Modest wedding Princess Ayako | Entertainment

As Princess Ayako is no longer part of the emperor's house because of her marriage, marriage is a modest affair where, for example, the family is largely absent from the weddings of Prince Harry or of Princess Eugenie in England. Ayaho said goodbye to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and just as importantly, to the imperial ancestors of the shrines that were dedicated to them last Friday.

Ayako met her husband on Monday at the Meji Shrine in Tokyo. She wears a kimono, a so-called kushiki, for the ceremony. In any case, she is accompanied by her mother, Princess Hisako – also named after her husband Takamado in 2002 – and her unmarried sister, Princess Tsuguko. It is unclear whether Noriko, her previously married sister, may be present. Tuesday, there is a wedding party in a hotel in Tokyo, where Ayako is officially welcomed in his new family. But it is said that Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako also come to congratulate the ex-princess of the time and her husband.

Redemption

The imperial rules of the postwar period stipulate that a princess who marries a citizen with his word yes automatically has his status. and lose the title. This is the case of Ayako, a niece of Emperor Akihito. The bride receives a lump sum of 830,000 euros as compensation for the loss of her imperial dignity. The amount had been set earlier this month at an in camera meeting of the Economic Council of the Imperial House, to which Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, among others, has a seat. The amount of the benefit is partly determined by the position of the bride in the imperial family. For example, Princess Sayako, the daughter of the emperor couple, received a significantly higher amount in 2005.

The rules were established by the US occupant of Japan, who did not dare to put end to the monarchy but to the number of members of the imperial house. wanted to keep it to a minimum. Thus, all branches were stripped of their status and the provision was introduced whereby the married princesses would also fall outside the boat, unless marrying a prince. But they were no longer there after the big cleanup.

Women

What the Americans could not have predicted at the time, is that almost exclusively women will be born in the next generation of the house of the same. emperor. Emperor Akihito, however, had two sons, Naruhito and Akishino, but in turn they had three daughters and one son, Hisahito.

After the retirement of Ayako, the emperor's house still consists of 18 members, including the eldest emperor and his brother and six other nubile princesses. Plans to change the laws of the house are not there yet. The future Empress Masako would also be against, as she wishes her future Princess Aiko a future outside the imperial cage.