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American Dance
Scene
To Vic Daumit
To picky -
With fond memories,
our first lady
of dance affectionately,
Betry Ford
"Vie"
VOL. III
No 8
AUGUST & SEPTEMBER 1976 SPECIAL SUMMER ISSUE NO. 9
2
DECLARATION BY THE A.D.T.A. INC
The American Dance Teachers Association is an OFFICIAL NATIONAL ORGANIZATION
associated to form a non-stock, non profit corporation, under the provisions
of Chapter 2, Title 13.1. of the Code of Virginia, and is officially empowered
to pursue the following activities, lawfully and with legal status, operating
in the United States of America:-
1) To provide a united INTER-ASSOCIATION AGENCY to REPRESENT BALLROOM DANCING
TEACHERS and their students of the UNITED STATES, as a non-profit organization.
2) To establish standards and requirements for the testing and awarding of medals
to students, conducting qualifying examinations for professionals, AND ARRANGING
AND PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR TOURNAMENTS IN BALLROOM DANCING, for the advancement
of standards.
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social, recreational and family oriented activity.
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private organizations.
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and promote better understanding and co-operation between the various Ballroom
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THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN
THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN
THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN
A Profile
On the Occasion of The Visit
by The Emperor and Empress
to the United States
September 30th to October 13th, 1975
by Edwin O. Reischauer
mperor and Empress of Japan on a quiet stroll in the gardens of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
Few events in the long history of international relations carry
the significance of the first visit to the United States of the Em-
peror and Empress of Japan. Only once before has the reigning
Emperor of Japan ventured forth from his beautiful island realm
to travel abroad. On that occasion, his visit to a number of Euro-
pean countries resulted in an immediate strengthening of the
bonds linking Japan and Europe. Thus, we may anticipate a simi-
lar beneficial effect upon the already close relations of Japan
and the United States.
It is with feelings of great honor and warm respect that the
Japan Society welcomes the Emperor and Empress to the United
States. We have long awaited their visit, and we are confident
that the gracious dignity and personal warmth that their pres-
ence lends to this auspicious event will inaugurate a new era of
friendship and harmony between our two great nations.
In preparing this small booklet about the present Imperial
family and the history of the Imperial dynasty, we are deeply
indebted to Professor Edwin O. Reischauer, former United States
Ambassador to Japan, for preparing the text, and to the Embassy
of Japan for providing illustrative material.
The Japan Society
New York, 1975
THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN
by Edwin O. Reischauer
In this age of easy travel by jet, heads of state seem to whiz all over the globe.
American presidents make repeated visits abroad, and a veritable stream of for-
eign rulers and presidents flows through Washington. But the visit of the
Emperor and Empress of Japan stands out as a significant first - the first official
visit to the United States of any Japanese Emperor in the long line of 124 rulers
that goes all the way back to shadowy prehistory. It parallels the visit last Novem-
ber of President Ford to Japan, making with it a pair of significant firsts in the
relations between the United States and Japan, two great nations with unusually
close and intimate contacts.
In a way it is surprising that this memorable first should be coming at this
late date. Visits have repeatedly been exchanged with virtually all of the other
close allies of the United States, with many countries of much smaller concern
to the United States than Japan, and even with nations that have been more
frequently règarded as rivals or enemies than friends. It is odd that Japan
should have been missing from this list until now. The United States and
Japan are close allies; they are two of the three largest economic units in the
world, with the world's greatest trans-oceanic trade between them; and they
face the problems of the world together from the shared basis of a common
devotion to an open, free society and democratic institutions of government.
No foreign country is more important to Japan than is the United States. Japan
does around a quarter of its foreign trade with us, shares a common defense
through the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, and has far more cul-
tural and intellectual contacts with America than with any other country. Con-
versely, Japan may well prove to be the most important country in the world for
the United States. It is our second largest trading partner, following only Canada;
in population, it is the largest of our close allies; and in economic terms, it is our
Swans float on the calm surface of the Imperial Palace moat. In the background is the Nijubashi
largest intimate associate in facing the increasingly complex economic problems
(Double Bridge) which leads to the main entrance to the Palace grounds.
of the world. And yet, at the same time, Japan stands in a special position as our
The present Emperor at the age of
five. His dynasty is the oldest
reigning family in the world, and
his reign of more than fifty years
The present Emperor is the first member of the Imperial line to travel abroad. In 1921, while
is the longest in recorded Japanese
still Crown Prince, he paid an official visit to the heads of state of many European countries.
history.
