#crown prince fumihito

[theroyalsandi]

Japanese Imperial Family - Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako with members of the Imperial Family attends the Autumn Garden Party at Akasaka Estate in Tokyo, Japan (Photos by Tatsuya Fujii) | October 30, 2024.

[royal-confessions]

“Prince Fumihito and Princess Kiko are downright terrible people and don't deserve to be the next Emperor and Empress, Aiko should be the Empress” - Submitted by queenempath007

[indepwom101]

🇯🇵 Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko of Japan

Friday, May 5, 2023

Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko meet with Japanese people living in the United Kingdom ahead of the Coronation tomorrow.

[duchessofostergotlands]

I get villain vibes from Fumihito

I have sympathy to a degree because they don’t have an easy go of it in the JIF and I think the system encourages him to be a bit of a dick in order to make things better for himself, but some of his statements about his daughter were a bit harsh! Maybe it’s cultural differences; the Japanese press reacted quite strongly to the fiance and I never really understood why so it’s possible that in a Japanese context his remarks were sensible or reasonable. I can only really view it through my own lens so I’m aware of that being a factor as well!

[world-of-wales]

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[viv-hollande]

So I have a story to tell. Allow me, if you will, to take you on my rollercoater nightmare of trying to find a royal title that has never been used before in a language I do not speak.

I'm writing a YOI fan-fiction and as I am wont to do, I got far too invested in the little things that don't matter and probably won't even make it into the fic.

I was trying to find a Japanese title for "Emperor Consort". "Emperor" in Japanese is Tennō (天皇), with the first character translating roughly as heavenly and the second meaning sovereign. Now, Tennō is a gender-neutral term; Josei Tennō (女性天皇) is a term used to refer to empresses regnant, but this is apparently used retroactively to differentiate from male emperors, while Tennō would be used during their life.

Kōgō (皇后) is the term used to refer to a non-reigning empress consort. At first, I was hopeful that this was also gender-neutral, but I was getting a bad feeling when everything I could find only mentioned empresses. Of Japan's eight historically attested female emperors, none have been married during their reigns, I dropped that line of inquiry for now.

Next, I started looking into Aiko, Emperor Naruhito's daughter. Japan's post-Meiji succession rules prohibit women from ascending to the throne. After WWII, the rules got even more restrictive. All cadet branches of the Imperial House were required to renounce their titles, and even today when a princess marries she has to renounce her titles so her husband can't become the head of a new cadet branch. As a consequence, legitimate heirs can only come from male family members. These restrictive rules have led to something of a succession crisis. Emperor Naruhito only has a daughter, Aiko. His only brother Fumihito, the Crown Prince, has one (1!!!) son, Hisahito, 17 years old and second in line. Third in line is Emperor Emeritus Akihito's only brother Masahito, who is 88 years old and has no sons. And that's it.

This minor crisis has led to much talk about opening up the rules of succession so that women can inherit. If such a rule is implemented before Naruhito dies or abdicates, the throne will pass to Princess Aiko. There is actually strong support for Aiko-Tennō in Japan, about 88%, and there's even a manga, of all things, about it. Great, I naively think. All I have to do is search for whatever her prospective husband's prospective title will be. Sure, it might be a little hard because of the language barrier, but some thorough searching and a bit of google translate should do the trick.

Nothing. It didn't work. I tried switching from DuckDuckGo to Google Search. Nothing. I tried to track down that manga. It's only available in physical form. I try to track down Japanese language articles about the manga and translate them. Nothing. I try to find articles about the succession crisis. Nothing. I track down a 2005 Japanese government report on preparing for the possibility of changing the succession laws. The English language copy of the official advisory report says, "Under the current system, the consort of a (male) Emperor is titled Kōgō (皇后, Empress), and the widow of a (male) Emperor is titled Taikōtaigō (太皇太后, Grand Empress Dowager), or Kōtaigō (皇太后, Empress Dowager). The consorts of a Shinnō and of an Ō are titled respectively Shinnō-hi (親王妃) and Ō-hi (王妃). With the informed advice of learned individuals possessing an expert knowledge of the subject, appropriate titles will likewise need to be established for the consorts of female Emperors, Naishinnō, and Joō."

Cool. It would have been nice if you actually did that. Thanks for nothing.

