The New Canadian — June 11, 1971

Hirohito: Japan s Monarch Has Much In Common With Countrymen
By JOHN RODERICK
_
Punctually
at 10 o'clock each morining.
TOKYO.
<hv man doffs his hat to his bowing wife
e house. Halfway down rhe lane he turns
sr.d iedVe?
to catch her bowing again, With a smile
irs: active
hat and is gone.
scene duplicated daily in millions of
domestic
£ It
main
islands of Japan. But in this
moss the
husband is the emperor and the wife the
CS't
of Japan.
l: The house, situated within the moated palace grounds
■■ -entrai Tokyo, is a 10-minute walk from the bright
V ^-.n-Jlb'on palace with its burnished copper roof,
banquet and reception halls and imperial offices. There

the little man who reigns—but does not rule—puts
in a working day which would stagger many of his
notoriously-industrious countrymen.
These days, Nagako. the 67-year-old empress, often
accompanies hei’ husband as far as the palace gate.
They have much to talk about. Like hundreds of
thousands of their countrymen in a now-affluent Japan, they are planning a trip—her fi
and
his second.
Beginning Sept. 27, they will mak
Britain, Belgium and West Germany, stop informally
in The Netherlands. Switzerland, France and Den­
mark. Both at the start and on their return Oct. 14
they will pause, while their plane refuels in Anchor-

in the annals;
The trip will make history:
of the chrysanthemum throne—which legend says goes
has a reigning emperor ever left
back 2631 year
J apan.
glow will hai'dly have faded before
Back home ti
into plans for another royal first: the
reigning British monarch.
Elizabeth 11.
Eor Hirohito, the trip is something of a national
birthday present. He was 70 on April 29. It also is the
fulfillment of years of yearning' and nostalgia stiri*ed
by his last journey to England and the Continent half
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FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1971

Vol. XXXA'—No. 45

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Brings Half Of Toyota's Cars
VANCOUVER.—The Canada Maru , docks at New Westminster
iVith 2,000 Toyota cars on her 9 car decks. The Canada Maru will
fmake about 14 round trips annually between Japan and Canada’s
Avest coast bringing almost half of the Toyota cars for Canada.
it J T.~e specially designed and built car carrier operates exclusively
lor Canadian Motor Industries, Toyota’s Canadian distributors.

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Lennon's End Fight Over Child
i
PALMA DE MALLORCA, , couples were trying to negotiate
; 'Spain. — John Lennon and his an amicable settlement.
Court sources reported that
y wife Yoko Ono lunched with YoCox was willing to withdraw his
gAo's former husband during a complaint against the persons
j. meeting which seemed to spell who took Kyoko from the play­
j.A" end to a squabble over custo- ground, .and" that a settlement
r.-dy of Yoko’s daughter from her was envisaged under which Kyoko
would continue to live with Cox,
i'Jirs* marriage.
but could regularly spend some
Lennon and Yoko lunched with time with her mother.
.American movie director AnthoThere was no comment from
ty Cox and his wife Melinda. either the Lennons nor Cox.
■ Anen al] four went for a stroll in
■•'a hme! garden.
The meeting came two weeks
ter :>? Lennons had spent most
get at a Talma police sta0squestioned on how Y’o■-year-old daughter, who
:tn ner father on Mallorca,
oo.emy :urned up in their hotel
SACRAMENTO. — Mass ar­

