ABSTRACT

As the Imperial Throne is regarded as a heritage from the Imperial Ancestors, and as the Emperor exercises his sovereign power, not as his own inherent right, but as a right inherited from his Ancestors, it is natural that most important events in the Imperial Household regarding the persons of the Emperor and other members of the Imperial Family should be reported to the Ancestors, and the ceremonies relating there to should be performed before the Ancestral Temple at the Sanctuary of the Palace.