Imperial Family of Japan Picture Thread

[ChiaraC]

The imperial family beginning of the eighties

The imperial family at the duck pond, end of the eighties

The imperial family beginning of the nineties (probably 1994)

The imperial family end of the nineties
Pic 1 (Yep, that´s a mightily big tower, little Kako! )
Pic 2

 

[ChiaraC]

Imperial family, beginning of the seventies

The imperial family beginning of the 21st century
2002
(What a mess! )
2004

 

[ChiaraC]

Imperial family end of the seventies

Then Crown Princess Michiko with her three children in the seventies

Naruhito, Fumihito and Sayako in winter (apparently enjoying themselves)

Naruhito and Fumihito
(Look who´s there on Naruhito´s t-shirt! )

New Year greeting beginning of the nineties

Imperial family 1969

 

[ChiaraC]

The imperial family 1969

The imperial family at the beach 2002

 

[Artemisia]

Imperial family end of the seventies

Then Crown Princess Michiko with her three children in the seventies

Naruhito, Fumihito and Sayako in winter (apparently enjoying themselves)

Naruhito and Fumihito
(Look who´s there on Naruhito´s t-shirt! )

New Year greeting beginning of the nineties

Imperial family 1969

How cute does Princess Sayako look in this picture?
It's really wonderful to see the informal pictures of the members of the Imperial Family; I'm much more used to the highly formal and traditional ones, so these are just priceless.

 

[ChiaraC]

How cute does Princess Sayako look in this picture?

I absolutely agree while I have to say that I find her so on nearly all those early pics, here for example (her Chakko-no-gi ceremony).

 

[ChiaraC]

Naruhito with his grandparents

Imperial family end of the sixties

Emperor Hirohito´s first grandson Nobuhiko, son of his eldest daughter, former Princess Shigeko, with the family

Naruhito and Fumihito making pottery

 

[Grandduchess24]

Crown prince naruhito still has that same face and I can even see aiko in him,

 

[ChiaraC]

[FONT=TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif]Empress Nagako with baby Akihito[/FONT]

[FONT=TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif]Kuwait´s ruler visits Japan (various photos with IF members, click to enlarge)
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[FONT=TimesNewRomanPSMT, serif]Imperial ladies attending the banquet for Kuwait´s ruler: Princess Kiko, Princess Hitachi, Princess Mako and Princesses Akiko of Mikasa, Tsuguko and Noriko of Takamado[/FONT]

 

[ChiaraC]

Imperial family in the seventies

Imperial family 1971

Imperial family, late seventies

Imperial family New Year 2001/2002

Michiko with a harp/Aiko with a harp

Then-crown princess Michiko with Naruhito and Sayako/Aiko with her parents

9th April 1972: Prince Naruhito of Japan, and his younger brother Prince Aya, wearing their new school uniforms in the grounds of Togu Palace, Tokyo, 9th April 1972.

 

[ChiaraC]

Young Prince Tomohito of Mikasa

Prince Tomohito of Mikasa and his bride at the engagement press conference
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Prince and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa at their wedding

Princess Nobuko in the kitchen

Little Princesses Yoko and Akiko of Mikasa

Princesses Akiko and Yoko of Mikasa

Princess Akiko with her mother

 

[ChiaraC]

Emperor Akihito´s grandchildren

Prince Naruhito, Prince Fumihito and Princess Sayako

The imperial family beginning of the nineties
This is a very rare picture because there are also those relatives included who do not officially belong to the imperial family, for example Masako´s parents. Strange though that Princess Mako does not seem to be on the pic. She must have been a toddler at the time. Of course, it would not be easy to get a toddler to hold still to have such a huge picture taken. It seems to me that the two younger daughters of Prince Takamado are missing, too. But I somehow cannot get rid of the feeling that, had Mako been a boy, she´d have made it onto this photo.

 

[ChiaraC]

The imperial family 1965

Imperial women in kimono

The imperial family beginning of the thirties (with baby Akihito) and during the fifties

The imperial family at the funeral of Prince Takamatsu (1987)

The imperial family December 2010
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Prince and Princess Hitachi at their wedding

Young Princess Hitachi

 

[ChiaraC]

Prince and Princess Hitachi 1971 departing to the US from Tokyo International Airport

 

[ChiaraC]

Prince Fumihito growing up, with his parents an siblings

The emperor and empress on an outing with their sons

The imperial family attending a concert, beginning of the nineties

 

[ChiaraC]

Illustrated article of Emperor Hirohito and his family, The Illustrated London News, April 1950
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Michiko with Naruhito, mid-sixties

Michiko with newborn Fumihito

Akihito and Michiko with their three children, 1969

The imperial family, beginning of the seventies

Little Sayako
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Akihito and Michiko with their three children, mid-seventies

Naruhito, Fumihito and Sayako, mid-seventies

The imperial family, end of the seventies (Michiko looks very miserable on this pic, imo )

