Diplomat actress married into the palace, in the end is flying on the branch? Or will it fall from now on? Why did her brilliant light turn into a gloomy future in the midst of rumors?
What is the truth that made the Japanese government violently protest to the Australian Foreign Ministry?
Proficient in six Chinese, with a Harvard degree, the most promising young female diplomat in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, married into the Japanese Imperial Family as a civilian, becoming the focus of the world's attention, and everyone is expected to bring a new atmosphere and vitality to the Imperial Family. However, the opening like a dream fairy tale reveals the tragic life in full view of everyone, living under the care of more than twenty royals and more than a thousand servants, and seemingly pampered days, but in fact, it is like being imprisoned and under surveillance, admirable glory and wealth, but in fact there is no pocket money and living expenses to spend, even the whereabouts are controlled, and the telephone has to be filtered. Shouldering the hopes of the whole country, it is not the diplomatic minister who is valued, but the movement of pregnancy and the survival of the Japanese Chrysanthemum Dynasty.
A well-known Australian journalist has been stationed in Japan for three years, and has long followed the news of the Japanese imperial family, interviewed more than sixty people in depth, and made unfair noises for Masako from a sharp and sympathetic perspective different from the Japanese, describing the encounter of marrying into the imperial family, from an elite diplomat to a shackled crown princess, suffering from red tape.
If there are people who have watched the TV series "Palace", they may have too good imaginations about court life, but after watching this book "Masako concubines: Prisoners of the Chrysanthemum Dynasty", they will definitely completely smash this idea, the japanese imperial family that has been passed down for a long time has its own set of rules for how to regulate life, just like the "Daiao" (harem) in the shogunate era, but the Japanese imperial family has more regulations, especially in this era of freedom and openness, many rules of the Japanese imperial family now seem quite inhumane. For example, the daily movements of the royal family are monitored by many people, in case the royals do something that harms the dignity of the royal family, but how is this not a kind of imprisonment?
Imprisoned in a magnificent and huge building, under a system. No wonder Masako hesitated for seven years before marrying Prince Naruhito, because her mother-in-law, Empress Michiko, was the best example, also from the folk, but under years of pressure overload, she was sick, but she was at least a little better than Masako, because Empress Michiko gave birth to two sons, and Masako only gave birth to one daughter, unable to give birth to the next crown prince heir, which should be Masako's biggest source of pressure!
From the custom of praying for the birth of a child on the wedding night, to being summoned to her in-laws every month to inquire about the month's menstrual events, under the long-term physical and mental torment, Masako's spirit became weaker and weaker, and finally evolved into today's Masako. Although some of the words, words, and expositions of this book can be clearly seen that the author of this book is an authentic journalist, and is a foreign journalist, there are some Japanese cultures in the book that he does not understand, he gives full play to some of the characteristics of journalists, writes it bitterly, and the subjective consciousness is very strong, but in addition to this, this book still has many readable places, such as he exposed to the world the helplessness and sadness that has always been hidden behind a stiff smile, the unreasonable surveillance of the Japanese Imperial Palace. It also restores some court secrets that have not been seen before for the vast number of people in the world, and also breaks through the traditional and solemn image that the Japanese imperial family strives to create.
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