Nisei Makes Discovery of California
Mass Slaying of Transient Workers
YL’BA CITY. — Goro'Kagehiro, the Japanese- feet long, had a large mound of dirt nearby.
American farmer whose discovery of a grave
“That evening I came back and the hole was
on his land led to the unearthing of a mass slaying, covered with dirt,” he said while seated on his
said recently he first “thought somebody camo tractor in the orchard.
from the county to take a soil sample.”
“I thought somebody came from the county
Kagehiro, a walnut and peach rancher with to take a soil sample but then, like I told my
about 20 acres, said he was
in his; or­ wife, the hole was too big for that,” he said.
chard and came on a 4-foot deep hole in tho
Kagehiro said he tried to phone the sheriff but
ground.
couldn’t get through on the telephone.
He said the hole, about 3 feet wide and
The next morning, he said, he went to the
----------------------- sheriff’s substation in Live Oak
and brought back an office’’
who opened up the grave and
found
a body.
TOKYO.—What is fruit juice? soft drinks sound like imitations
Ten men, smoking cigars to
Japanese consumers and drink giving consumers a bad impresovercome
the stench of flesh were
producers have been debating sion.
digging in Kagehiro’s orchard as
the question for three years.
Some agricultural co-ops and he spoke.
The heart of the matter wa - ketchup makers have begun turnKagehiro said he had worked
that Japanese makers call al! ing out 100 percent pure fruit with Juan Corona, the labor con­
their nonalcoholic drinks juice juice. They say, “Only ours is tractor suspected of the slayings,
even if they don’t contain a drop genuine. People will love it.”
for about 10 years.
of juice in them.
Meanwhile, some beer makers
“He was a nice man and was
Recently the consumers won have b e e n producing “juice no trouble at .all to me,” the farthe battle. From next September, drinks” which .are only 10 percent mer said.
makers promise, they will call juice. These beer firms have an­
“But it’s kind of hard to tell
their products juice when they nounced that they will stick to what kind of a person lie is.
are 100 percent juice. Non-1'10 the 10 percent level even if they
“It’s crazy, huh?”
percent stuff will be called soft can’t advertise their products as
Kagehiro
Corona was
juice.
drinks.
“good to do business with” be­
One firm has come up with a cause he could supply workers
But some makers are worried
that juice sounds genuine ami commercial declaring, “Ten per­ quickly.
cent is the tastiest.”
Latest count of victims in the
“Besides,” beer firm officials mass slaying was 25. The search
say, “pure fruit juice is too sour continues.
ami too expensive for Japanese
consumers. We’re confident we’re
going to get the largest share
of the market.”
And the prospect is that the
battle for the market is going to
become more complicated.

Only Juice Will Be Called Juice In Japan In Sept.

Hayakawa Says Mass Arrests
For All Antiwar Demonstrators

‘-'Vi alerted police that
•
.grangers abducted” Kyoko
“ ■y - P-ayground. Y'oko la^er
...cu. a .-tatement that there was
•••3
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' go shopping.

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' -uiso been preparing a
fU’ ’■ custodial and visiting
I'y"’
fvgara to Kyoko.
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Coxes, the first
I-. , ‘
‘ tetehed Kyoko from
I•••' notel room and re1.1-."' " ? *°
appeared to
1
- .Lp'?rts that the two

rests of antiwar demonstrators
in Washington may be the best
wav to “end the problem quick­
ly and without bloodshed,” ac­
cording to President S. I. Haya­
kawa of San Francisco State
College.
Hayakawa said recently the
“final
ingredient” for restora­
tion of civil peace “is the willing­
ness to use the power required
to end the troubles.”
The kind of action that the
authorities are taking may do
more to end the problem qu.cxly
and without bloodshed than any
form of appeasement or indeci­
sion,” he told the Comstocx Club,
a businessmen's group here.

A-Bomb Survivor
With Problem
Commits Suicide

KITSUGI, Shimane.—An atom­
Some confectionery companies
plan to sell soft drinks that are ic bomb survivor who became
40 to 50 percent juice.
uneasy about eczema appearing
all
over his body whenever he
They say, “This is the ideal
percentage. This is the most pala­ drank alcohol committed suicide
by hanging himself in a forest
table level.”
near here recently.
But a consumer group recently
Hitoyuki Shinoda, 45, an em­
lodged a strong protest with them
ployee of the Matsue forestry of­
pointing out that they advertis­
fice, was found dead about 6
ed that 30 percent was the ideal
a.m. Shinoda was exposed to ra­
level some time ago. The protest
diation in Hiroshima on August
note demanded to know, “Which
6, 1945. Returning here shortly
is the real ideal percentage? ”
afterward, he obtained the for­
No one knows which group of estry job. He had been receiving
makers will win the hearts of routine medical checks twice a
consumer until
next Septem­ year. For many years, nothing
ber when only juice is called unusual was found in his con­
juice.
dition.

