud and the re regent gent cent who had dispatched the emba embassy wu was In a pUblic street o 0 Yedo Ydo I la broad daylight But the Papa lape nee Mil unlike their brol brother hr the Chinese accepted the lesson ut of their I defeat lit at the hand ot of the as AI evidence ot of the Il tit of the I anI and dId not need nwe I to 10 be thrashed again They wr were re 1 and Intelligent and to copy the th western to by b Its tta teachings and 1 w hilt hat they could of It Its II pr progress rather thus It and be At the Ihl junr Jur ture tM the recuperative ores that thai had lain dormant for tor In III the Imp rIM rial line asserted the II 11 was the antiquated r a ins ended the dalmo or t lemur nt rial nobles and their samurai or mill mm tar retainer horn ahorn ot of their titles and privileges and all power por wu was centered I In the tho mikado lt It wu was tile the hogun or wh had met Commodore Perry and aimed the treaty that brought about the trail formation of Japan and It wu was the Ite then emperor Komel t to o practically that died In Itei 1187 and hi hie men 1011 and successor the present m ram came to the throne thront to h In h he had beth been declared heir ent He wu was born In 1114 at tb the very ery time the Americana were wrt entering the ports of at Jape Japan and aad made has hla appear anti allce on the stage Ial ot of public atral at a most moat critical period ur of his ilia country history Fortunately for tor Ja Japan ud said to the Infinite betterment t of 01 lien tole Ihl descendant of 01 a hundred ot of Imperial I a tn ton wu was equal to the emr emergency ne product tit of a l dynasty extend lag I through 1 1 I than 1100 yen nursed among on t of royal pre prea th es and ta taught to believe himself a hell heaven descended lion on of at the gods 04 yet ret euling allin tradition and prec ellent to the winds condescended tel to regent as u a mere mortal The Th second M Ond eon of oC 1 omel by his hII wife wi withe the ht he was wa Oft op hi his side tilt with the famous family of lr or 01 fId fIdow ow had hod Japa with A innumerable tR since Inee the elev Lath o ry A by b birth and aDd by all the I hl tones tt that retake mike for th the young put IUt a away wa the that mel Inset him to r bt feudalism th the anel u the tyranny ot or till the regime gad is set tet hl his foci rUet toward u and pro progress lie II wart all sided aIded In thus k fI A Il It DIJ D cc i ir r I t j 1 V c 4 e I ti 1 f 94 f l k f 1 i it t 1 f 1 i 1 l C I t i I J t t V J J l I r H Hr Hh r r i II h Il tY 4 io S B Di JJ IP cJ I rr i J t f J 1 I 4 a ij 1 Jf t J ti r I IJ II I t J J r r l 2 A J Jj I I t f t t iJ L v I J J J Jit it 11 If i k y F t 0 TM THE EMPEROR P RORt t 4 vt even forced to It by br t tie events Immediately precedent to and lag Ine hI ot of the Imperial crown Hut But one 1 has advanced and en enlightened lightened than he be lathI have been moored moed to o oppose po tJ the cur current nt of events vent a as the nit Chinas have done and have han lone gone down amid the universal ruin ot of hi his empire to the throne In 1887 1861 at al atthe the early ap age of oC 11 Mutsu Will was crowned In October at th the castle callIe ot of IJo an ancient feudal udal and there receIved the three gifts seed hl to have been brought from heaven by byth bythe th the sun un odde thousands ot of years yeara before bero These regalia ot of Japan Japanese p sovereignty are a sword a mIrror and a crystal ball which have been treasured by br the court from time Immemorial The nn next I year U the court and capital wre removed from Crom to Tokyo and hero here till the pIe gate sublime hi his m meth or period signifying en lightened peace Of And AmI this Ihla term elected tu to the reign of Mutsu was WAI In III no sense nae a misnomer for It IL constitutes a nw new a separate era In the history ot of Japan which within tM the span of less leea than III 10 years Jur has made mad an advance unparallel unparalleled ell ed In the annals of at any other nation The Tho nd bad not nol perished with withoUt Ith oUt Olt disturbance tot for there was WAI rebellion rebel lion almost In the year yeara and aad 1 but lIy by 1111 even Iven tb the ancient I feudal system vu rU uprooted all titles of 01 Ih the court area ana territorial nobl nobles were extinguished and M the bearers of 01 them were afterward known only u noble families or That Thai year al ai alIn In 10 an embassy or of 4 person sailed from Yokohama to visit viliL all the court coun true tnt with which bleh Japa had trestles thus that the government that sent them wu was baled lute and supreme The emperor was waa married In cry only three months month after he had attained bl his birthday to the Print Princess faroo who wu was born In My May 1660 and Is Ia two years eara and Ib months older than her royal lUal consort Th The empress was WAI a groom drink cups of oC sake k together the only formality