Japanese Princess Mako is building a new life for herself in New York. By marrying a commoner, she had torn down the bridges to the imperial court.
The wedding not only shook the Japanese imperial family, but society as a whole: last fall, the 30-year-old Princess Mako married her student love Kei Komuro. And since marriages with commoners are not allowed in the Empire, Mako had to give up her status as a noble. In addition, the princess waived the usual dowry in the millions. Mako of Japan became Mako Komuro.
After the wedding, the couple moved to New York, where Komuro has lived for several years. The former princess now has to build a new life there – far away from court and home. An important step in this direction is her new job: According to a report in the Japanese newspaper “The Japan Times”, Mako has accepted a new job. She works as a volunteer curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Mako has experience in museum work
The “Met” is the largest art museum in the United States and has one of the most important art history collections in the world. The work there fits Mako’s education: she earned a degree in arts and heritage from the International Christian University in Tokyo, then studied museum studies in England and was a research assistant at the Museum of the University of Tokyo for five years before moving to New York employed. According to the Japan Times report, Mako is collaborating on an exhibition of paintings inspired by the life of a 13th-century Japanese monk.
Mako and her husband Kei Komuro met in 2012 at an information event at the university. The couple got engaged in 2017. The connection with a commoner had caused a stir in the imperial house, but also throughout Japan. A wedding had to be postponed because Japanese media reported on Komuro’s mother’s financial difficulties. In October 2021, the couple married on a small scale and without the usual ceremonies – with that Mako left the court. Komuro was an “irreplaceable” person and her marriage was “a necessary decision,” the princess said at the time.
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Watch the video: With her marriage, Mako of Japan lost all titles and imperial privileges and will live in New York at her husband’s side in the future. Shortly after the marriage she said goodbye to her parents.
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