But there are exceptions, such as today's Emperor Naruhito, whose wife, Masako Owada, is a civilian queen. Besides, before she married the royal family, her mother was also a commoner-she was the first commoner queen in Japan, Michiko Masada.
At that time, it was the reconstruction period after Japan's defeat, and many Japanese ethical concepts were impacted, including the tradition of family marriage. Therefore, under the arrangement of the Princess Selection Committee, Akihito, as the Crown Prince, met Michiko Masada in a tennis match in 1957.
As opponents of the competition, Michiko Zhengtian's team defeated Akihito and his female companion with a 2-0 advantage, but Akihito lost the competition happily. Off the court, the Crown Prince began his love offensive, writing and calling Michiko constantly, and saying that she would not get married. ?
Michiko was fond of the future emperor, so under Akihito's persistent pursuit, a marriage between a commoner and a prince began. ?
How did Michiko get along after she married into the royal family? As the saying goes, as soon as he entered the back door, Michiko felt the depressing atmosphere from the royal family when he first got married. ?
On the wedding day, she wore a long white dress, and her image floated out of the dust, but the focus of people's attention was on her gloves: you see, this girl's gloves didn't cover her arms, and she didn't even understand this rule. It comes from below.
Because of the gloves, Masada also sent someone to apologize to the royal family. ?
Officially becoming a crown princess, she faces a greater test: the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. ?
At that time, Queen Toona, Miyako Guisi, was actually dissatisfied with this daughter-in-law. She still wanted her son to find a member of the royal family, but because of Akihito's insistence, she also compromised. However, as a mother-in-law, Yoshiko had to set rules for this daughter-in-law. ?
She didn't come forward in person, but sent a female official in the Palace Hall, Junzi Konoha, to teach Michiko's royal etiquette. ?
Junko Konoha is also very dedicated and doesn't give the crown princess face at all. When she saw the first sentence, she said, "I'm not here to work for the concubines of ordinary people."
Therefore, under her "impartial" supervision, everything in Michiko's life was carefully examined. From what to say at the event to what to buy and eat, Michiko needs her approval. If Michiko doesn't do well, she will be severely criticized.
It's like the Japanese version of "wet nurse's face". Michiko was often bullied, secretly crying, and even lost his voice twice. Prince Akihito was very distressed after seeing it. 1969 dismissed Konoha Junzi.
But "Sister Rong" has gone, and the queen is still there. That's Akihito's biological mother, and I can't kick her out anyway. Whenever this mother-in-law has any dissatisfaction, she is cold and violent towards her daughter-in-law, which makes Michiko feel great pressure. Later, when she recalled this experience, she also told people, "I felt that the air around me was going to solidify during that time." ?
Therefore, in the first few years of marriage, Michiko became haggard, emaciated and taciturn, and generally did not speak in public, like a mute.
Michiko's own adjustment, of course, Michiko is not blindly submit to humiliation, she has been slowly changing the Japanese royal family in her own way. ?
For example, before her, Japanese imperial concubines didn't breast-feed their children themselves, and there was a special "wet nurse" in the palace who was responsible for breast-feeding. Michiko advocated the abolition of this "wet nurse system". ?
In addition, she specially opened a kitchen to cook for Akihito and the children. ?
1989, Emperor Hirohito died of illness, Akihito officially succeeded to the throne, and Michiko became the queen; In 2000, Queen Yoshiko, who was extremely harsh on Michiko, also passed away, and the pressure on Michiko was reduced a lot.
Since then, she has seen more and more opportunities in public and become more and more confident. She even appeared on the cover of Time magazine twice.
However, the old lady made an amazing move on 20 13. She announced on June 1 14 that she refused to be buried with Akihito after her death. ?
In this regard, some people speculate that this is expressing dissatisfaction with the royal family. ?
However, Michiko once explained: I made this decision because my heart was always bad and I was afraid that I would die before my husband, so I built the imperial tomb when Akihito was alive, which had a bad influence on him. Besides, I was born a civilian, and I should be a civilian after I die. I don't think it is a great honor to be a queen. It is a great blessing to spend my life with Akihito. ?
So generally speaking, Japan's first civilian queen did experience a terrible past when she first entered the royal family, but her feelings with Emperor Akihito should still be sincere. With the passage of time, she gradually came out of that bad experience and became a confident old man.