The antique headdress worn by the five generations of empresses has four ways to wear a crown, but Ryoko has only seen one after that
It is well known that almost every royal family will have some crowns, headdresses to a greater or lesser extent. But the royal family is different, the use of headdresses, management, etc. are also different. For example, the British royal family, the Queen will lend the headdress to other members to use, and the Japanese Imperial Family, managed by the Palace Agency, in addition to the Queen, the Crown Princess's headdress, other headdresses will often be tendered to make, and some of the headdresses left before will also be removed as accessories for the new crown, and most of the styles are symmetrical and natural elements.
It is also for this reason that their royal family's antique headdresses are few and are mostly used by queens. Their royal family has an antique headdress that has been used by five generations of empresses, called the Meiji headdress. This headdress is also the first headdress of the Japanese imperial family, made around the Meiji period, around 1885, when The women of the imperial family copied the Western at the request of the Japanese government to promote the policy of modernization through Westernization. This is why the dresses worn by members of the Japanese Imperial Family on many important occasions today are very Westernized, rather than traditional kimonos.
The first wearer of the tiara was Empress Shōken, then Ryoko's mother-in-law Sadako, then Ryoko, Michiko, and Masako. Meiji headdresses are said to have been made by European jewelers and are flexible to wear, with four ways to wear a crown, which is similar to many headdresses in European royalty. The first is the base, large round diamonds, and star ornaments. And this star ornament is also the trend led by Princess Sisi. However, the last thing to be seen in this daifa was Empress Ryoko, and neither Michiko nor Masako ever saw it.
The other three wearing methods are the wearing methods that can be dismantled separately or completely. But when it comes to Michiko and Masako, at present, there is only one way to wear it, that is, only the way to remove the star ornaments, I don't know if Masako will let us see the other three wearing methods in the future, and I don't know if the star jewelry is still preserved today.