The Ladies of the Japanese Imperial Family in Opera Gloves

For the Love of Opera Gloves presents a collection of images of the Japanese Imperial Family's female members - Empress Michiko, Crown Princess Masako and Princess Kiko - wearing opera gloves on various state occasions (especially their wedding days; by modern tradition, Japanese princesses always don Western formal clothes for their presentation to the Emperor and Empress after their wedding ceremony).

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Most of the pictures in this gallery were originally scanned by "jun5" and posted on Les Tribunes Royales; these are provided here through his kind permission.

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