The Personal Marriage of Princess Jigong

Haruki Kuroda and Princess Jigong's second brother, Qiuxiao Palace, are classmates of the Academy. After graduation, they have been keeping close contact with Qiu Xiaohong and his wife. When he was in the second grade of primary school, he often went to Qiuxiao Palace to play, and later he met Princess Jigong. They were childhood friends.

As early as 1993 10, Haruki Kuroda was listed as a marriage candidate by a weekly magazine. This summer, when Haruki Kuroda got together with his college classmates, someone teased, "Are you going to marry Yoshimiya?" But Kuroda just smiled and was noncommittal, but his classmates' jokes soon came true.

In fact, Haruki Kuroda had already seen the Emperor and Empress when he was very young. From elementary school to university, Kuroda has been close friends with Kikumiya's brother and the second son of the Emperor, Prince Wenren. Since elementary school, he often went to the Imperial Palace in Akasaka, where the Emperor's family was still the Crown Prince, so he often saw Jigong. In high school, at that time, Qiuxiao Palace served as the minister of photography, and Haruki Kuroda served as the deputy minister. After entering the university, Haruki Kuroda went on to participate in the "Natural Culture Research Association" initiated by Qiuxiao Palace, which won the trust of Qiuxiao Palace and helped Qiuxiao Palace to carry out the work of the research association smoothly. Later, Mrs. Kiko of Qiuxiao Palace was also a member of the Natural Culture Research Association, so Haruki Kuroda and Qiuxiao Palace were close friends. At that time, Jigong often participated in activities hosted by his brother, so the two often met. After graduation, Qiuxiao Palace plays tennis with friends in Akasaka Imperial Land once a month and holds a reunion in Qiuxiao Palace once a year. The role of director and host who adjust the schedule by phone in advance is often played by Haruki Kuroda. Although Kuroda and Yoshimiya can be described as "small acquaintances", I don't know whether they have never been interested in each other before, or whether they have been interested for a long time but never expressed their feelings. They were never together. The turning point took place in the winter a year ago. At a banquet held in Qiuxiao Palace, the Kikuji Palace appeared, perhaps because of the heartbeat or because of the beauty of the distance. After a long separation, the two seem to find a bright spot in each other. Taking this reunion as an opportunity, the two began to communicate frequently by mail, telephone and letter. Two hearts that have been friends for 30 years are finally connected. In February this year, when Kuroda visited Qiuxiao Palace, he met the emperor and queen who came here to watch plum blossoms. It seems that the Emperor and his wife are also very satisfied with Haruki Kuroda. This summer, they decided to get married.

Their birthdays are only one day apart. On June/KOOC-0//KOOC-0/2/KOOC-0/0/2, 2005, Princess Jigong Kiko performed "The Instrument of the Court" in the palace on June/KOOC-0/2, officially bidding farewell to her parents and family. According to the BBC, Princess Jigong, wearing a long white dress and a small diamond crown, bowed to her parents and thanked them for their kindness. Before that, the princess wore a formal royal dress on the 12 floor and went to the royal ancestral hall to say goodbye to her ancestors. Princess Jigong's ceremony will be her last royal ceremony as a princess, because once she marries her fiance Kuroda, who is a commoner, she will lose her royal status.

Because Kiko and Kuroda wanted the wedding to be low-key, there was no matchmaker and cake-cutting ceremony at yesterday's wedding. The newlyweds broke with tradition and sat with the guests. The princess did not wear 12 layer kimono "twelve singles" according to the tradition, but changed into a white silk dress with white pearls, which was ankle-length. The groom Kuroda is wearing a black and gray tuxedo.

The man sent Kuroda's cousin as a "special envoy" and held a wedding in the palace. /kloc-just after 0/0, the princess boarded the imperial car "Nissan Prince" of emperors of past dynasties, and under the escort of four motorcycle police cars, she slowly drove out of the palace and headed for the Imperial Hotel.

