His marriage was one of the most commented on in 2021 and even in recent years. Since getting married to Kei Komuro, Princess Mako, who lost her title upon her marriage, has lived an anonymous life in New York. The Japanese press announces that Emperor Naruhito’s niece has found work in the United States.
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The first work of Japan’s former Princess Mako
In October 2021, after years of suspense and controversy, Princess Mako, 30, eldest daughter of Crown Prince Fumihito of Japan, finally married Kei Komuro, a young man who was strongly criticized in Japan. Barely married, by the time the Imperial Palace issued her birth certificate and provided her with her very first passport, the Emperor’s niece flew to the United States where her young husband of Japanese origin worked in a private practice. lawyers.
A new life was offered to the former princess, who on her wedding day lost her title of princess, officially joining her husband’s family. She was removed from the registers of the imperial family, rendered his tiara and will no longer be able to make commitments on behalf of the family. Now known as Mako Komuro, the young woman had been photographed by paparazzi wandering the streets of New York a few days after her arrival in the United States. Unaccustomed to civilian life, the young woman had everything to learn.
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Mako Komuro lands volunteer job at the Met in New York
According to japanese press, Mako Komuro would have found work in New York. She would now collaborate with the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met). The daughter of the heir to the Chrysanthemum throne studied art and cultural heritage at the International Christian University in Tokyo. She has also studied abroad twice. She studied Art History at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, from 2012, then completed a Masters in Museum and Art Gallery Studies at the University of Leicester, Scotland. England, in 2016.
A Met source says the former princess is not a museum employee, however, and is on a volunteer assignment. The Met took advantage of his presence in New York to put his knowledge of Japanese art history to good use. Thus, the young woman participated in the development of an exhibition of hanging scroll paintings inspired by the life of Ippen (1239-1289), a monk who traveled through Japan to teach Buddhism to the population, through song and dance.
According to the Japanese press, the former princess would live a few minutes from the Met, in a luxury apartment. The daughter of the heir to the imperial throne chose not to not accept the generous sum to which she was entitled at her marriage. The state usually compensates princesses who leave the imperial family, offering them an endowment of around 1 million euros so that they can start their civilian life.
