*Princess Kikoku Takamatsu's pictures Part1*
Mandy,Thank you!
Princess Kikoku Takamatsu was born on December 26,
1911 as the daughter of Duke Tokugawa,
and she was the granddaughter of the last of the shoguns,
Japan's feudal rulers until the Meiji Restoration of 1868
which gave power to the emperor and marked the start of Japan's modernization,and died on December 17, 2004.
She married Prince Takamatsu(1905~1987),brother of Emperor Hirohito(1901~1989),
on February 4, 1930, and became Princess when she was 18 years old.
Her marriage with Prince Takamatsu was planed in her age of two,so she was brought up like a princess.
1.Her childhood
2.Before her wedding,with her mother,Mieko Tokugawa(born as Princess Mieko Arisugawa)
3.On their wedding day.(1930-2-4)
I like silhouette and skirt part of her wedding dress very much
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They honeymooned from April 21, 1930 to June 11, 1931 two months after the marriage.
They said thier honeymoon, as revalued on the current price basis,
cost them nealy 5.5 million dollars, and additional 1.6 million dollars for her clothing.
She had fittings for many clothes day by day,
standing all the day. And she was often down with anemia.
4.In London,they paraded to the Buckingham Palace with the carriage. (1930-6-26)
It is my avator now.
5.In Paris(1930-6-7)
She have took the train in Paris for a firstime, because she went to school by jinrikisha.
Then, she hadn't took the train for a long time, till that she went out with her friend in her private 1990's.
Finally, it was only two times that she took the train.
6.In New York(1931-4)
7.In Hawaii(1931-6-2)
8.as a married couple
9.with a traditional Japanese hairstyle(1936-11)
10,After WWII,they invited the serviceman in the United States
to home and frequently had a party to please them.