Fr^ay. jUn

PAGE 2

Sumo’s Super Star Taiho Retires After
10-years Of History Making Combat
TOKYO.—Grand Champion Taiho, biggest win­ what Babe Ruth was to baseball and Rocket Ri­
ner in the history of Japanese sumo announc­ chard was to hockey.
ed recently that he is retiring from the ring
He was the golden boy of the sport through
where he had reigned for more than 10 years as the 1960s, ranging far ahead of Grand Champion
a superstar.
Kashiwado, the only other major competitor of
In his meteoric 15-year career, the 31-year-old the period.
Kashiwado retired in 1969. and at that point
sumo wrestler had won 32 tournaments — more
than five times as many as any grand champion Taiho’s career began to decline.
In November, 1969, he withdrew from a tour­
before his day.
Taiho was to sumo what Sam Snead is to golf, nament at the halfway point, apparently disgusted
j with himself for losing four of
I -5 matches in two earlier tourna­
ments.
in midtournament
He
TORONTO. — Recent Japanese Association of Commerce and
Industry Golf tournaments include the Sumitomo champion­ again when he announced his re­
ship played at Willow Golf Course on Sunday, May 16 by Second tirement after two humilating
Flight group. Net scores are as follows: 1. Iwasaka 72; 2. Okuyama losses in the first six days of a
73; 3., 4. Yonemoto, 75; 5. Miyanaga, 75; 6. Mori, 76; 7. Kato, 76; 15-day series of matches.
He told sportswriters that he
10. Hama, 78; 15. Nunoi, 82; 20. Chiba, 87: 25. Achiha, 93.
On Sunday, May 30th at Glen Cedar’s Golf Course NORITAKE would like to fight one last time,
CANADA LIMITED sponsored a tournament. This was the First but officials of the Sumo Asso­
Flight played on Championship Tee. Including’ the guests, some 33 ciation ruled him out of the ring.
A native of the snowy north­
participated, 1. Kato, 2. Hirano Jr., 3. Umezuki, 4. Nomura, 5. Oku­
yama, 6 Nakamura, 7. Iwasaki, 10. Yonemoto, 15. Inai. Best gross, ern island of Hokkaido, Taiho
Yonemoto. —T. Umezuki
inherited a big, powerful build
from his Russian father. He en­
tered the sumo ring in 1956 and
KAZUO G. OIYE Q.C.
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Last week
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lady golf pro’s took a rest from
their current activities on the
U.S. P.G.A. Gold Trail.
VANCOUVER.

Twenty-six year old “Chako-'
Higuchi and her team mate,
twenty-seven year old “Marbo”
Sasaki, were up in Vancouver as
guests of Japan Air Lines.

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Ceremonies For
Personal Notes Across Canada
Engaged Couples
Testimonial Dinners Issei Business Superstar . . .
Seicho-no-Ie English Lecture At Nikko On June 12 Now In Vogue

