Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 280
ed my companion with Nebuchadnezzar,— think of it! The name Mikadoitself means honorable gate, like the Egyptianterm pharaoh, and reminds one of the Turkishsublime porte. The first Mikado was JimmuTenno. As he began to reign about 660 B. C,Japanese chronology begins professedly at thatpoint. The… … GATE OF THE PRESENT IMPERIAL RESIDENCE. and twenty-three sovereigns in this great dynasty have been women. Has nt the present monarch any other name besides Mutsuhito? I inquired. No, was the reply. The Mikados have personal names, but no family names. When they die, however, each receives an…
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