Here he is shown with King George V of Great Britain.
only close partner with a totally different cultural background from our own - a
Another unique fact about the Emperor is that this is the fiftieth year he has
point that may be of growing significance in a world in which inter-racial and
been on the throne - the longest reign in Japanese history, unless one goes back
inter-cultural relations become ever more important.
to the semi-mythological rulers of the third century and earlier times. The Em-
In a way, the lateness of these two visits is a sign, not of disinterest or distance
peror was born in 1901, and in 1921, after his return from Europe, he became
between Japan and the United States, but rather of the closeness as well as the
Prince Regent, or acting monarch, for his ailing father, Emperor Taisho. In late
delicacy of the relationship. The American military occupation of Japan follow-
December 1926 he succeeded his father on the throne, and the remaining week
ing World War II ended only in 1952, less than a quarter-century ago. It left
of that year became the first year of his reign, known as the first year of the
America looming very large in Japanese eyes and Japanese-American relations
Showa year period. The year 1975 is the 50th year of Showa, a name meaning
enmeshed in domestic Japanese political dispute. When in 1960 President Eisen-
"Enlightened Peace."
hower planned a trip to Japan, the proposed visit became entangled in political
The Emperor's name is Hirohito, which is what he signs on official documents,
controversy there and had to be cancelled. The tragic assassination of President
as he also did on a photographic portrait of him which I treasure in my home.
Kennedy intervened before he could make the visit to Japan which he had firmly
But no one in Japan refers to the Emperor as Hirohito. Instead people use such
in mind. As the years went on with presidential visits to countries all over the
terms as "His Majesty" or "the Present Emperor." Curiously, the Imperial family
world but not to Japan, some people came to the conclusion that the Japanese
is the only family in all Japan which lacks a family name. Probably it was already
suffered a permanent "presidential allergy." But last November President Ford
so well established as the ruling family at the time that the Japanese first began
finally did go to Japan for what was to prove a gloriously successful visit. The
to take family names, roughly a millennium and a half ago, that no family name
weather was superb, the Japanese people as well as the government welcomed
seemed necessary.
him wholeheartedly, and his straightforward candor and obvious good will made
Mythology places the beginning of the Imperial line in 660 B.C., when a de-
a most favorable impression on them. This happy occasion together with the
scendant of the supreme Sun Goddess is said to have become the first Japanese
present visit of the Emperor and Empress show that Japanese-American relations,
Emperor. More sober history traces the line clearly back to the early sixth cen-
which have all along been extensive and vitally important to both sides, have
tury A.D. and perhaps somewhat earlier. Even this reduced heritage makes it
now become relaxed as well, in a way that they were not in the earlier postwar
incomparably the oldest reigning family in the world, and the genealogy is pre-
period. Thus, these two visits symbolize a new and happier stage in Japanese-
cise, detailed, and indisputable the whole way back.
American relations.
The early Japanese Emperors were semi-religious figures, being in a sense the
The Emperor is the first member of the Japanese Imperial line ever to have
high priests of the cults of the Shinto religion. The symbols of their authority
gone abroad. As a young man in 1921, he spent seven months of travel in Europe.
were the Three Imperial Regalia - a bronze mirror representing the Imperial
He and the Empress also visited six European countries in the autumn of 1971
ancestress, the Sun Goddess; a sword; and a curved, comma-shaped jewel of
and touched down briefly on the way there at Anchorage, Alaska, where they
uncertain significance. The shrine to the Sun Goddess at Ise has always been a
were greeted by President and Mrs. Nixon.
particularly holy place in Japan. The feminine character of the mythological
Official portrait of the Emperor in
Official portrait of Empress Nagako
his coronation robes in 1928. He
at her coronation. She is two years
became Prince Regent in 1921, and
younger than the Emperor and is a
succeeded his father, Emperor
descendant of a collateral branch
Taisho, to the throne in 1926.
of the Imperial family.
progenitress of the Imperial line as well as the existence of several ruling Em-
as the theoretical source of all authority but was increasingly removed from the
presses in early years suggest an original matriarchal social organization in
levers of power, which fell into the hands of military men in the provinces. The
Japan.
