expression, noun
First Audience after the Ascension to the Throne
A formal imperial ceremony in which the new emperor meets the prime minister and other representatives of the people for the first time after the enthronement. Part of the Japanese enthronement rituals.
即位後朝見の儀は、即位礼正殿の儀の後に行われた。
The First Audience after the Ascension to the Throne was held after the Ceremony of the Enthronement.
The main enthronement ceremony where the emperor proclaims his accession; 即位後朝見の儀 is a separate, subsequent audience with government representatives.
Compound of 即位 (accession to the throne), 後 (after), 朝見 (audience with the emperor), and 儀 (ceremony). The term is specific to the modern Japanese enthronement rituals.