Imperial Seal of Japan above framed busts of the emperor Hirohito and the crowned empress Kōjun.
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Outline of Mount Fuji, rising sun above.
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FIRST VISIT OF AN EMPEROR OUTSIDE JAPAN · AUTUMN 1971 · EUROPE · 46TH YEAR OF SHOWA ERA · 秋 昭和四十六年 外遊記念 天皇皇后両陛下 (Translation: Fall 1971 Commemorating a trip abroad Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress)