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Princess Akiko
彬子女王
At the new year congratulatory imperial palace visit. 2 January 2012
Born (1981-12-20) 20 December 1981 (age 42)
Tokyo, Japan
Names
Akiko (彬子)
HouseImperial House of Japan
FatherPrince Tomohito of Mikasa
MotherPrincess Tomohito of Mikasa
ReligionShinto

Princess Akiko of Mikasa (彬子女王, Akiko Joō, born 20 December 1981) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan and the eldest daughter of HIH Prince Tomohito of Mikasa and HIH Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (Nobuko).

Biography

Princess Akiko at the Oxford graduation ceremony, 28 May 2011

Princess Akiko graduated from Gakushuin University in Tokyo with a bachelor's degree in history. While she was at Gakuishin, she spent the 2001-2002 academic year studying abroad at Merton College, Oxford.[1]

In 2004 she returned to Oxford University as a doctoral student at the Faculty of Oriental Studies. Her research topic is William Anderson Collection at the British Museum - Western Interest in Japanese Art in the Nineteenth Century.[2][3] William Anderson (1842–1900) was a Scottish surgeon who taught anatomy and surgery in Japan and became an important scholar and collector of Japanese art.

In December 2006 Princess Akiko assisted Tokyo University in opening a special exhibition on the 19th century art movement known as Japonisme.

In July 2007, she participated in a symposium at Ochanomizu University on the art collection of William Anderson. From January to May 2008, she was at the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture in Hanford, California doing research for her thesis.[4][5] On January 2010, Akiko passed the final examination toward a D.Phil. at the Oxford University, and became the second member of Japanese imperial household to achieve a doctorate after Fumihito, Prince Akishino who earned a Ph.D. in Ornithology from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in October 1996.

Titles and styles

Styles of
Princess Akiko of Mikasa
Mikasa-no-miya mon
Mikasa-no-miya mon
Reference styleHer Imperial Highness
Spoken styleYour Imperial Highness
Alternative styleMa'am
  • 20 December 1981 – present: Her Imperial Highness Princess Akiko of Mikasa

Honours

See also List of honours of the Japanese Imperial Family by country

National honours

Ancestry

Family of Princess Akiko of Mikasa
16. Emperor Meiji
8. Emperor Taishō
17. Yanagiwara Naruko
4. Prince Mikasa
18. Prince Kujō Michitaka
9. Lady Sadako Kujō
19. Noma Ikuko
2. Prince Tomohito of Mikasa
10. Masanori Takagi
5. Yuriko Takagi
11. Kuniko Takagi
1. Princess Akiko of Mikasa
12. Taro Asō
6. Takakichi Asō
13. Natsuko Asō
3. Nobuko Asō
14. Shigeru Yoshida, Prime Minister of Japan
7. Kazuko Shigeru
30. Makino Nobuaki
15. Yukiko Yoshida
31. Mineko

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Princess Akiko cleared for Oxford". The Japan Times. 2001-08-08. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  2. ^ "Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Tomohito of Mikasa". Imperial Household Agency. 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  3. ^ "Oriental Studies Research Students". 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-04-14. [dead link]
  4. ^ Hanford Sentinel, 12 April 2008
  5. ^ "Imperial princess doing research in California". Cultural News. 2008-08. Retrieved 2008-08-19. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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