last Japanese Emperor who actually attempted to rule was Go-Daigo (or Daigo II)
In the course of the seventh and eighth centuries, the Japanese reorganized
in the fourteenth century, and his efforts resulted in a dangerous split of the Im-
their governmental institutions on the model of the contemporary Chinese em-
perial line into the Northern and Southern Courts between the years 1336 and
pire, where the Emperor was an all-powerful secular monarch ruling through
1392.
an elaborate bureaucracy. Ever since, the Japanese Emperors have had a sort
The tradition that the Japanese Emperors did not rule but reigned as the sym-
of dual character as both secular rulers of the Chinese type, at least in theory,
bol of national unity and the theoretical source of legitimate authority is prob-
and also semi-religious cult leaders derived from Japan's own early history. Even
ably the chief reason why the Japanese Imperial line has survived through all
today, the Emperor performs a number of annual ceremonies, such as the sym-
history and still performs its symbolic role today as it did in antiquity. Actual
bolic first planting of the rice each spring, which faithfully reflect ancient rituals,
power might change hands, as it did a number of times in Japanese history, but
though they are no longer considered to have religious significance.
the symbolic source of legitimacy continued unaffected.
Even in early times the authority of the Japanese Emperor was perhaps more
One such change of power occurred in the middle of the nineteenth century.
symbolic than actual. Throughout Japanese history the Imperial line has always
Japan had managed to isolate itself from the rest of the world for two centuries,
been recognized as the undisputed source of all legitimate authority, but individ-
but finally in 1854 an American naval expedition under Commodore Matthew
ual Emperors have usually reigned rather than ruled, somewhat in the manner of
C. Perry forced it to open its doors. Japan's pre-industrial economy and its feudal
the modern crowned heads of northern Europe. Already in the sixth century,
structure of government, under the Tokugawa shoguns, or military dictators,
when Japan first emerged into the light of history, Emperors, rather than domi-
and some 265 semi-autonomous feudal lords, clearly could not meet the chal-
nating their courts, were more commonly manipulated by the great families that
lenge of the industrial production and the more modernized military power of
surrounded them. By the early eighth century, it had become almost the rule
the countries of the West. Japan needed a more centralized as well as modern-
for Emperors to abdicate as soon as they had an heir old enough to perform the
ized form of government.
onerous ceremonial duties of the position. Occasional strong men on the throne
A group of revolutionaries managed to seize power in 1868, justifying their
did exercise some power, and for a while in the eleventh and twelfth centuries
overthrow of the Tokugawa feudal system as a return to direct Imperial rule,
retired Emperors were the chief political force at the capital, but otherwise lead-
based in part on the memories of a more central Imperial role in ancient times
ership at the Imperial court was in the hands of the Fujiwara family and its vari-
but also on the model of nineteenth century European monarchies, such as Ger-
ous offshoots from the ninth century until the nineteenth.
many, Austria, and Britain. Because the concept of direct Imperial rule was both
The spread of feudalism over Japan from the twelfth century onward pushed
an inspiration and rationale for the whole great change that swept Japan after
the Imperial family even further away from actual political power. It remained
1868, this change has usually been called the Meiji Restoration. The name Meiji
The Emperor Meiji, grandfather of
the present Emperor, pictured
shortly after his coronation in 1868.
Coming to the throne when the
Restoration overthrew the Tokugawa
feudal system and returned direct
rule to the Imperial family, Meiji's
long reign fostered the modern-
The Shishinden or Ceremonial Hall of the Old Imperial Palace in Kyoto. For nearly eleven
ization of Japanese society and
centuries prior to the Meiji Restoration in 1868, Kyoto served as the seat of the Imperial Court
government.
and also as the cultural and intellectual capital of Japan.
was that of the year period, given in 1868 to the reign of the new boy Emperor,
Following the war, Japan adopted a new Constitution in 1947, and in this doc-
who, 45 years later after his death in 1912, came to be known as Emperor Meiji.