Dates And Doings

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store. After his partners were
By KEN MORI
TORONTO.—A Seicho-no-Ie English Lecture will be held on
TOKYO. — Engagement cere­
REGINA. Sask. — Over one gone, he managed to expand his
12:h. at Nikko Garden, 460 Dundas St. W.
monies are now in vogue among hundred well-wishers gathered business, having 14 branches in
At 1:00 p-in. the Rensei-Kai (Spiritual Training Session) will young- couples in Japan.
recently at the Saskatchewan two of the major cities of Alberta
and Saskatchewan and became
h.’ held- This will be followed at 8:00 p.m. by a lecture by the
The popularity is based on the Hotel in Regina for a testimonial one of most successful Issei
dinner honoring Mr. Genzo Ki­
Rev Paul Kikumoto of Hawaii. Everyone is welcome to attend.
idea that the traditional way of tagawa, well known businessman pioneers.
To honor his 6(1 years in Can­
B. Shigeishi
tngagement in which the family and owner of .14 Silk-O-Liner
ada,
Regina’s "who's who”. Ja­
of a betrothed son sends a gift stores for women's clothes in Al­ panese community leaders am!
to the family of his bride-to-be berta and Sask.
leading politicians were present
"Tenka Gomen" Is J.C.C. Centre Film Choice Sun. (yuino) is now old-fashioned and Mr. Kitagawa, 74, came G- for his testimonial dinner. Pre­
Canada at the age of 13, landing mier Thatcher’s congratulatory
TORONTO.—‘‘Tenka Gomen” (Tenichibo Incident), a period furthermore a mere spoken pro­ at
Victoria, B.C. He worked in message was read by Whiter
picture in color, is the final presentation of the J.C.C.C. Film mise is not enough.
various jobs in sawmills and even Shumeehik. M.R.P. Mayor Walker
Societv before Summer. It will be shown twice on Sunday. June
The engagement ceremony en­ as a bell-hop in the Vancouvei praised Kitagawa for the many
tails an exchange of health check area. Then he came to Alberta, generous donations and gifts by
]3. at 3:00 and S:00 p.m.
started a hardware store, pool­
This film tells the famous incident during the time of Yo- certificates, a copy of the family room. and became a buyer of po­ him to the city and other organi­
zations.
diimune. the eighth shogun (1'716) of the Tokugawa regime, when register, and the signing of an tatoes. He finally* settled in Re­
Mr. Kitagawa and his wife are
gina in 1929 and, with two othei enjoying the fruits of their suc­
the Edo Castle was shaken by the appearance of Tenichibo, who engagement oath.
Issei, started the Silk-O-Line: cess at their home in Regina.
claimed to be the illegitimate child of Yoshimune, and demanded
The trend is being much ap­
to see his father, the shogun. Ooka-Echizen No Kami, wise and preciated by the management;
benevolent .judge, had his doubts. Why is Tenichibo claiming his of wedding ceremony* halls and Diamond Wedding For Renown Japanese Sensei...
birthright after 20 years? Is it truly a son’s longing to see hi- one in Tokyo now promotes the
VANCOUVER. — Mr. and Mrs. ! received from the following: Alex
father? Or. is it a conspiracy to overturn the Tokugawa shogunate? sale of a package engagement
Tsutae Sato, celebrated their MacDonald
M.L.A.,
Robert A.
Veteran director, Kunio Watanabe, has made this story into ceremony.
Golden Wedding Anniversary on Williams M.L.A.,
Premier and
?. fast moving, thrilling and suspenseful motion picture. An all
Already S2 couples have had Saturday. May 29, 1971 at Dy­ Mrs. W. A. C. Bennett, J. R. Nistar cast includes Koshiro Matsumoto as the famous judge, Mik; such ceremonies at the hall, and
nasty Restaurant.
1 eholson. Lieutenant Governor of
Mori as his adversary, Yataro Kitagami as Tenichibo, Isuzu Ya­ the program in a typical one.
