Showa Emperor

Emperor Hirohito (posthumous name: Emperor Showa) traveled to Okayama and visited the bride of his fourth daughter, Atsuko, for the first time in six and a half years. ＜When Their Majesties attended the opening ceremony of the 17th National Athletic Meet (Okayama National Athletic Meet) held in Okayama Prefecture, they visited the Ikeda Takamasa family of the former marquis family of the former lord of the Bizen Okayama domain in Okayama City, where Atsuko Junmiya, the fourth daughter of the Emperor and Empress, had married for the first time in six and a half years, with Empress Yoshiko (posthumous name: Empress Kohjun). Emperor Hirohito (posthumous title: Emperor Showa) visits the Ikeda Zoo (Ikeda Sangyo Zoo and Botanical Garden until May of the same year) in Kyoyama City, which is run by Takamasa Ikeda, and poses for a commemorative photo. From left: Takamasa Ikeda, Emperor Hirohito, Empress Yoshiko, Atsuko Ikeda, Japan / Okayama Prefecture / Okayama City / Kyoyama, October 25, 1962