OhThe host of Linpia, Japan, enjoys a reputation as a modern high-tech country, a fashion mecca for manga and anime, and a home base for cool robots.But it’s like before the end Paralympics A Japanese court reporter announced on Sunday that Princess Mako will marry her university friend Kei Komuro this year. At that time, Japan suddenly displayed an extremely conservative side instead of being friendly and playful. It is said that if there were no traditional ceremonies and ceremonies in the palace, Mako’s wedding would be simple. This almost sounds like punishment.
what happened?The daughter of the Prince Akishomiya (55), the daughter of the Princess (29), the younger brother of the emperor Deren (61) He and his wife Kiko have actually been engaged to college friends of their age for about four years-informally. In fact, they want to get married in 2018, so that Princess Mako will become an illegitimate child. Because the small room is a civilian. Mako will receive a lump sum payment from the state before leaving the court.
But suddenly the wedding date was cancelled. The reason is: Xiao Shi’s mother owes money to the man she was engaged to. Today, many people are angry at the idea that Xiao Shi’s mother’s debt can be paid off with Mako’s tax-funded dowry. All of this must have placed a heavy burden on Mako and Komuro, but apparently this has not changed their love. Xiaoshi went to the United States to study law. He graduated in May and passed the bar exam in New York. He is now financially relying on his two feet and can help his mother if necessary-and marry Mako.
The psychological pressure of the court
Ernst Lokowandt, a close connoisseur of the Japanese royal family, explained that for the princess, “escape to freedom” was successful. The restrictive life behind the dense chrysanthemum curtains of the palace characterized by ancient rituals is sometimes difficult for other women. Today’s Naruhito Emperor Michiko’s mother is a woman who is not always easy in the court. She was the first commoner to allow the emperor to oppose the tradition of nearly 2000 years. She suffered so much that she even lost her voice during this period.
Michiko’s daughter-in-law, once an elite diplomat, and now Empress Masako, is also an outsider in the court, under psychological pressure. Masako officially suffered from “adaptation disorder”, which was caused by the tremendous pressure in her office. Many observers first saw the pressure behind this, which was the heavy pressure for a long time after they got married to give birth to a male heir to the throne. In 2001, his daughter Aizi was born. However, due to her gender, she was deprived of the throne by the law.
Princess Mako, her relative, soon won’t have to worry about all this. As Lokowandt explained to the German News Agency in Tokyo, the princess has received a “free thinking” education at the International Christian University (ICU), which only allows Christians to serve as teachers, and the “Introduction to Christianity” lecture is mandatory. A few years ago, Mako met her future husband at this university. The princess is the first member of the royal family to study in ICU.
Give up the national dowry
According to observers, the desire for freedom is also reflected in Mako’s announcement that she does not want to accept a dowry worth about 1 million euros. Even though this is legally impossible, she is said to have announced that she wants to donate the money. Lokowandt explained that apparently she did not want to end like her aunt Sayako Kuroda. The daughter of Emperor Akihito did not marry the old nobleman in 2005, but a completely normal Japanese.
At that time, the princess completed all the traditional wedding ceremonies in the palace, and also charged the state one-time fee. Although she has officially become a commoner since then, she has court duties as the highest priestess of Ise Jingu, the most sacred shrine of Shintoism. The sun goddess Amaterasu, the country’s patron saint and the mythical ancestor of the emperor, has been enshrined here for more than a thousand years.
Apparently, in order to evade all these obligations and appease her critics, Mako gave up the national dowry. “She threw everything away,” Locovante concluded. A Japanese court reporter claimed that Mako will follow her future husband to the United States — as a civilian, she will obtain a passport for the first time in her life — and spend her life there.
Princess Mako and Komuro look forward to the future of freedom, while the guardians of the royal family are worried about the future of the court. The oldest hereditary monarchy in the world is gradually depleting descendants. According to the current law, only men can ascend to the throne. Mako’s younger brother, Prince Kuhito, who is only 15 years old, is the only male member of the youngest generation of the royal family after his father.