At this point, I go back to my other idea of just using Kōgō. I don't think it will work, but is have to try. I already recognize 皇; I tracked down the meaning some time back, it roughly means sovereign. I try to track down the meaning of the other character 后. Wiktionary gives me monarch, ruler, sovereign, empress, queen, or other female monarch. I still have some gut skepticism. I go to the top of the page to find the etymology.

"Oracle bone inscriptions often wrote 后 as 毓, depicting a woman giving birth. Wang Guowei posits the meaning extended from childbirth to succession, then to empress. In the modern form, the birthing figure would be 𠂆 and the child figure 𠮛."

Fuck.

At this point, I am fully done. I've tried, and tried, and nothing has worked. This is unsurprising; an emperor consort is unprecedented in Japanese history. It's also unprecedented in Chinese history, so I can't even try to transfer a Chinese title into Kanji and then convert that into rōmaji. I even tried finding Korean and Vietnamese emperor consorts, both languages having used Chinese characters in the past. Nothing. I tried plugging variations of emperor consort into Google Translate. It just keeps spitting out 皇后. At this point, I have to admit defeat. It's over. I'm done.

I'm in bed at 00:00 when it hits me.

I open my phone.

I go to Wikipedia.

I search for Prince Consort.

I switch languages to Japanese.

I scroll down.

One section is titled 皇配.

皇

I recognize that symbol.

I open the section.

I see the English words empress regnant and emperor consort.

I Ctrl+C Ctrl+V 皇配 into Google Translate.

Emperor Consort. Romanized as Kōhai.

It was that fucking simple.

Fuck me. Fuck my brain for making me do this. I probably won't even use the goddamn title in my ENGLISH-LANGUAGE fanfiction. Fuck this, why did I do this to myself I'm an idiot god Fucking DAMN IT

Knowing me I probably won't even finish the fucking fic and it will never even see the light of day.

FIVE HOURS OF MY FINITE LIFE WELL SPENT!

I'm seriously so fucking pissed with myself.

[jordanianroyals]

10 April 2023. Crown Prince Hussein of Jordan met with Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko Akishino of Japan in Tokyo.

The meeting covered the deep-rooted friendship between the two countries and means of enhancing cooperation and coordination, in addition to issues of mutual concern.

[aimeedaisies]

Members of other royal families who attended the coronation of Their Majesties, King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey - 06/05/23

Europe

King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium 🇧🇪

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[royal-hair]

Princess Aiko of Japan visiting Crown Prince Fumihito on his 58th birthday on the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo - 30.12.23

[sleepy-bunbun-ace]

in the prsk white day universe x persona au, there are two main powerhouses in the region.

the kingdom of dahlia and the mages of freedom.

of course there are many other kingdoms, but the kingdom of dahlia is the largest and strongest of them all.

it's a large kingdom with twisting roads and tall buildings. not even those who've lived there their whole lives know their way around outside of the areas they grew up in.

it's a very traditional kingdom where tradition overrules all else. especially during holidays. if you are caught breaking the traditions, you will be arrested by the guards and serve up to two years in the dungeon.

music is especially precious in the kingdom. classical music reigns supreme and none of the nobles, especially king harumichi aoyagi, are merciful whenever they find someone who breaks the rules of music.

the lower-class live in fear of ever being found breaking the rules. families have been separated and broken for many years.

king harumichi rules with an iron fist and it seems his son, crown prince ayumu, will follow in his footsteps. prince fumihito leads the training of the new guards while also being the boss of the white knights. he's also in charge of finding the missing aoyagi prince, toya.

the two major noble families in this story are the otori family and the asahina family.

the otori family is the strongest after the royal family, mostly due to the oldest daughter being married to the crown prince. they are in charge of the entertainment in the kingdom and are usually gone for days, weeks, months at a time, leaving the youngest alone. it is said that she wears a mask for the nobles, doing what they want, yet sneaks out to be with the peasants and be her true self. otori emu with her false brown hair never confirms or deny the rumors

the asahina family are a moderately powerful noble family, but asahina chiyo wants more power. as the story progresses, she becomes closer to the royal family and soon she offers the hand of her young daughter to prince fumihito who agrees. she wants her family name to become the most powerful one in the kingdom. she's so obsessed with her goal that she doesn't notice the marionette she made of her daughter is taking control of her own strings.