being tl time transference of the brides name from hr her fathers faintly to her hUl husbands anillI In iii InUI the UI government till at as royal couples go the lie em emperor 01 and nd are fairly alrh conten contented tell and happy happ As II a princess prince the empress la I said Aid to have been very el pretty petite of 01 Intelligent and animated even noted for tor her beauty which All as the Japanese standard differs so much from ours ma may be accepted on trust When young she was celebrated for hr her proficiency In wilting original verse erae anti and playing correctly on the native koto kota or harp of F 11 strings Itis It ItI I is generally agreed that alt all Japanese ladles are charming tn even though their style tyle o of bu beauty does not appeal al ao o the occidental taste anti and both mn men and woo wo women men Inell are minted 1 for their and captivating manners Along with the change wrought nought In other directions by the transformation of oC Japan there then was one innovation which can hardly be regarded as AI corn com and Ad this was WAI the tIon ot of I European ItAr garb for Cor time Ilque costumes ot of ancient Japan All the court official were required b by law tu to wear It and 1111 black coats coat white whit neckties neck till ties and glove Idov with black ud and boots boota hl have replaced the graceful robes rolle the em empress lIre I dressed her hair In time the Japanese fashion and amI Oil ml tat stat occasion wore wora In II a single day I J p J 7 l 1 s sI THE TE I r rF t 1 ley j F y 4 r daughter of a member of one of the noble families of Japan tier lIr name She Is Ia from the clan elan from which the highest to In Inthe the empire are ala always tilled Ailed and from which the are compelled to select their wives It was waa desirable at the Unit It was waa mated that tile t e should be ae ac according cording conlin to precedent Owing to the dl condItion of oC the country and the unrest among the nobler noble 10 o It may have been bien mote moe a ot of conven than attachment to the parties directly concerned concern ll The silver wed weddin wedding din ding celebrated Fell Feb a 1691 with national na lIonal rejoicing was a commemorated b by the Issue ot of two postage Ot stamps of oC unusual she It and brilliancy of decora decoratIon decoration tIon I Inscribed In English Imperial Japanese Imperial Wedding Anniversary Much amusement was wal created amon among those thoe ot of the flimsy character ot of th the Japanese wedding ceremony which I is hardly more Impressive or binding than the once popular custom ot of jumping over oer a broomstick The marriage tie I is not considered divorcee are granted on the mOlt moat trivial pretext and the actual ceremony Is II neither le Ie legal pI gal nor religious consisting chiefly of oC It a dinner party part at which tb the bride and 13 1 different 11 dresses all 1111 ot of ilk IlIk anI and of all beautiful The change In incourt court ourt etiquette pas has done RII away with this but the done doni a court dress at earl early and no matter what hat time the temperature ma may be wears weare It without change chance the time Ume for retiring at nIght tier lIer IIi as wept well as those of oC the emperor are of the simplest Both Bolh rise between G C and 7 11 in the morning usually break breakfast fast lunch anI and dint dine to together ether anti and sometimes receive guests at their ta table bl ble wIth whom thy they chat ohRt informally on matters of mutual Interest t as Ii a C a amous French author has called tier her herthe time the Springtime greatly reverenced by her subjects and nd she seems to have earned d their affection and devotion for or mu much h of her time l le given to charilY tier Her pet hobby I is the Peeresses school chool which she h e tab halted In Tokyo anti and In she he has hal a suite ot of private apartments A 1 lady who was alone al one time Ume A teacher In that I school and knew the empress well says flaYs ot of her She he I Is Ii a small slender woman with It II 1 a tae face that sad Ad with a pa tint look about It that I le pathetic Thy They 18 say she be Ia a a very er Intellectual woman woo wo wooman man and one or of great rORt beauty and strength ot of character She has bas jt jet black lair hair her face Is long anti and thin her high and her formed The song had bead n school Will nas one which the sung In bour our self It wrote glee as AI it If the het tr and of the I court fir or a hire bore to her herThe were ere h I The fhe Japan JalAn change In I not of did 1 a r 1111 meat of at the crown jewel Inel and aM I the he JI press hu has m a very 1 fin tine COllection besides belde two oo 0 gem crowns or Which is III valued at Tl one Jf f sovereigns are allo shovel 1 for then WO 0 about In main ln th the civil lat 1111 which yen Is II a year yat toe IrI titan than halt half that sum IUm In dollars dOllar rather |