ument theory and practice were perfectly unified for the first time. This docu-
The Meiji Restoration seemed to bring the Emperor back as the actual ruler of
ment clearly states that "the Emperor shall be the symbol of the state and of the
Japan, but this was more theory than actual practice. Everything was done in his
unity of the people, deriving his position from the will of the people with whom
name, and the Japanese leaders, even when they differed with one another, all
resides sovereign power." The Emperor's duties are then described to be simply
claimed to be carrying out the "Imperial will." The Constitution adopted in
symbolic in character. Since the mythology regarding the divinity of the Imperial
1889 as the final embodiment of the new system declared the Emperor to be
line had been used in pre-war days to build up the mystique of the "Imperial
"sacred and inviolable," assigned to him the "rights of sovereignty," and at least
will," the Emperor also issued on January 1, 1946, a statement denying his own
on the surface seemed to give him all powers of government, including "the
supposed divinity. Again it is not really appropriate to speculate on the Emperor's
supreme command of the Army and Navy." But a closer reading of the docu-
own personal views regarding these postwar changes, because he is specifically
ment shows that the Emperor was expected to take no action except on the ad-
denied a right to have or at least to express political opinions, but everything
vice of his ministers and on the basis of the acts of the Japanese parliament,
about his demeanor since the war gives the impression that he is thoroughly and
called the Diet. And this is the way the system actually operated. Emperor Meiji
happily in accord with the newly defined functions of the throne.
may have exercised some influence on government decisions, but his son, Em-
While the Emperor's duties are purely symbolic, they are nonetheless arduous,
peror Taisho, obviously did not, and by the time the present Emperor came to
and he performs them with great conscientiousness and with noteworthy good
the throne he was clearly expected to validate the decisions of his government
will. He promulgates laws, convokes the Diet, proclaims general elections, at-
but not actually to participate in making them.
tests the appointment or dismissal of officials, awards honors, receives foreign
Since the present Emperor has always been a conscientious Constitutional
ambassadors, and performs a number of other formal duties, all with the advice
monarch, it really is not proper to inquire what his own particular views may
and approval of the Cabinet. In addition, he and the members of his family are
have been, even under the old system. But the few hints one can get about his
tireless in their attendance at events of national significance-reading greetings
attitudes at the time suggest a consistent opposition to the trends that were lead-
at opening sessions of great conferences, attending dedication ceremonies and
ing Japan into war abroad and toward military supremacy at home. The only
sports festivals, and inspecting exhibits.
political decision the Emperor is known to have made was at the time of the
In the years immediately after the end of World War II, the Emperor was
surrender at the end of World War II. The high command for the first time in
particularly energetic in seeking to change the popular concept of the throne
history presented him with an evenly split vote on surrender and asked him to
and the people's relationship to it. Before the war the militarized leadership had
decide. This he did at once in favor of surrender, and he obtained the acqui-
had him appear in public in military uniform astride a white charger-a remote,
escence of the Japanese people for this course by the unprecedented gesture of
forbidding, and "sacred and inviolable" figure. The common people were not
himself broadcasting the announcement of surrender to the whole Japanese
even supposed to look at him directly. Now in mufti and a fedora hat he met
nation.
his fellow Japanese face to face in the streets, in factories, and in coal mines.
Among the Emperor's formal duties, one of the most important is his annual address to the
opening session of the national Diet or parliament.
Not a facile conversationalist because in his austere upbringing he had never
had the chance for verbal give and take, he usually fell back on "Ah! Is that so,"
in rejoinder to the replies to his inquiries. It was a limited sort of conversation,
but for the first time it gave a sense of common human feeling between the
Japanese people and their Emperor.
The Emperor has a private life aside from his public one. He and the Empress
reside in the spacious Imperial Palace grounds in the heart of Tokyo. These
The Emperor is a quiet, scholarly
grounds were the central core of what was once the great fortress headquarters
person who leads a very private
of the Tokugawa shoguns, originally built by Dokan Ota in 1457 and restored by
life when he is not performing his
the Tokugawa shoguns after they moved there in 1590 and during the early years
formal duties.
of their rule, which started officially in 1603. The broad moats and high embank-
ments and walls of that early period are still impressive and beautiful sights, in
no way dwarfed by the modern city.
The main buildings of the prewar palace were destroyed by wartime bombing,
but a small and very private new residence for the Imperial couple was com-
pleted in 1961 and an impressive new Palace for public occasions in 1969. The
latter was under construction for five years, an indication both of the care with
which it was built and the modesty of the funds the Japanese government now
assigns to the support of the Imperial family. The upkeep of the extensive Im-
perial Palace grounds is maintained largely by volunteer work by groups from
all over Japan-a sign of the popular respect and affection in which the Imperial
couple are held.