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the mages of freedom are quite mysterious. nobody knows who is a part of this large group that is against the kingdom.

it's made up of multiple people from a wide variety of backgrounds. from peasants, to merchants, to nobles, to even crown princes and princesses. they all make up the mages of freedom.

their main goal is to destroy the kingdom of dahlia, the center of corruption. many of those who joined the mages of freedom joined because the kingdom ruined their lives in one way or another.

the big five have the most will to enact their revenge no matter what.

kaito- his wife was executed for breaking the rules too many times. he became an assassin to get back at the crown prince who ordered the execution.

miku- her family was a powerful noble family who were imprisoned and exiled for treason, so they say. she was the only one spared. she joined kaito after escaping the kingdom.

kamishiro rui- an alchemist who was once a white knight himself. he's seen the horrors of prince fumihito's orders and what those in the white knights do to the innocent. he'll do anything to stop them.

nobody knows the reasons as to why saki and the dragon tamer joined but everyone knows it's personal.

while they preach for freedom, it does not mean they are free from corruption. far from it, in fact.

they have committed some terrible horrors as well. the slaughtering of villages who didn't (couldn't) break free from the kingdom, the near destruction of many kingdoms, even taking away children from their families.

they are just as bad as those who they hate.

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it is a well hidden secret within the kingdom of dahlia. a revolution is imminent. your social links will all be found helping out with the cause. be careful, wildcard, for your

world hasn't even started yet

future you composed with regret

is about to begin.

[theroyalsandi]

Japanese Imperial Family & Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg - Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg welcomed by the Crown Prince Family, Crown Prince Fumihito, Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Kako and Prince Hisahito, at the Imperial Residence of Tokyo, Japan (Photo Courtesy of MGD) | June 10, 2024

[royal-confessions]

“I'm a Japanese, and am so disappointed how the government is treating our Emperor and his wife. The coronation is near, and UK RF has sent an invite to Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, but gov't is so eager to send Naru's brother and his wife.  For that purpose the Imperial Household Agency suddenly announced that they have decided to hold an official garden party (to honor the contributor to the country) on May 11, only 5 days after the coronation day. As we look back, the said party had never been opened in May.  It was always held in April, with the exception  of 3 years (2020-2022) due to the outbreak of Covid-19. King Charles and Naru are good friends, and I am sure King wants to have Naru at the ceremony.  Our Emperor is not to have a say in Gov't decisions. Many of us are hoping that the gov't change their minds and send the right people to the important ceremony for UK, not those infamous Akishinomiya and his wife, Kiko who do nothing but wrongs.” - Submitted by kyacoro

[indepwom101]

🇯🇵 Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko of Japan

Friday, May 5, 2023

[southeastasianarchaeology]

Japanese Royalty Steps into Vietnam's Past, visits Hoi An and the My Son Sactuary

via various sources, 24 September 2023: Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko visited Hoi An Ancient Town and My Son Sanctuary in Vietnam, strengthening diplomatic ties and exploring the historical connections between Japan and Vietnam.

via various sources, 24 September 2023: Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko visited Hoi An Ancient Town and My Son Sanctuary in Vietnam, strengthening diplomatic ties and exploring the historical connections between Japan and Vietnam. Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko visited Hoi An Ancient Town and My Son Sanctuary – two world cultural heritage…

[tiny-librarian]

Prince Hisahito, second in line to Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne, turned 18 on Friday, becoming the first male imperial family member to reach adulthood in about 39 years, highlighting the dwindling number of heirs to the world's oldest monarchy, Kyodo News reported.

The prince, nephew of Emperor Naruhito and son of Crown Prince Fumihito, joins a shrinking pool of adult royals as Japan's Imperial House Law restricts succession to males and requires female members to relinquish their titles upon marrying commoners.

"I aspire to grow through diverse experiences, absorbing various perspectives along the way," Prince Hisahito said in a statement released by the Imperial Household Agency, Japan's royal administrative body.

The prince's coming-of-age ceremony will be delayed until spring 2025 or later to avoid interfering with his studies at a Tokyo high school affiliated with the University of Tsukuba, the agency said.

With only three eligible heirs - Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito, and the emperor's 88-year-old uncle Prince Hitachi - concerns about the imperial family's future have resurfaced. Previous attempts to reform succession rules, including proposals to allow female monarchs or retain women in the family after marriage, have stalled in recent years.

Prince Hisahito, known for his interest in natural history, co-authored an academic paper on dragonflies last year. The agency said he is "studying hard" to enter a university aligned with his interests while gradually taking on more royal duties.

The total number of imperial family members now stands at 17, with 12 being women, underscoring the challenges facing Japan's royal institution as it navigates tradition and modernization in the 21st century.

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