The Archive · 1937

Community Leaders Pay Homage

Ceremony Enacted At Shinto Shrine in Kiangwan Before a provisional altar set up in the Japanese Embassy, the annual autumnal festival of the, Shanghai Jinja, Shinto Shrine on Kiangwan Road, was solemnized on Wednesday, on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the birth of the late Emperor Mei: the "Shanghai United News" reported yesterday morning.

The ceremony was attended by Mr. Shigeru Kawagoe, Japanese Ambassador to China, and other high officials including Mr. Masusaburo Amano and Mr. Itsuji Hishida, chairman and chairman of the council of the Japanese Residents' Corporation respectively.

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