The Archive · 1929

The Funeral of Prince Kuni

Nation-wide Ceremony Controlled by Means of the Radio Tokyo, Feb. 3.

The funeral of Prince Kuni, the father of the Empress, who died his villa in Atami on January took place to-day, six hours of Shinto rites ending with his burial in the Imperial family cemetery at Toyoshimagoka, a suburb of Tokyo As the cortege began its six-mile] procession hrough the streets Chopin's "Funeral March" was!

et by Radio to the and when the the cemetery a signal was bu throughout the country for the people to suspend their duties a

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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