The Emperor's private life is a very private one indeed. There is none of the
Traditionally, the Emperor of Japan,
as guardian of the nation's well-
informal social mixing with others, practiced by some of the royal families of
being, encourages agriculture. Each
Europe. Traditional Japanese feelings about the uniqueness of the Imperial fam-
spring, in a special ritual held on
ily preclude such easy sociability. The Emperor and Empress are surrounded by
the Palace grounds, he plants rice
seedlings. In autumn, the rice is
chamberlains and ladies-in-waiting, with whom their contacts remain rather
harvested by the Emperor himself.
formal by American standards. Beyond these court circles, their contacts are
The new buildings of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo were completed in 1969. Here the South
Garden is viewed from the Chidori-no-ma (Hall of Birds). The buildings and gardens of the Palace
grounds are maintained largely by volunteer groups from all over Japan.
The Empress almost always accom-
In a traditional Palace event, dating
panies the Emperor on official
back more than one thousand
functions as well as private OC-
years, the Emperor and Empress
casions. The Imperial couple made
preside each January over the New
a state visit to the capitals of
Year Poetry Party, held in the
Europe in 1971 and are pictured
Matsu-no-ma (Hall of Pines) of
here with the "Little Mermaid"
the Seiden (State Hall).
in Copenhagen.
The Emperor and Empress re-
ceive their guests at the annual
Imperial Garden Party.
Visiting London in October 1971, the Emperor and Empress were guests of honor at a state banquet
The Empress particularly enjoys painting in traditional
at Buckingham Palace. They are being greeted here by His Royal Highness, the Prince Philip
Japanese style, and a number of her works have been collected
Duke of Edinburgh, and Their Majesties Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Queen
and published in two volumes under her art name Toen.
Elizabeth II.
The Emperor and Empress, pictured
here in front of one of the new
buildings of the Imperial Palace.
The Imperial couple frequently enjoys the companionship of their children on informal visits to
The entire Imperial family often gathers informally at the Palace. Pictured here in the garden are
their mountain villa at Nasu, north of Tokyo. Here they are joined by Crown Prince Akihito and
the Empress, Crown Prince Akihito, the Emperor, Princess Nori, Prince Aya, Crown Princess
Crown Princess Michiko.
Michiko, Prince Hitachi, Prince Hiro, and Princess Hitachi.
The Emperor received his early education at the Gakushuin (Peers' School). Here, he and the
Empress enjoy an informal moment at a meeting of Gakushuin alumni.
in the Emperor and Empress the epitome of personal friendliness, family virtues,
cultural interests, and scientific devotion. Beyond these personal aspects of the
visit, however, the presence in the United States of the Emperor and Empress
affords the American people and government an opportunity to reciprocate to
the Japanese people the warmth of their welcome to our President in the
autumn of 1974 and to show them the strength and sincerity of our wishes to
continue the friendly and mutually beneficial relations between our two coun-
tries, which lie at the root of our mutual hopes for world peace.
Their Majesties derive much pleasure from looking through their family photograph albums.
EDWIN O. REISCHAUER
The long career of Edwin O. Reischauer has embraced nearly all
areas of Japanese-American relations. His personal involvement with
Japan is perhaps deeper and more intimate than that of any other
American, and professionally he has distinguished himself as a
scholar, teacher, writer, and diplomat.
Born in Japan in 1910, he received his education at the American
School in Japan, Oberlin College, and Harvard University. As a,
historian, Professor Reischauer pursued his study of Japan at the
Harvard-Yenching Institute and the Universities of Paris, Tokyo, and
Kyoto. After wartime service in the War Department and the State
Department, he returned to Japan in 1948-49 as a member of the
Cultural and Social Science Mission of the Department of the Army.
Since 1946, he has been on the faculty of Harvard University, teach-
ing Japanese language, history, and government. In 1966, he was
appointed a University Professor at Harvard and in 1973 was named
Chairman of the Committee for the Japan Institute.
Professor Reischauer's academic activities were interrupted from
1961 to 1966, when he served the administrations of President
Kennedy and President Johnson as United States Ambassador to
Japan.