Former teachers and student.-- British Columbia. Prime Minister
mada. Michiko Kaga, and others. —T.J.C.C. Centre
attended by the couple, their (60) arranged a surprise party Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Governorparents and witnesses, would bo to honor Air. and Mrs. Sato. Prin­ General and Mrs. R. Mitchener.
follows:
cipal and Teacher of Japanese
Following gifts were presented
Grand Finalists Named By E.C.S.D. League Judges as The
Language
School
for
50
years.
to
the couple: Vancouver former
couple recite their written
TORONTO.—Flash Ito presses the trigger and the puck flash­
oath of engagement, then sign The couple have given lifctinv' teachers ... a set of gold cups
es into the go.al slot (1 foot by 1 foot) at 200 miles per hour and it, and present it to the wit­ devotion to mold loyal and pro and saucers: Vancouver fornun
the mechanical voice of the computer instantly calls the goal and
ductive Japanese Canadian citi­ students ... a set of gold tea­
nesses.
the statistics over the FA system: this is futuristic hockey. Ancienr
Then health certificates, copies zens. The group represented gru - spoons; Dai-Ichi Flower Cent)-?
thundering dinosaur footsteps shook the earth 130 million years of family registers, and engage­ dilates of .almost 60 years ago to
. . floral center-piece; Toronto
ago. These contrasting descriptions illustrate the variety of topic.- ment gifts are exchanged.
students of 1941 (Gr. 4) at the Gakuyukai . . . Original Eskimo
chosen by the finalists in the E.C.S.D. League oratorical contest
time
of evacuation.
Soap-Stone Carving.
After this formal ceremony
in Montreal on May 23rd, 1971.
On behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Sato.
In absence of Dr. George Ishi­
lasting some 20 minutes, those
The contestants delivered their* speeches before the discerning
present sit at a round table, a wara, Mr. Tadao Wakabayashi Dr. Edward Banno read the mes­
eyes and ears of the three judges, Mr. John Bishop, Mr. Kim Naka­
sage of thank-you. Mr. and Mrs.
candle is lit, and champagne bot­ was the M.C.
shima, and Mr. Dave Mahoney.
Toast was proposed by Mr. Ta­ Sato presented to each one at­
tles are uncorked as a savoryAll the contestants are to be congratulated for their efforts
dao
Wakabayashi and a speech tending the party, a copy of his
snack is served.
throughout the contest at the local levels and at the finals. May
was delivered by Mr. Shigeo Ka- latest booklet “Guide
Book of
The full ceremony costs 20,000
they all continue their efforts in the future.
mikura. Telegrams read by Mr. Canada.” Mr. and Mrs. Sato are
yen in all.
Some department
The grand finalists were chosen on the final day of the E.C.S.D.
Tomitaka Matsui, included those in good health and good spirits.
stores, shrines and restaurants
league annual conference:
have also started offering enga­
Group
1: 1) Aaron Aoki, Toronto, on “Why I am a Buddhist”.
gement ceremonies
spiced with
2) Jhana Shimizu, Toronto, on “My Pet Dart”.
JAPANESE
their own extra ideas to make
JAMES
KAMINO
Group
2: 1) Larry Suyama, Toronto, on “The Ontario Science
RESTAURANT
them attractive.
Centre”.
The Marriage Survey Center in
2) April Takeda, Hamilton, on “My Grandmother”.
Ginza, Tokyo, now sells an en­
Group 3: 1) Donna Nakano, Montreal, on “Success”.
gagement set for 500 yen.
2) Dennis Izukawa, Toronto, on “Dinosaurs”.
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The set consists of a written
Group 4: 1) Kenny Nakano, Montreal, on “Success”.
To r o n t o 133, Ont.
promise for engagement, a writ­
2) Frances Kawai, Hamilton, on “Man”. —I-I.
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Friday. June

