An Imperial Procession Passing1 through the Streets of Seoul, the Capital of Korea.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXII, Issue XIV, 2 April 1904, Page 25

An Imperial Procession Passing 1 through the Streets of Seoul, the Capital of Korea.

lite Emperor of Korea is »4 year- old ami has reigm-d 40 years, lie was married at the age of 15 io the Princes- Min. who wa- assassinated lit i- said by the Japanese) in |SOS. The King is sft. 4in. in height. I hr imperial chair oi state is canopied with yellow silk richly ta>selled, screened with delicate silken panels of the same colour,, and bearing wings to keep oil’ the sun. Mr. \ngu- Hamilton in his illuminating new book on Korea devotes a chapter toa -triking From “The Sphere.’ description of an imperial procession. He says it presents ‘‘elements suggestive of burlesque, romance, and the humour- of a pantomine, and looks quite mediaeval.”