Akihito and Michiko with their three children, end of the seventies

The imperial family 1991

The imperial family, mid-nineties

Masako with Hisahito on a family outing

 

[ChiaraC]

Imperial family 1965

Imperial family, end of the seventies

Imperial family, playing with little Mako, 1992

Imperial brides at their respective engagement press conferences, top left: Hisako Tottori, the present Princess Takamado, bottom left: Kiko Kawashima, the present Princess Akishino, center: Michiko Shoda, the present Empress Michiko, top right: Nobuko Asō,the present Princess Tomohito of Mikasa, bottom right: Masako Owada, the present Crown Princess Masako

Then-Crown Prince Akihito, madly in love

 

[ChiaraC]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The imperial family with little Mako[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Article about the imperial family and music (please note the picture of the family concert in 1987 (top right), and Fumihito´s look as he is standing there at the piano – does not seem to particularly appreciate the piece they are playing...
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[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Michiko, Masako and Aiko[/FONT]

 

[ChiaraC]

The imperial family ca. 1950

The imperial family 1962

The imperial family 2013

Michiko with her parents and siblings

Michiko with baby Naruhito: 1 ** 2

Michiko reading to Naruhito

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Michiko with baby Fumihito: 1 ** 2[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Akihito and Michiko with their sons and baby Sayako[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Little Sayako with her doll: 1 ** 2[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Family concert[/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Prince and Princess Takamatsu[/FONT]

 

[ChiaraC]

Pretty Hanako Tsugaru, today Princess Hitachi

Prince and Princess Hitachi – on honeymoon?

Prince and Princess Hitachi: 1 ** 2

Shigeko Higashikuni, formerly Princess Teru, eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun, with her five children, ca. 1955

The imperial family, beginning of the sixties

Princess Tomohito of Mikasa and Princess Takamado with their little daughters

Yasuko Konoe, née Princess Yasuko of Mikasa, eldest daughter of Prince and Princess Mikasa on her wedding day, 16 December 1966

Michiko and her harp

Michiko with baby Naruhito

Akihito with little Naruhito

Michiko with little Naruhito

Akihito and Michiko with their children, mid-sixties

Akihito and Michiko with their children, beginning of the seventies

Royals at the seaside

 

[ChiaraC]

Akihito and Michiko with their sons, 1980

 

[ChiaraC]

Michiko with little Naruhito

The imperial family beginning of the seventies

Akihito and Michiko with their children end of the seventies

Prince and Princess Hitachi - wedding

Prince and Princess Hitachi: 1 ** 2 ** 3

Imperial family beginning of the nineties

The crown princely family with Princess Takamado and two of her daughters

 

[Prisma]

Atsuko Ikeda, Emperor Akihito's older sister, attended the spring garden party at Okayama Korakuen Park in 2015 and 2016.

 

[Prisma]

Some photos of the Imperial family farming:
http://www.yuko2ch.net/mako/makok/src/1387751293639.jpg
http://www.dosuko.com/bbs/img/1387818702.jpg
http://www.yuko2ch.net/mako/makok/src/1224388774421.jpg

 

[Prisma]

Takako (ex-Princess Suga) and her husband Hisanaga Shimazu visited the MOA Museum on February 2nd.
Getty Image

 

[Prisma]

Imperial family at Emperor Akihito's 78th birthday on December 23, 2011.
http://www.yuko2ch.net/mako/mako/src/1350603710947.jpg

1991 New Year's reception
http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/24/29/f335ee12ac4c6de65980fa1dfaec8b7d.jpg

 

[CrownPrincessJava]

1991 New Year's reception
http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/24/29/f335ee12ac4c6de65980fa1dfaec8b7d.jpg

It's interesting to see that the Empress and Imperial Princesses are not wearing tiaras. Prisma - when did they start wearing tiara?

 

[Prisma]

Not sure. Perhaps 1995 New Year's. This grid of CP Masako's tiara appearances up to 2015 show her wearing a tiara for "1995.01.01" with tiaras for subsequent new years.
http://www.yuko2ch.net/mako/makok/src/1420118291737.jpg

No tiaras in 1994, CP Masako's first New Year's appearance.
http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/56/84/3ff276f1df8d2d05d67b2c7f326461eb.jpg

1999 had tiaras.
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/remmikki/imgs/f/5/f5f6e003.jpg

No tiaras during Emperor Showa's New Year receptions (at least the latter years). I haven't found any photos from earlier in his reign.
http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/15/83/f58f63a7add218593d2f6f44dc5a9aba.jpg

 

[CrownPrincessJava]

Thanks Prisma!

 

[Prisma]

Group photo with extended relatives in the 90s:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCH-3ZIU0AAmBJf.jpg:large
I spot the Mikasa's daughters and their husbands, Kiko's parents, and Masako's parents.

Some of Princess Nobuko's events in January 2017 and June 2016:

https://twitter.com/x/status/826172748992897025

https://twitter.com/x/status/747036089760653314

https://twitter.com/x/status/746951401486561280