It's only 1.5 km from the Palace to the Imperial Hotel. The road was crowded with people who were eager to see Qing Zi. They shouted "Long live" and offered their blessings. The princess wore a white western-style dress and a pearl necklace, and waved gently to the enthusiastic blessing crowd. A 33-year-old woman said after watching the car carrying the princess leave: "They are from different worlds from us, and we have always respected them. Since the princess is about our age, I think I should still bless her marriage. "

Just as the princess was leaving for the hotel, the 40-year-old groom, Keishu Kuroda, set out from his residence in Shibuya and waited for the arrival of the princess at the entrance of the hotel. At noon 1 1, the princess arrived at the Imperial Hotel. After getting off the bus, the princess did not walk side by side with the groom, but deliberately fell behind the groom and was led by the wedding host into the wedding venue of the "Orchid Hall" of the Imperial Hotel. Invited to watch the ceremony included Emperor Akihito and his wife, Crown Prince Naruhito and other members of the royal family and the man's family ***3 1 person. Except for the Crown Princess Masako, most of the women attending the wedding wore traditional Japanese clothes and kimonos.

2000 people signed a blessing.

In order to welcome the princess's wedding in the hotel, the Imperial Hotel with more than 1 100 rooms not only changed the carpet, but also closed for two days. 14 and 15 were dedicated to the princess's wedding. The Palace Hall, which is in charge of royal life, has prepared a gift book outside the hotel building for ordinary people to write their blessings. On that day, about 2000 people lined up to sign the princess's wedding album.

After the wedding, the Palace Hall held a press conference at 2 pm to formally report the good news to all Japanese people. The princess also held a brief press conference after the wedding. "I hope to learn more new things and look forward to a new life as a member of Kuroda." She said. In addition, the princess also said in the statement that the emperor told her that although she lost her identity as a princess, her relationship with her relatives would not change. The emperor also asked the princess to respect her husband and his work. The princess also expressed her deep affection for her mother in the statement. Empress Michiko hugged her tightly before she got married and said several times, "Everything will be fine."

The Emperor and Empress also attended the wedding banquet held at the Imperial Hotel at 4 pm that day, which was the first time to attend the wedding banquet of royal women after the war. There are also 130 teachers, colleagues and friends of the bride and groom at the banquet.

The wedding banquet consists of two parts. The first part is the French dinner specially prepared by the hotel, including appetizer, main course and dessert. People can taste delicious lobster, caviar and other foods, and the second part is the traditional refreshments of the Japanese royal family. Since then, 36-year-old Keiko Yoshimiya and her husband Keisuke Kuroda have been friends for many years, and they both like bird watching. But Kimiya Keiko still has a lot to learn, including going to the supermarket to buy daily necessities, washing hands to make soup and cleaning.

The staff of the Palace Office will go to the district office to register the marriage instead of the princess before noon on 15. After registration, the princess became Sayako Kuroda, and she no longer had royal status. After the wedding, Kuroda will take Mrs. Kiko to her residence to start a new life. After marriage, Kiko named her husband "Sayako Kuroda" and temporarily lived with Kuroda in a rented apartment not far from the palace. When the new house is completed next year, they will move into a formal new home.

Although Kuroda's income is not too high, their life should not be too tight, because the princess got married and got a one-time dowry of $6.5438+0.29 million from the Japanese government.

On June 5438+065438+1October 15, 2005, the 36-year-old princess officially married Keishu Kuroda, a civil servant in Tokyo. From then on, she no longer had royal status and changed her name to Sayako Kuroda. This is the 45-year remarriage of the Japanese royal family after the marriage of Hirohito's fifth daughter, Princess Kiyomiya (now known as Keiko Shimadzu) in 1960.

Selective ceremony

Due to the courtesy of the Japanese royal family, Princess Yoshimiya and Haruki Kuroda went through many ceremonies from engagement to formal marriage. The following are some representative ceremonies:

"Bridal gift" refers to the exchange of "bride price" between men and women, that is, the formal conclusion of marriage contract.

At the "announcement ceremony", the man officially informed the princess Jigong of the wedding date and arrangement.

A few days before the wedding, the princess put on a twelve-story kimono to pay tribute to the royal ancestors, and then thanked her father and queen for their parenting. On March 19, the winning instrument was hired.