Ninjitsu: The Japanese
Martial Art of Invisibility

Hirohito . .

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taste he acquired during the 1921
a century ago.
Second class ad
tour.
Most of his countrymen
Then, he was a youth of 20,
number 036S !
breakfast on pickled vegetables,
the first Japanese crown prince
A
member of Ethnic Pre3a’
to go abroad. It was an imperial rice, eggs, seaweed' and bean
°* Ontario,
cured
soup.
progress which lasted six months.
PUBLISHED ON EVERY
At the palace he tackles his
In Cairo he was the guest of
AND FRIDAY 3
work
with
gusto,
painstakingly
British
Field
Marshal
Allenby
By ALLAN BEEKMAN
and had the exquisite pleasure of reading every document he is re­
SUBSCRIPTED
NINJA: The Invisible Assassin, by Andrew Adams; Lo An living through a sandstorm. At quired to sign.
$9.00 a Yeai
Malta he met Prince George, lat­
geles: Ohara Publications, Inc., 190 pp., $6.95.
His working day lasts until 5
$5.00 for Six M
The author says, “When in the 17th Century the Tokugawa er to be George VI. In England p.m., but like his countrymen he
he was captivated by the free­ often puts in overtime. By 10
T. UMEZUKI PU1
Shogun banned the practice of Ninjitsu or even the mention of wheeling Prince of Wales. Bluff p.m.,
K. C. TSUMTri
after a refreshing Japanese
the subject on penalty of death, it set a seal of secrecy on the King George
Victoria’s ofuro bath, he is ready for bed.
English Section 1
KEN MORI
occult art that has persisted to the present day. Through the years, grandson slapped him on the back
Life in the imperial palace is
in
his
dressing
room
and
apologiz
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Japanese
Section !
only a handful of men continued as ninja to keep alive at least
ed for the .absence of geisha. sedate and quiet, a far cry from
the less lethal traditions of the art. On a chance, a Japanese film The great Pavlova danced for the free spending, luxurious ways
479 QUEEN ST.
company produced a low-budget movie a few years ago about him. He played golf and sat for of other monarchs. Since the oc­
Toronto 133, Oi
the ancient exploits of the ninja, based on a scientific approach a portrait by Augustus John. He cupation cut the imperial staff
EMpire 6-5
from 7000 to 1200 and confiscat­
to the subject. Even the film promoters were astonished when ate snails, forgot to give the ed the family’s vast wealthconductoi' his ticket on the Metro
they ended up with a full-scale hit on their hands.”
and toured the World Wai- I bat- estimated at $100 million—he
tiefields
with Marshal Petain in and the empress, theii- brothers
“Ninjitsu,” or Ninjutsu,” means “the art of invisibility.” A
and children have had’ to make
France.
practitioner of' Ninjitsu was a ninja, an “invisible person.” Ninja
do on $260,000-a-year stipend.
Returning from his 1921 trip Thrift and frugality are the em­
disguised themselves so expertly, and were so adroit at blending
Female Help W
with the background, they had inspired the legend that they could he sought to emulate the ebul- peror’s watchwords. He frowns
Lady for D
lient Prince of Wales’ life style on ostentatious display, has to ALTERRATION
make themselves invisible at will.
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8118. (Toronto).
and threw a party for his former
once every three years. At work,
Dark-Age Art
classmates.
he makes do with a stubby pencil.
The ninja had flourished during periods of national disunity
of Japanese youth bot
But after being read a stiff
Peacetime has given him a right and the left. The
in Japan, plying their sinister trade of assassination in the interests lecture on the heavy duties of
chance to resume his scientific
of rival warlords. When the Tokugawa family became supreme । the throne and the pitfalls of studies. Now, three times a week resent the fact that the5
has been reduced to a s
in Japan, it put an end to this dark age of civil strife. Justifiably । frivolity, the young crown prince he pores ovei- his microscope in the U.S.-inspired constiti
concerned that the ninja might be used in a conspiracy against apologized. It w.as his last fling. his study or devotes himself to that the self-defense fq
gathering biological specimens. cupy an ambiguous pos
the central government, the Tokugawa outlawed the calling.
From that day onw.ard he was Internationally recognized as a
A ninja was born to the calling. In passing on their skills smothered by the chrysanthemum marine biologist, he lias publish- ' The leftists ironically!
new constitution’s chief
and secrets, fathers subjected sons to Spartan discipline. The novice curtain of protocol and tradition \11 books, all designed' by the ers, primarily because
ninja was trained to become an all round athlete. He was trained drawn around his life.
the military, minimizes tl
i emPress,
.i t n
i tt.
This picture of well-ordered do- emperor and stands fo:
in the martial arts of the day, in addition to furtive pursuits now
. e ac v
that though Hi- niestic life suits the familv-ori- They fear that continu
associated with sneak thieves, such as climbing walls and house­ roluto s
constitutional
powers ented Japanese.
try ties with the Unitei
seemed enormous, he was little
breaking.
will bring them closer tq
The
empress,
motherly,
talent
­
Girls of a ninja family were similarly trained. In addition they more than the facade behind ed and self-effacing, enhances the wanted war with China.;
which the true rulers of Japan
were expected to use their sex to gain secrets. A girl ninja might maneuvered. His family traced image.
Japan’s
