The Japanese Imperiale Courts: The Akishinos in the Heart of the Italian Renaissance *May 14th post

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Last Saturday, May 14th teams of restorers of the Opificio delle Pietre hard (the Office of the hard stone) in Florence received unusual visitors. While passing through this city, as part of their official one-week trip to Italy, Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko had indeed made a quick visit the laboratories of the institute of scientific research and restoration works art that is among the largest in the world, to see the work in progress. And the youngest son of their Imperial Majesties and his wife have been rather spoiled because they were able to look at two masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance being restored: the painting of the Adoration of Magi painted about 1481 by Leonardo da Vinci and the bronze reliefs of the south door of the baptistery of San Giovanni by Andrea Pisano between 1330 and 1338.

The Japanese royal couple were giving them a private tour of the Uffizi, the Vasari Corridor and the Pitti Palace. Kiko and Akishino ended the day at the Natural History Museum of the Specola.

The Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko were in Italy to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Treaty of friendship and exchange signed between this country and Japan in 1866. This official visit has first conducted in Rome where they arrived this Tuesday, May 10, and then they went to Milan, Bologna and Florence.
Photo Credits: Paris MAtch

The Japanese Imperial and Royal Courts: The Akishinos on a sate visit to Italy -May 10th

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In 1866, Italy and Japan signed a treaty of friendship and exchange. The time has come to celebrate the 150 years of these good relations. Representing his father His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito, Prince Akishino was therefore flown to Europe accompanied by his wife Princess Kiko, for a week-long visit on Italian soil.

Arriving in Rome on Tuesday May 10th, the Japanese royal couple was in turn met for two days the President of the Republic of Italy Sergio Mattarella and his daughter Laura, Council President Matteo Renzi and Pope Francis. The last visit of members of the imperial family of Japan to the Vatican had been more than 20 years. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko there had been received in audience in September 1993 by the late John Paul II.

To mark the 150th anniversary of the Italian-Japanese Treaty, the Colosseum was part of a sound and light colors of both countries. During this stay in Rome, Akishino and Kiko, who has alternated kimono and Western dress, also visited the Forum and took part in a symposium entitled "The flowering branches of Japanese literature" at La Sapienza University.

After the Italian capital, the official travel of the younger son of the Japanese imperial couple and his wife continued to Milan, Bologna and Florence. Then their Imperial Highnesses Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko will return to Tokyo on  May 17th.
Photo Credits: Paris Match
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La Cour Imperiale Japonaise: Le garden-party printempnier

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Le printemps est arrivé à Tokyo. Et comme chaque année, l'empereur Akihito du Japon et sa famille célèbrent avec une garden-party.

Au Japon, la tradition est immuable. Chaque année, à la fin de Avril, l'empereur Akihito et l'impératrice Michiko a donné une réception à l'Imperial Garden Akasaka à Minato Ward à Tokyo pour célébrer le printemps. Et chaque année, le couple impérial a reçu de nombreux invités en présence de plusieurs membres de sa famille.

Pour ce millésime 2016, ce printemps garden-party a été prévue pour le mercredi 27 Avril. Contrairement à l'année dernière, quand elle était absente, Princesse héritière Masako, épouse du prince héritier Naruhito, se tenait aux côtés de son mari.

Comme sa mère-frère et le reste des femmes de la famille impériale, Masako était habillé dans l'Ouest. Elle portait un costume blanc sur le dessus de la même couleur et portait aussi un chapeau blanc. Un bibi décoré de fleurs roses se reposant sur ses cheveux, l'impératrice Michiko ont été à son tour associé son costume blanc avec des bas et des chaussures gris. Son autre fille-in-law princesse Kiko, l'épouse du prince Akishino, était vert pâle et leur fille, la princesse Kako en rose. Quant aux hommes, ils portaient des vestes noires comme cravate blanche habituelle et un pantalon gris rayé.
Crédits photo: Paris Match

The Japanese Imperial Courts: Spring Garden Party

Crown Prince Naruhito
Spring has arrived in Tokyo. And like every year, Emperor Akihito of Japan and his family celebrate with a garden party.

In Japan, tradition is immutable. Every year at the end of April, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko gave a reception in the Imperial Garden Akasaka in Minato Ward in Tokyo to celebrate spring. And every year the imperial couple received numerous guests in the presence of several members of his family.

For this vintage 2016, this garden party spring was scheduled on Wednesday April 27th. Unlike last year when she was not present, Crown Princess Masako, wife of Crown Prince Naruhito, stood alongside her husband.

Like her mother-in-law and the rest of the women of the imperial family, Masako was dressed in Western. She wore a white suit on top of the same color and was also wearing a white hat. A bibi decorated with pink flowers resting on her hair, Empress Michiko were in turn associated his white suit with stockings and gray shoes. Her other daughter-in-law Princess Kiko, the wife of Prince Akishino, was pale green and the daughter of this one, the Princess Kako, pink. As for men, they wore black jackets as usual white tie and striped gray trousers.
Photo Credits: Paris Match

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