The Empress Kojun was too nervous in front of the mother-in-law, the Empress Teimei, so the Empress Kojun squeezed the hand towel, which was used for cooling down the heat of the Emperor Taisho, by hand while still wearing her gloves, instead of using her bare hands (Now and before, female Imperial families always wore gloves when they were going out.), wetting her gloves.
香淳皇后が姑である貞明皇后の前で緊張のあまり、熱冷ましの手ぬぐいを素手ではなく、手袋（今も昔も女性皇族は外出の際は手袋を着用する）を付けたまま絞って手袋を濡らしてしまった。