By AKIHITO USUI/ Staff Writer
July 17, 2022 at 07:00 JST
Empress Sadako, far left, walks on the grounds of the Jingu Kogakkan school, accompanied by ladies-in-waiting in Western-style dress, in Ise, Mie Prefecture, in 1922. (Provided by Kogakkan University)
ISE, Mie Prefecture--Recently discovered film footage from the Taisho Era (1912-1926) shows Empress Sadako visiting Ise Jingu shrine to pray for her husband’s recovery as well as a newlywed in Kyoto who later became Emperor Hirohito. [Read More]
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