Creation: This tiara was made by Mikimoto circa 1923.
Materials: diamonds
Provenance:
- Sayako Kuroda née Princess Nori; on the occasion of her 20th birthday in 1989
- Imperial Household Agency; after Princess Nori's marriage in 2005
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| Princess Nori |
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| Princess Nori |
Questions:
- Is this tiara the same tiara worn by Crown Princess Bangja of Korea nee Princess Masako of Nashimoto on a different frame or just a replica of that tiara?
- If it is the same tiara, how did it come to belong to Japanese Imperial Family before it was given to Princess Nori?
- If it is not the same tiara worn by Crown Princess Bangja, who owned the tiara prior to Princess Nori?
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| Crown Princess Bangja |
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| Princess Nori |
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These two are not the same tiaras. In Japan, princesses who are born to the Imperial Family creates their own tiaras when they turned to adult, 20years old, and princesses who are marry into the Imperial Family create their own when they got married.
ReplyDeleteKorean Imperial Family had have its own property.