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The Six Great Imperial Tours were the six largest and longest-term imperial progresses made by the [[Meiji Emperor]] in the 1870s-1880s. These served as a key element of the early [[Meiji government|Meiji government's]] construction of a new Emperor-centered nationalism, by making the Emperor visible and accessible to the people, and to have him seen traveling and surveying the realm, reinforcing the idea of his connection to and concern for the entire realm. His travels included visits to sites of Imperial importance, including [[Ise Shrine|Ise]] and [[Atsuta Shrine]]s, imperial mausolea, and the like, as well as visits with honor students, disaster victims, and the elderly, as well as individuals honored for certain forms of service to the nation (such as contributions to local industry and education), showing his concern for the people.
The Six Great Imperial Tours were the six largest and longest-term imperial progresses made by the [[Meiji Emperor]] in the 1870s-1880s. These served as a key element of the early [[Meiji government|Meiji government's]] construction of a new Emperor-centered nationalism, by making the Emperor visible and accessible to the people, and to have him seen traveling and surveying the realm, reinforcing the idea of his connection to and concern for the entire realm. His travels included visits to sites of Imperial importance, including [[Ise Shrine|Ise]] and [[Atsuta Shrine]]s, imperial mausolea, and the like, as well as visits with honor students, disaster victims, and the elderly, as well as individuals honored for certain forms of service to the nation (such as contributions to local industry and education), showing his concern for the people.
The Emperor carried two of the [[Imperial Regalia]] - the sword [[Kusanagi no tsurugi]] and the jewel [[Yasakani no magatama]] - on his person during these tours, and in fact is said to have carried the sword whenever leaving the Palace throughout the pre-war period. His entourage also carried Imperial [[chrysanthemum]] flags and other physical symbols on the tours, and were received in many towns by the display of [[Japanese flag|national flags]], lanterns and the like bearing the ''hinomaru'' "rising sun" emblem or other national or Imperial symbols; in this way, the tours also served to spread and fix popular awareness of national and Imperial symbols.
They included:
They included:
==References==
==References==
*Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', UC Press (1998), 47.
*Takashi Fujitani, ''Splendid Monarchy'', UC Press (1998), 47-49.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Events and Incidents]]
[[Category:Events and Incidents]]