Among his numerous publications in the field of Asian history
and foreign policy, perhaps the best known are Japan, Past and
Present, The United States and Japan, and the great two-volume
text-book, East Asia: The Great Tradition and East Asia: The Modern
Transformation.
Professor Reischauer is an honorary director of the Japan Society
and president of the board of trustees of the Harvard-Yenching
Institute.
JAPAN SOCIETY
The Japan Society, founded in 1907, is an association of individuals
and corporations actively engaged in bringing the peoples of Japan
and the United States closer together in understanding, appreciation
and cooperation. It is a private, nonprofit, nonpolitical organization,
devoted to cultural, educational and public affairs, and to discus-
sions, exchanges and studies in areas of vital interest to both
peoples. Its aim is to provide a medium through which each nation
may learn from the experiences and accomplishments of the other
Photographs through the courtesy of
Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.
White House, Washington, D.C.
Calligraphy by Nankoku Hidai
Printed by Georgian Lithographers, Inc.
EMBASSY OF JAPAN
WASHINGTON, D.C.
September 23, 1975
Dear Mrs. Ford:
Mrs. Yasukawa and I are happy to
send you three copies of "Art Treasures
from the Imperial Collections", a catalog
of the exhibit mounted in the Great Hall
of the Smithsonian Institution.
We are hopeful that you and the
President will find it convenient to
visit the exhibition at the time of
Their Majesties' Banquet on October 3
at the Institution.
With my warm personal regards,
Sincerely yours,
takeshi Gernhawa
Takeshi Yasukawa
Ambassador of Japan
Mrs. Gerald R. Ford
The White House
Washington, D. C. 20500
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FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT
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ANNUSIT GERALD BERALDS FORD
EMBASSY OF JAPAN
WASHINGTON, D. C.
ART TREASURES FROM
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Great HaH, Smithsonian Institution,
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12 October 29 October, 1975
Japan House Gallery, Japan Society, Inc.,
New York, N.Y.
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Organized by
Imperial Household Agency
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Agency for Cultural Affairs
The Japan Foundation
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Calligraphy written by
Grand Chamberlain
Sukemasa Irie
ART TREASURES FROM
THE IMPERIAL COLLECTIONS
In Commemoration of
the Visit of Their Majesties
the Emperor and Empress of Japan
to the United States
18 September 5 October, 1975
Great Hall, Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C.
12 October 29 October, 1975
Japan House Gallery, Japan Society, Inc.,
New York, N.Y.
Organized by
Imperial Household Agency
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Agency for Cultural Affairs
The Japan Foundation
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Message
Published by
These art treasures from the Imperial Collection, to-
The Japan Foundation
gether with a selection from the National Museum, are
being exhibited in Washington, D.C. and New York, to
Edited by
Board of the Chamberlain, Imperial Household Agency
commemorate the first visit of a reigning monarch of
Cultural Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign
Japan to the United States, which is an event of great
significance in the history of friendly relations between
Affairs
the two countries.
Cultural Properties Protection Department, Agency
for Cultural Affairs
Japanese culture was influenced by Chinese culture
for many centuries and by the West in modern times. In
Tokyo National Museum
the meantime, Japan has not only absorbed those ex-
The Japan Foundation
ternal cultures, but developed a unique culture of her
own in distinct contrast to them.
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Hiromu Hara
The Imperial Household has concerned itself through-
out the ages with such enrichment of Japan's culture and
has played an important role in the preservation of her
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traditions and the promotion of cultural achievements
Benrido, Kyoto
of her people. Objects in the custody of the Imperial
Household include many precious works of art, reflect-
ing its unceasing patronage of art and culture.
The selection for this exhibition has been made es-
1975, The Japan Foundation
pecially with the Bicentennial of the United States in
mind. It therefore contains the representative works of
artists who were active 200 years ago, such as Itō
Jakuchū and Sakai Höitsu, and other works accepted as
masterpieces of modern Japanese art, ranging from that
time down to the early 1930s. In addition, there are five
paintings by Her Majesty the Empress, specially loaned
for this exhibition.
This exhibition is an expression of the feeling of respect
and friendship of the Japanese people toward the United
States and her people. I earnestly hope that it will prove
interesting to the American people and deepen their ap-
preciation of Japanese culture and will contribute to the
increase of cultural exchange and mutual understanding
between our two countries.
Tokyo, September, 1975
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Kiichi MIYAZAWA
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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