Re: Imperial Palace Police (middle) Photo

［The "Ongka-ju," which held the hearth of Emperor Showa on its way to the funeral hall, was carried by 51 members of the Imperial Guard, dressed in ancient black and white costumes. Fifty-one members of the Imperial Guard carried it, dressed in ancient black ink-colored costumes. Photographed at Shinjuku Gyoen, Tokyo, February 24, 1989; published in the December 19, 2015 morning edition [Showa Era]. A ikan (葱華輦) carrying the hearse of the Showa Emperor on its way to the funeral hall. It was carried by 51 Imperial Guard members dressed in ancient costumes at Shinjuku Gyoen in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on February 24, 1989. Emperor Showa's onion-carried hearse on its way to the funeral hall. It was carried by 51 Imperial Guard members dressed in ancient costumes (February 24, 1989, Shinjuku Gyoen, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo).