Word: kazuko
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Married. Princess Kazuko, 20, daughter of Emperor Hirohito, and Toshimichi Takatsukasa, 26, $20-a-month museum clerk and a cousin of the Dowager Empress Sadako; in Tokyo, after a formal ceremony in which she gave up her imperial rank and privileges (the bridegroom's family was reduced to commoner status upon adoption of the 1947 Constitution...
...chudo-the middle way," explained a palace confidant, "neither love match nor arranged marriage." Pretty, 20-year-old Princess Kazuko had begun preparing for marriage two years ago by learning to cook, sew and sweep floors in the home of one of the Emperor's former chamberlains (see cut). The imperial family soon afterward settled on bespectacled Takatsukasa, cousin of the Empress Dowager, as a likely husband, provided both youngsters were willing...