The Meiji tiara is part of the Japanese Imperial collection and is reserved for the Empress. The tiara was first worn by Empress Shōken, the wife of Emperor Meiji of Japan. The introduction of the tiara came after Western dress was incorporated at court in 1887. Embed from Getty Images Embed from Getty Images The [read more]
The future Princess Hitachi, Hanako Tsugaru, received this tiara when she married Masahito, Prince Hitachi, in 1964. Embed from Getty Images Masahito, Prince Hitachi, is the younger son of Emperor Hirohito, and he is currently third and last in the line of succession. The new tiara was called the Mikimoto Pearl and Diamond tiara, and [read more]
Sayako, Princess Nori was born on 18 April 1969 as the youngest child and only daughter of the future Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan. At the time of her birth, her grandfather, Emperor Hirohito, was on the throne. As a woman, Sayako has no succession rights in Japan. Embed from Getty Images Sayako [read more]
Princess Tomohito of Mikasa was born Nobuko Asō on 9 April 1955 as the daughter of Takakichi Asō and Kazuko Yoshida. She was their third daughter daughter and youngest child. She was born into a Catholic family, and she was baptised. Nobuko went to school in England and graduated from Rosslyn House College in 1973. [read more]
Princess Nobuko of Japan was born on 7 August 1891 as the daughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan and his fifth imperial concubine, Sono Sachiko. She was her father’s twelfth child and eighth daughter and her mother’s fifth child and fourth daughter. Her father’s official spouse was Empress Shōken. Nobuko’s mother, Sono Sachiko, was the [read more]
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa was born on 4 June 1923 as the daughter of Viscount Masanari Takagi and Kuniko Irie. She had an older sister, Kinuko, and two younger sisters, Momoko and Sayoko. At the age of five, she enrolled at the Gakushein kindergarten and continued at the Gakushein school until her graduation in 1941. That [read more]
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