Marriage and Family
The Prince met and became engaged to Miss Nobuko Asō on 21 May 1980. She is the third daughter of the late Takakichi Aso, chairman of Asō Cement Co., and his wife, Kazuko, the daughter of former Prime Minister, Shigeru Yoshida and the sister of former Prime Minister Tarō Asō. The couple married on 7 November 1980. Miss Asō was given the title HIH Princess Tomohito of Mikasa. The Prince and Princess have two daughters:
- Princess Akiko (彬子女王, Akiko Joō?, born 20 December 1981)
- Princess Yōko (瑶子女王, Yōko Joō?, born 25 October 1983)
The family lives in a compound within the Akasaka Estate complex, in Azabu Minato, Tokyo.
Read more about this topic: Prince Tomohito Of Mikasa
Famous quotes containing the words marriage and/or family:
“In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again.... We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.”
—Enid Bagnold (1889–1981)
“The intent of matrimony, is not for man and wife to be always taken up with each other, but jointly to discharge the duties of civil society, to govern their family with prudence, and educate their children with discretion.”
—Anonymous, U.S. women’s magazine contributor. Weekly Visitor or Ladies Miscellany (June 1807)