Princesses of the Japanese Imperial Family receive a headdress suit from the Imperial Family when they reach the age of 20 to wear at important events. Most of these tiaras are made by regular jewelers, mostly made of diamonds, pearls, etc. When they get married, these headdresses must be returned to the royal family, and this is the case with Princess Ayako's headdress.
Princess Ayako's headdress was based on meeting the requirements of the royal family, and she also made slight changes to make it different. Princess Ayako, the daughter of the late Prince Takahito and Princess Shangzi, received a diamond tiara decorated with floral motifs from the imperial family when she turned 20 in 2010.
Basically, the pattern of the headdress and necklace sent by the royal family is exactly the same and symmetrical. Princess Ayako felt that such jewelry was too simple, so she changed the style of the necklace to make it beautiful and unique. The pattern of the earrings and the necklace are consistent, and the three echo and match each other.
In 2018, she married the commoner Keiya Kei, the imperial family took back all her titles and headdresses, and the government gave her a one-time 106.75 million yen, about $950,000, as compensation for her. There is also a strict hierarchy of subsidies given to princesses in the royal family, and the higher the status, the more money is given, and the money given to her is seventy percent of the immediate family members of the royal family.
Her retracted headdress may be worn directly by other later royal princesses, or it may be removed and reconstituted into a new headdress. In addition to the retracted headdress, she wore a small, minimalist headdress at the wedding banquet, a private product of her mother, Princess Shoko.
Originally a necklace from Princess Shoko, this tiara consists of a number of chrysanthemum-style flowers made of diamonds, with a large chrysanthemum pendant of the same style in the center. This necklace is perfect for converting into a headdress, the pendant can be used as the top of the headdress, and the others can be used as the sides of the headdress.
Princess Ayako did just that at the wedding banquet, and it could be said to be perfect. At that time, she also wore a dress with many flowers to echo the headdress, elegant and atmospheric, but also monotonous, especially beautiful. Princess Aiko is also about to turn 20 years old, and I don't know what kind of headdress she will wear when she arrives.