It is reported that the marriage custom of the Japanese royal family continues the tradition of marriage custom in China, with more than ten kinds of ceremonies from engagement to marriage. The bride price of the man is the first step for both parties to conclude a good marriage. On the morning of March 19, 2005, Haruki Kuroda sent an envoy to the palace-Naoki Kuroda, the cousin of the groom-to-be, went straight to the palace hall in a tuxedo, and Yuasa Toshio, the head of the palace hall, greeted him.

Naokita Kuroda respectfully presented an engagement present-two fresh snappers, three bottles of sake and two pieces of silk. These projects are traditional gifts for Japanese festivals. Yuasa Toshio, director of the palace, then asked the Emperor and his wife and Princess Jigong for instructions and presented the betrothal gift. A few minutes later, the head of the palace hall told Kuroda's envoy that the princess had accepted the dowry.

65438+1document announcing the date on October 5th-notification of the wedding date

According to traditional etiquette, the man also chooses the auspicious day of the zodiac to choose the wedding date, and then informs the woman. In the imperial calendar, June 5th of 10 is a day of "Daan", and everything is appropriate. In the morning 1 1, Naoki Kuroda went to the palace again and informed the emperor that the wedding would be held on1October 1 15. After the ceremony, the groom-to-be Haruki Kuroda accompanied his widowed mother Sumiko to visit the Emperor and his wife in the palace. The emperor and his wife said happily that they hoped to attend the wedding.

165438+ 10 month 12 morning worship three churches-tell God.

165438+ 10 month 12 morning 10, Princess Jigong appeared in the main hall of the palace wearing ancient palace hair ornaments and a bun. In turn, she visited the three shrines in the Japanese imperial palace-Xiansuo worships the gods, Huangling Temple worships the emperors of past dynasties, and finally, all kinds of immortals are worshipped in the temple.

Princess Jigong's dress for worship is completely in accordance with the custom of the Japanese royal family. She is wearing a purple court dress with red, green and Phnom Penh, and a purple pleated skirt grows behind her. This is the pilgrimage dress of the Japanese royal family-twelve. Princess Jigong, who had been trained in court etiquette since childhood, strolled into the solemn main hall with a sandalwood fan in a very elegant posture and told the gods about her marriage. After about 10 minutes, Princess Jigong finished the ceremony of the three halls and went to the front hall of the three halls to meet the royal family waiting here. More than 60 members of the royal family, including the princess's brother Qiuxiao Palace, and the staff in the Palace Hall stood up to witness the princess's worship.

1 1.0 12.00 afternoon court documents-farewell to parents

If the atmosphere of the worship hall is solemn, then the next instrument to appear before the court is warm. At 2 pm on June 5438+02, Princess Jigong greeted Emperor Akihito and his wife in the royal "Matsushita" wearing a white dress, thanking her parents for their years of parenting.

The emperor and his wife wore dresses and medals to greet their daughter Princess Jigong. The princess lowered her head and said, "Over the years, you have raised me with endless love, and I am deeply grateful." The emperor in a tuxedo expressed his blessing to his daughter after marriage. He said: "You have also successfully fulfilled your duties as a member of the royal family, and your family is very grateful to you. I hope you two can create a happy family together. "

The queen advised her daughter, "After marriage, we will start a new life. Family life is very important, and we should become a member of society well. " After greeting each other, the emperor and his wife stood together for dinner and toasted each other as a farewell dinner for the princess. At this point, the premarital ceremony is all over. It turns out that the princess's safety is shared by the palace police and the police guard. After the princess became a civilian, the task of the palace police ended. However, the Metropolitan Police Department will provide all-weather security for Kiyoko for at least the next six months.

After the marriage, Princess Kiko visited the palace several times to investigate the species of birds in the palace. Qing Zi drives his own car every time he visits. But Princess Kiko will only drive the car into the garage, and when she comes back, she can only smile and ask the staff to help her carry it out of the warehouse.

20 12 April, Sayako Kuroda, the eldest daughter of Emperor Akihito, was appointed as the temporary sacrificial master due to the advanced age of the fourth daughter of Hirohito, the current sacrificial master of Ise Shrine.