Naruhito's First Ritual as Emperor | JAPAN Forward

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On Tuesday May 8, the series of spring rituals that began April 30 marking the transition to a new Imperial era and the accession of Naruhito as Emperor of Japan came to a close. The 59-year old emperor of the Reiwa era reported to the Kashidokoro in the Imperial Palace at just after 10.30 A.M. , wearing - for the first time - the Imperial robes which have been passed down by generations and contain a color which only the emperor is allowed to wear.
He was accompanied by the Imperial House chamberlains, who carried with them two of the Sacred Treasures which symbolize Naruhito’s legitimate status as Emperor: the sword and the jewels. Then, in this final rite in the initial set of ceremonies of becoming emperor, he solemnly reported to the divinity Amaterasu, the mother figure of the Japanese Imperial House, that he had accepted his duties as emperor.
Following the Emperor Naruhito’s fulfilment of the rites, at about 11 A.M., his wife Empress Masako followed her husband in the ceremony. She wore a green-colored traditional dress and an elaborately decorated hairstyle.
The May 8 ceremonies brought a close the first phase of the new emperor’s enthronement rituals. The final ceremony, and perhaps the most important, is a series of rites known as the Daijosai, a thanksgiving ritual to take place on November 14-15. This ceremony is performed by the Emperor only once during his reign. In it, Naruhito will present the divinity Amaterasu with the year’s harvest and pray for the wellbeing of the Japanese people.
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