Japanese: SHOWA SAN-NEN TAIREI SHOBI OYOBI TAIREI KANPEISHIKI SHASHINCHOU. (Translation: Great Reverence Ceremony [and] Great Grace Military Ceremony Photographs). - ORIGINAL OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION OF SHOWA EMPEROR HIROHITO`S CORONATION AND MILITARY PROCESSION IN KYOTO 1928 (November 21st). [Shouwa, Shoowa, Shohwa]…

*** EXTREMELY RARE AND ALMOST* COMPLETE COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL CORONATION-PROCESSION PHOTOGRAPHS PUBLISHED IN A 3-WEEKS-PERIOD IN NOVEMBER 1928. Enthroned in 1926 the official festivities and processions were hold in 1928: (folder / no. of photographs): 1/3) Horse Procession of uniformed Guards with Emperor`s Charriot; 2/4) Spectators in a Hall, Spectators under hundreds of Umbrellas in a Street with a Police Guard every few meters, Torii Gate of Imperial Palace, waiting Chariot outside Ceremony-Hall; 3/3) Shinto Priests, Entrance of Kyoto Central Temple with Guards and Cars, Shinto Procession lining up in front of Hall with impressive Roof; 4/3) Shinto Priest, Tea-Ceremony Garden House with Staff, Temple Gate with many Spectators carrying Lanterns and some Guards; 5/6) Shinto Priests crossing River, Guards in front of roofed Gateway, Spectators watching the Procession, Imperial Couple being carried down a Hill, - in western Civil with Officials, Shinto-Procession leaving Temple Area; 6/3) Horse Procession with Chariot entering Imperial Palace, Shinto priests with Empress in the Middle, Priests with huge Umbrellas in a Garden; 7/4) Interior with painted Folding Screen, Dining Hall, uniformed Officers, ceremonial Women; 8/4) Folding Screens; 9/3) richly decorated Stage partly with Actresses; 10/7) 7 single Shinto Priests in Robes; 11/8) Robe-Accessories, 2x Chariots, 2x uniformed Staff, large Chariot with Horse Guards; 12/5) open Chariot, Chariot Parade in front of hexagonal Building, Officers walking through a Torii, Emperor on Horse in front of standing Troops, Harbour Scenery; 13/5 of 6) Spectators queueing up at night - some sleeping on the ground, Actresses on stage in traditional costumes (1 photo for Tokyo, 1 for Osaka), Spectators gathering in front of the roofed procession-stage, Clerk reads large document in front of the imperial couple, *) this envelope lacks photograph #5, according to the content-page with the same image as #4; [14]/3) Imperial Couple in Uniform and Dress, Emperor in traditional Ornate, Empress in traditional Ornate (`framed`). + Osaka Mainichi Postcard of the period advertising the Collection. - ENVELOPES SLIGHTLY USED, THE ORIGINAL VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPHS IN BEST CONDITION (partly reproduced in the rather common book-edition of the same year). --- On 25 December 1926, Hirohito assumed the throne upon the death of his father, Yoshihito. The Taisho era`s end and the Showa era`s beginning were proclaimed. In November 1928, the Emperor`s ascension was confirmed in ceremonies which are conventionally identified as `enthronement` and `coronation`; but this formal event would have been more accurately described as a public confirmation that his Imperial Majesty possesses the Japanese Imperial Regalia, also called the Three Sacred Treasures, which have been handed down through the centuries. At the start of his reign, the Empire of Japan was the ninth largest economy in the world, the third-largest naval power, and one of the four permanent members of the council of the League of Nations. He was the head of state under the Meiji Constitution during Japan`s imperial expansion, militarization, and involvement in World War II. After Japan`s surrender, he was not prosecuted for war crimes as many other leading government figures were. His degree of involvement in wartime decisions remains controversial. During the post-war period, he became the symbol of the state of Japan under the post-war constitution and Japan`s recovery. By the end of his reign, Japan had emerged as the world`s second-largest economy. . .(see Wikipedia)

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