On December 6, 1925, Prince Shōguni was born, Hirohito's first child. His second daughter, third daughter, and fourth daughter, as well as his eldest son Akihito, second son Masahito, and five daughters, were born in succession, all seven of whom were born to Empress Xiangchun, and Hirohito had no other concubines except Empress Xiangchun. In fact, Hirohito and Xiang Chun's life as a husband and wife is very complete, the engagement in their youth, to the marriage in their youth, and the burial after death, the two have walked hand in hand for eighty years.
Eighty years is unattainable for ordinary people, or Hirohito's royal status is very rare. But what is less known is that almost eighty years have passed, and the future Akihito is almost unable to be born. Because there was a repentant incident before their marriage, Kaoru's father, Hirohito's father-in-law, can be said to be the toughest husband in Japan. He did not want Hirohito to repent of his marriage, and released a message saying: If he repents, then he will first kill his daughter (Xiang Chun) and then the whole family will commit suicide.
Kasumi was born on March 6, 1903 (Meiji 36) to a royal family in Tokyo. His father was King Kunihiko Kushinomiya, his mother was the seventh daughter of Shimazu Tadaoyoshi, the twelfth Duke of Satsuma Domain, and his uncle, King Minoru Higashihisa, was the only imperial prime minister in Japan. Her father and mother were married, and the alliance between the imperial family and the Satsuma clan led to Ryoko being made crown princess at the age of 15.
Also because of the internal determination, after the age of 15, Ryoko dropped out of school and entered a private boarding school, learning history, French, embroidery, flower arrangement and other royal compulsory courses. These were all in preparation for future royal life, and two years later, Hirohito, who was still the crown prince, held a ceremony of his first dress. The Motobu Ceremony is the rite of passage of a Japanese man, and on June 10, 1920, after the Motobu Ceremony, the two became engaged. After the engagement, they only waited a few years for the two to get married, but at this time, an accident occurred.
At the end of 1921, Saienji Gongwang looked at eugenics from the perspective of eugenics, which refers to the science of using genetics principles to ensure that offspring have normal survival. Saienji gongwang is worried about the genetic history of color blindness in the Kushinomiya family, and that Ryoko's marriage to the crown prince will lead to health problems for the imperial family. He was only worried, but Saienji told Yamagata Aritomo about it, who was also a prominent Japanese courtier.
Yamagata, not knowing whether it was a real concern or for what purpose, made a big fuss about the matter and strongly demanded that the royal family withdraw from marriage. Not only did he instigate it himself, but Yamagata also co-opted Prince Fushimiya Sadaai, who was also a marshal, and clung to the genetic history of color blindness. But on the other hand, it was not a vegetarian, and soon the news began to spread that Yamagata was a member of the Choshu Domain, and Ryoko's mother was from the Satsuma Domain. The two clans were at odds at the time, and it was revealed that the prefectural prefecture of the Choshu Domain did not want the son born to the concubine of the Satsuma Domain to be the future empress.
At this point, the matter is serious, it seems that Yamagata, out of the purpose of wanting the Cheung Chau Domain to dominate the regime, asked the imperial family to withdraw from marriage. Public opinion began to fall on Liangzi's side, believing that Shan County, as a human subject, should not interfere in the affairs of the "gods" (the imperial family), and some people even called Shan County a "national thief.". Public opinion is quarreling, and the future emperor's father-in-law, King Kunihiko, has once again added a fire. He threatened that if the marriage was canceled, he would kill Liangzi and commit suicide.
It was also reported that Kunihiko's younger brother Minoru had contacted the gang to take out Yamagata. The matter can be said to be more and more serious, almost to the point where the yamagata and the Kuyu palace family are fighting, naturally they will not wait until he really dies with the whole family, and the royal family who did not say a word before came out to speak out. Empress Zhenming and Hirohito stated at the same time that they would never dissolve the marriage, and the matter gradually calmed down. Shan County was greatly hit by this, and this muddy water made him wet and jumped into the Yellow River and could not wash it.
In fact, this matter was doomed from the beginning, Ryoko was born noble, and Hirohito himself liked him. On the other hand, the elder's yamagata was annoyed by the Taisho Emperor earlier, and the crown prince's concubines still had to be managed, how not to be snubbed by the imperial family. If this had been in ancient China, it could be regarded as a gang and faction, and it is estimated that it would fall into a major sin of the Nine Tribes. Of course, Yama's fate was not very good, he was already in his eighties at the time, and his body could not bear this blow, and he died the following year.