Anyway, it doesn't take much convincing to get me to put up a Japanese tiara for our Thursday evaluation.
Princess Takamado in Sweden for the wedding of Princess Madeleine, 2013, wearing the Takamado Diamond and Pearl Tiara
Not being a big follower of the Japanese imperial family and its many members, my first introduction to Hisako, Princess Takamado, came at the wedding of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O’Neill in 2013. The smiling, chatty princess represented Japan wearing a tiara of diamonds and pearls in scroll motifs with single diamonds and pearls across the top. Those top stones give the tiara a firework-like touch, an extra dose of energy in a diadem that otherwise conforms to the purely white, often scrolling tiaras that make up the vault of the Japanese imperial family.It’s the same tiara she wore during her wedding ceremonies in 1984, and it was likely made for her at that time. She was Hisako Tottori when she married Norihito, Prince Takamado, the first cousin of Emperor Akihito. The couple had three daughters and were the most widely traveled members of the imperial family before Norihito’s untimely death in 2002, when he collapsed while playing squash with the Canadian ambassador and subsequently died of heart failure.
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Frankie Fouganthin/Wikimedia Commons via CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Tiara, bracelet, earrings, ring worn in Sweden, 2013 Frankie Fouganthin/Wikimedia Commons (cropped) via CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Is this a standout for you, or just another in a row of nearly identical imperial tiaras?