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Algernon Bertram Mitford, Lord Redesdale, was a British diplomat of the [[Bakumatsu Period|Bakumatsu]] and [[Meiji period]]s, who visited Japan in [[1866]]-[[1867]], and again in [[1906]].
His 1906 trip was undertaken in order to formally bestow the Order of the Garter upon the [[Meiji Emperor]]. As part of the festivities and entertainments prepared for his visit, a ''[[sankin kotai|sankin kôtai]]'' procession was recreated; having seen genuine ''sankin kôtai'' processions in the 1860s, he commented on how powerfully it evoked an image or idea of the feudal past.
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==References==
*Vaporis, Constantine. "Lordly Pageantry: The Daimyo Procession and Political Authority." ''Japan Review'' 17 (2005), 4.
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