Marriage and Family
On 23 April 1984, she attended a reception hosted by the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo, where she first met Prince Takamado (Norihito). He proposed on 20 May and the Imperial Household Council announced the engagement on 1 August 1984. The formal engagement ceremony made on 17 September 1984, and the wedding held on 6 December 1984. The Prince and Princess had three daughters:
- Princess Tsuguko (承子女王, Tsuguko Joō?, born 8 March 1986)
- Princess Noriko (典子女王, Noriko Joō?, born 22 July 1988)
- Princess Ayako (絢子女王, Ayako Joō?, born 15 September 1990)
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