Empress Michiko amethysts Archived Message
Posted by Cristina  on October 5, 2014, 1:19 pm, in reply to "Re: Japanese imperial jewels: why always "white" jewels?"
You are right Torkel, here's a small pic of Empress Michiko wearing the amethyst demi-set, necklace, earrings and bracelet. From the pic is not possible to see any ring.
They suit HIM very well, a pity she doesn't wear them more often.
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: I am fairly certain the present Empress wore
: coloured stones (possibly amethysts) for a
: dinner in Trondheim during the state visit
: to Norway in May 2005. The banquet took
: Place at Stiftsgården in Trondheim on 12 May
: 2005, and was hosted by Queen Sonja and the
: CP couple. It was not a tiara event (the
: state banquet had taken place in Oslo a
: couple of days earlier).
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: I remember thinking it was unusual for the
: Empress to wear coloured stones. Sadly, I am
: unable to find any pictures of the event
: online.
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: --Previous Message--
: I found this portrait of Empress Nagako.
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: It is not from the UK state banquet
: mentioned by Ashdean, but HIH is wearing
: what looks to be sapphires in her ring and
: bracelet.
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: Cheers!
: Bryce
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: --Previous Message--
: I seem to remember that the current Emperors
: mother at a state banquet in the UK wore a
: sapphire bracelet and ring with her
: magnificent diamond parure
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: --Previous Message--
: Here a photo from the State Banquet in
: honour
: of the King of Morocco. The Empress wore a
: substantial diamond brooch which seems to
: have a coloured centre element and a small
: pendant. Maybe emeralds. Also an exception
: to the white/whitish gowns HIM wears in
: almost all State Banquets.
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: The same question has occurred to me,
: Arthur.
: I have no idea as to why this is so, but I
: believe (from various books) that the Royal
: Household Agency controls almost every
: aspect of the lives of members of the
: Imperial family and that strict conventions
: are followed.
: Whether members of the Imperial family might
: wear coloured jewels in private is something
: which I know nothing about.
: The Japanese practice stands in sharp
: contrast to other Asian Royal families. For
: example, Queen Sirikit has a breathtaking
: collection of coloured jewels, as does the
: wife, daughters and daughter-in-law of the
: Sultan of Brunei, as well as many of the
: ladies in the various Malaysian royal
: families.
: I hope we can have a thread on the jewels of
: the Brunei Royal family sometime, as their
: jewels are outstanding.
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