Princess Aiko of the Japanese Imperial Family will turn 20 this year, and according to the custom of the Japanese Imperial Family, every imperial princess will create a crown for her when she turns 20. The crown of adulthood has a great significance for every princess in Japan, both foreshadowing their imminent adulthood and also representing their noble status.
The Japanese imperial family stipulated that princesses could only marry princesses and nobles, not commoners, and if princesses married commoners, they would lose their status. And this adult crown is only temporarily handed over to the princess, waiting for the princess to marry, the crown is to be taken back and owned by the Japanese imperial family. So for now, the Japanese imperial family also has a collection of adult crowns for princesses.
At the annual New Year's banquet, the imperial princess wears it for the exhibition, but in the past two years, due to the serious epidemic in Japan, the ceremony has also been cancelled. Of course, this also has something to do with the personal character of Emperor Naruhito, who advocated frugality and low-keyness. The Crown culture of Japan began more than 100 years ago, when the empress was Empress Shōken, who also became the first empress to wear a dress to a banquet. As for the custom of making adult crowns for princesses, it began in 1869, and when each princess became an adult, the royal family had to make a crown for them.
Empress Zhaoxian was also the first member of the royal family to wear a princess crown in a Western dress, which was designed and produced in 1885. This crown has been passed down from generation to generation since the Meiji period, and to this day, it has been passed down from three generations of royalty today.
Ten years ago, Princess Mako wore a crown that stood out when she attended her adult party. The crown is made up of small crowns connected by hundreds of diamonds, the overall shape is more cute, and its price is very expensive, worth up to 28.5 million yen.
Princess Kako's crown is also very precious, and it is said that the royal family has given a budget of up to 30 million yen, and the final production price is almost 30 million yen. It was also the first time he had recruited a designed crown from the nationwide population. And this crown was finally made by Ohara's museum director and his subordinates.
The crowns of the Japanese imperial family are innumerable, and most of the members' crowns are custom-made when they are adults. Only a few crowns have been passed down from generation to generation, inherited. Michiko's adult crown was passed down to Princess Masako, and Kiko's crown was made by modern craftsmanship, compared to the crown inherited by Princess Masako, its production will be more exquisite, and the details will be more exquisite, but in terms of value, it is far inferior to Princess Masako's crown.
It is said that the Japanese Imperial Family's jewelry storehouse contains a star crown, which is extremely valuable, and its owner is Michiko.
This crown has a strong Japanese character, and the top of the crown is inlaid with several round and bright pearls. The crown also has a matching necklace and earrings, the shape of the necklace and the crown are very similar, the owner of the crown and the necklace is Michiko, but she later transferred it to Princess Masako. Princess Yazi obviously loved this set of jewelry very much, and had worn it at many banquets. This is also one of the two royal crowns that Princess Yazi most often wears, and the other is the crown of flowers she used when she was married.
The Japanese Imperial Family is a very strict imperial family, and the requirements for the members of the imperial family are also very strict, and the clothes and jewelry worn by the outside world have very strict requirements. Despite the fact that it was so elegant, the pressure of royal life was also very great, and most of it came from the dispute between concubines. Because after Princess Masako married into the imperial family, the most important task was to have children, but because of multiple miscarriages, she only had one daughter. However, her concubine Jizi gave birth to a son, after which her status was shaken.
But last year, after she was successfully crowned empress, she completely fought a beautiful turnaround battle, wearing a crown and looking radiant at the coronation ceremony.
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