middle-of-the
She fills his table with roses are as strongly opposed '
startle a potential assailant into immobility by baring her breasts.
its origins back to the sun god'ess
The successful practice of his art being predicated on keeping Amaterasu and was, without every day from the 200 imperial turn to militarism as are
rose bushes and hovers over the wingers. Strongly pacifi
secret his possession of it, ninja tried to conceal their identity, question, the oldest ruling house emperor, monitoring his diet— after- the World' War
on earth.
For this reason, the outstanding practitioners tend to be unknown.
he cannot eat hot or spicy food— bombings of Hiroshima
Hirohito himself never believed and fussing like .any other wife gasaki, deeply allergic to
Outstanding Ninja
the legends. His scientific educa­ about his appearance.
weapons, they would res
The author, however, mentions Sandayu Momochi, as an out­ tion made it impossible. In 194G,
move in that direction.
If the emperor and empress
standing ninja. Though his name has survived, he pursued anony­ he publicly asserted he had never personify the homely virtues,
Part of a widening
mity with such assiduity he maintained three separate houses considered himself a god.
their children are of a more mo­ class, they are content 1
in the burgeoning prospe
“with .a separate wife and family living at each one. When things
Quiet, reserved, scholarly, the dern cut. The crown prince, Aki­ suiting from .a gross
hito,
37,
already
is
a
more
libe
­
got too hot in one area, he would change houses and identity.”
idea of war was abhorrent to the rated man than his father. He product second only to
On his nocturnal forays, perhaps infiltrating an enemy camp young Hirohito. So strongly
broke tradition in a big way in the United States in th
or castle, the ninja favored1 moonless nights and dressed in black he feel that on his coronation in 1959 by marrying the sports- Communist world. They
hard, play hard and e?
from head to toe. In a winter blizzard, he might dress in white.
1828 he chose “Showa” as his loving daughter of a commoner. live into an even brighter
More
than
that,
he
chose
her
him
­
Regardless with what disfavor he might come to regard his reign name—“The era of enlight­
self.
The symbol of their pe
occupation, he was unable to abandon it. This aspect of the ninja’s ened peace.”
The crown princess, Michiko, prosperity is Hirohito, w
fate was recently exploited in Honolulu by a movie that drew
An uncomprehending world was weighed down with protocol and ready has presided over tv o
capacity crowds: Kazen-no-Tengu. with the English title of The taken back when this shy peace- tradition, now seems content to international events — th
Hunted. :starring Hideki Takahashi, was based on the custom of loving young man next appeared be a radiant mother for her two Tokyo Olympics and Expo
before it on a white charger re- sons and a daughter.
Osaka. Their eyes now ar-'
tracking down and killing deserters from the ninja ranks.
v i e w i n g victorious Japanese
Two of Hirohito’s five daught- Winter Olympics which ar<
By artistic standards, the film is mediocre. But the exploits troops. What they did not know ers .are dead. Two of the remain- opened by Crown Prince of the ninja, with their expert swordmanship, their bizarre as- was that like his imperial fore­ ing daughters live quiet lives; in Sapporo in 1972.
sortment of other weapons, their unusual skills, and their weird bears, Hirohito was only a sym­ cne is a widow, the other- a house­
bol, reflecting whatever" face Ja •
way of life make entertaining cinematic fare. Happy for the re­ panese policy happened to be wife.
The lively youngest daughter,
surgent interest in the art is the survival of the handful who have wearing at the moment.
the former Princess Suga, escap­
kept alive this medieval art.
In 1945. the Americans altered ed from an existence which de­
ow
the
course of Japanese history, pressed her by marrying a com­
Interest in Martial Arts
giving it a new, more democratic moner and living with her bank­
interested in all the martial
particularlv constitution which, besides out­ er husband for several years in
The author
proprietor
judo and sumo. He writes for the Japan Times and Black Beit lawing war as an instrument of Washington.
The ultra-rightists who domi­
'd by his Japanese wife. Chieko, he has thoroughly foreign policy, spelled out in pre­
JON ONODERA
cise terms the emperor’s symbolic nated prewar and wartime poli­
researched his subject.
status.
tics in Japan no longer are in
481-88
489-4654
He examines the origin and history of Ninjitsu. He show
power.
Their cause, however, has
(Resides
This done, Gen. Douglas Mac(Business)
w lie re the Ninja flourished and the reasons for their usefulnes.- Arthur, the American Occupation been dramatized by the Novem­
I of ninja foi- unarmed combat, and in the chief, undertook to democratize ber 1970, ritual suicide of the
He shows the
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couragement. Hirohito emerged shima.
skills were devoted.
The act epitomized the disarray
from behind the spiritual remote­
The text is profusely illustrated with photographs to enable ness of his moated palace to de­
the reader to cull most of the secrets of this once esoteric art.
monstrate that he wa
human
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1963. his subjects dared rank him
19th among the world figures
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He begins his day at 7 a.m.—
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