New life in New York
She gave up titles and wealth for love: Japanese princess Mako now works at the museum
– Princess Mako is the first granddaughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito © Nicolas Datiche / AFP
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04/15/2022 11:29 am
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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.
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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.
